I'm very pleased with this box. There are so many options to choose ... heads, weapons, and poses, especially when you kit bash with the Late Romans and Gripping Beast dark age figures). My first b...
I'm very pleased with this box. There are so many options to choose ... heads, weapons, and poses, especially when you kit bash with the Late Romans and Gripping Beast dark age figures). My first b...
Will there be Japanese in greatcoats to follow?
These are my completed ballistas. I used WA bodies with Gripping Beast heads to match the rest of my Roman units.
I neglected to mention that the Gripping Beast Picts do provide one crossbow on each sprue. That's a total of 5 per box. I know some of us might use the heavy spears in these boxes as javelin...
In case you might have missed it, Gripping Beast has now released 2 more boxes of 28mm plastic dark ages figures: Welsh and Picts. Before anyone gets too excited, be advised that the spues are iden...
Whatever pressure we can put on Russia is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, V&V Miniatures, which is based in Ukraine, has shut down due to the Russian invasion.
@Steffen Seitter yes, and they'll also be useful for building a Visigoth army
Looking forward to Franks, and would also love to see Sasanids, Bulgarians, Dark Age cavalry.... Irish/Scots, and Byzantine Romans
How about offering a second box in greatcoats with papakha caps? If you made this kit without any other cap options, you could then either include an extra 2 figures or have a maxim gun included.&n...
@Simon Boulton definitely that's what I plan to do: Roman auxiliaries
Generic horses, with separate releases for various historical era cavalry (ancient, dark ages, etc). You could then include the saddles with the riders.
How about cavalry for Russo-Japanese War? Cossacks could be used for WW1 as well
I switched to 1/48th scale after assemling a miniscule Warlord Games bren carrier -- and seeing other examples of 1/56th scale models (which are really scaled to maybe 22-23mm size). Unfortunately,...
I vote for Roman legionaries from the late republic under Julius Caesar, Pompey, Mark Antony, etc. Warlord Games are the only maker of plastic figures for this eta, and are of low quality.
@Brian Van De Walker in the 1st Boer War (1880-81), the British were still wearing the Zulu War era red coats, blue trousers and white pith helmets. See image below of the Battle of Majuba Hill, wh...
What about mid-century European wars? There are the Italian Wars of Independence (esp. 1859), Austro-Prussian(1866) and Franco-Prussian (187l) Wars?
@Cole Lassell the British WW1 set is in the pipeline. What other additions to existing releases take priority?
I purchased 2 of these ballistas from a seller on Etsy and plan to create crews from the Wargames Atlantic Roman box. Anyone else use 3D printed models? I've heard they're more fragile than the typ...
@Yronimos Whateley Warlord Games are great at marketing, but quality of miniatures is variable. Some are fine, others are awful.
That soldier in the middle could be North African or mixed race mulatto, but also keep in mind that the French referred to all Sub- Saharan Afican troops from their colonies as 'Senegalese.'
Glad to hear that you are working this out. I am very eager to buy your Italian WW2 boxes as I need Breda machine gun crews to replace the 28mm Warlord Games 'Bolt Action' crews that I wasted money...
I have always been interested in the Eastern Front, so I'd love to see Austro-Hungarian, Serb, and Russian troops.
Since I play Saga, a box of 16 would be ideal. This should include 8 in mail and 8 without mail, and all figures should have javelins as an option.
There are 8 Senegalese Tirailleur prisoners in this photo. Five are wearing helmets, and three have the fezzes -- all of which appear to be dark colored (red) rather than light colored khaki.
Might it be possible to use spare heads, weapons, and equipment from the Wargames Atlantic WW1/WW2 French box with the soon-to-be released WW2 Italian box? I'd like to convert the Italians into Fre...
This set looks to be as good as the Dark Ages Irish box. Lots and lots of options for building a variety of units. And the spare parts come in handy for other projects too. My hat's off to the WA c...
I assembled and painted three boxes of WA Dark Ages Irish to create Welsh, Irish and Scots warbands for Saga 'Age of Vikings.' Some Gripping Beast mailed infantry and cavalry were needed to complet...
@Ethan Gilbert I agree. The Gripping Beast kit doesn't have enough poses, and gives you no options for javelins, slings, or bows. The upcoming Goth kit looks very promising.
Chinese and Romanian infantry kits would be awesome. Please copy the Italian kit and make sure every WW2 infantry box has a medium machine gun. A light mortar should also be included
I just bought several boxes of the WA French that I intend to paint as Senegalese Tirailleurs for Bolt Action. Does anyone know if they actually wore the red fez in battle in the 1940 campaign in F...