Posts made by Mithril2098

• medieval skeleton upgrade kit

  for skeletons, mostly the use of kite shields instead of round shields.

  posted in Vox Populi

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  Mithril2098
  12/14/25, 12:24 AM
• medieval skeleton upgrade kit

  @Brian Van De Walker honestly i think saxons would be slightly more useful, since if it's just sword arm and head swaps to fit to the standard bodies, you could use nasal helms and the round shield...

  posted in Vox Populi

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  Mithril2098
  12/13/25, 2:28 PM
• Eastern European Renaissance Troops

  the Wallachian armies in the 15th century were equipped similar to russian armies, so yeah they and the Moldavian armies of the time could be covered mostly by headswaps. it is worth noting that t...

  posted in Vox Populi

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  Mithril2098
  12/2/25, 11:21 PM
• Convert WA Persians to Sassanids

  doing some quick research.. conditional yes. you'll want to use the "cooking pot" hats and unhelmeted heads, but otherwise the outfits and weapons should be close enough.  which is slightly...

  posted in First Empires: From the Rise of Akkadia to the Fall of Alexander

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  Mithril2098
  11/21/25, 6:52 PM
• Late Republican Romans and "Friends" on the Horizon?

  early imperial romans are one of the more popular aesthetics for fantasy settings to steal for their human kingdoms, so getting romans in 10mm would go over well for a lot of people i think. thoug...

  posted in Grand Battle Scale

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  Mithril2098
  11/5/25, 4:08 PM
• Armoured teppo samurai

  we know that all levels within the warrior social class were enamored of firearms. and that even the upper levels of the Bushi (the ones we call samurai) used them. but i'm not aware of any inciden...

  posted in Vox Populi

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  Mithril2098
  11/5/25, 3:51 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  my understanding is the updated rulebook was the big hang up, and we just got an announcement about that in the Quar groups:   The new rules are available as a free quickstart PD...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  10/18/25, 2:28 AM
• More orc kits?

  it's also not a style that is immediately affiliated with a major corporations intellectual property. making orcs in the style of 40K, Warcraft, or tolkien properties open you up to lawsuits from G...

  posted in Grand Battle Scale

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  Mithril2098
  9/25/25, 4:52 PM
• 138th Brakkus "Hull Breakers" (Spacenam)

  i second the color change for the rim to something other than Red. especially since the red stands out a lot compared to the camo colors, would make them easier to see in the field.   and i'...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Mithril2098
  9/24/25, 10:02 PM
• Police/Detectives

  i suppose it could work for 'film stereotype' cops, with the older look of uniform and hat and minimal other gear. sadly a lot of modern cops (at least in the USA) look more like the 'operators' f...

  posted in Vox Populi

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  Mithril2098
  9/17/25, 2:49 AM
• General Accouterments idea ... spears and other pointy objects

  while something like the fireforge weapons packs might sell, the fact that WGA doesn't really do figures with open hands for such, and the fact that metal figures without sculpted on weapons are ge...

  posted in General Chatter

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  Mithril2098
  9/15/25, 10:43 PM
• Where are Guards and Townsfolk???

  read this thread: https://wargamesatlantic.com/community/xenforum/topic/200437/landsknecht-ogres-where-are-they#post-388296   the WGA store is only showing the items available to production...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  9/9/25, 9:56 PM
• Excalibur 1981 dual kits

  i'd market them as "fantasy knights" of some sort. the armor doesn't really have a close historical analog (they're mixing different eras and elements, with a lot of added fantasy flair), but it's ...

  posted in General Chatter

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  Mithril2098
  9/8/25, 2:36 PM
• More orc kits?

  @Vitor Correia you are going to have to define what you mean better then, because "modern" is not really descriptive. especially if you cite Weta's LOTR/Hobbit film Orcs as "not modern"

  posted in Grand Battle Scale

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  Mithril2098
  9/7/25, 5:11 PM
• More orc kits?

  if you mean "fantasy creatures in modern times", just stick orc heads onto the 'civilians and survivors' kits.. most urban fantasy setting go one of two ways.. "traditional fantasy monsters living ...

  posted in Grand Battle Scale

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  Mithril2098
  9/5/25, 7:30 PM
• landsknecht ogres - Where are they?

  did a check to test a hypothesis. confirmed a suspicion. with the recent changes to production WGA has done because of the tariff situation, they now have two chains of production. one USA, one UK...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  9/5/25, 5:09 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  i wonder how cross compatible the Creevish, Arnyaran, and Partisans will be with the existing crusader and coftyr figures. in terms of mixing and matching parts without having to do a lot of greens...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  9/5/25, 1:00 AM
• modular barbarians

  personally, if they go this route, i'd make the 'scifi' bits like guns based off the Barsoom style of guns, so the kit can make either conan-clones or John carter expies.. in the books the guns fir...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  8/29/25, 4:45 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  no updates on the above.. but we have a new one to add the list... QUAR PARTISANS - Layout   yep, the armed civilians are on the way.

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  8/27/25, 12:11 AM
• WW1 Dungeon Crawler / Fort Vaux Box Set Idea

  I think you could rig the ruleset to allow both head to head battles, or as a "castle defense" game with elements of space hulk. you just have the "castle defense" version be a different set of sce...

  posted in The Great War: The War to End All Wars 1914-1918

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  Mithril2098
  8/24/25, 1:30 AM
• Kitbashing Death Korps

  @Sir Nobody  mostly it's the visual similarities of the two sets of minis: Steel Legion and Raumjeagar the steel elgion's masks do have a bit more of a russian style (especially with tha...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Mithril2098
  8/15/25, 3:37 PM
• Grand Battle Scale Azincourt armies

  army commanders in the armies of england and france at the time tended to be equipped the same as their other nobles (that is, as knights), so i don't think you'd get a seperate command box the way...

  posted in Grand Battle Scale

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  Mithril2098
  8/13/25, 6:29 PM
• modular barbarians

  @Sir Nobody yeah, in the Conan stories the main times he's depicted running around without clothing was usually "after he got captured and stuck in the BBEG's prison", and that's just presented as ...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  8/13/25, 6:17 PM
• Mea Culpa!

  it also seems to strike when you go in and edit a post. just had one eaten after i fixed some typos and added an extra thought.

  posted in News, Rules, and Announcements

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  Mithril2098
  8/13/25, 1:45 AM
• Kit ideas I'd love to see from WGA/Asking Thoughts?

  if WGA pursues the animal heads route, i'd actually suggest they talk to Sally4th and look into getting plastic kits for the Albedo Combat Patrol game made. it could serve as a way to get that game...

  posted in General Chatter

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  Mithril2098
  8/12/25, 7:11 PM
• Mea Culpa!

  in my case it was attempts to post reponses with several pictures in them. can only assume that was part of some anti-bot filter. in the end i figured out i can add more pictures to existing posts....

  posted in News, Rules, and Announcements

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  Mithril2098
  8/12/25, 5:20 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  so we finally got some updates in the release schedule. COFTYRAN CHYWEETHL TRACTOR - UK Injection 1/2 complete CRUSADER AILTHEAN TRACTOR - UK Injection 1/2 compete QUAR WESTERN ARNYARAN INFANTRY...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  8/8/25, 7:13 PM
• Idea: war of the worlds martians with mini-tripods.

  had to go through and delete a few duplicate posts of mine, now that the mods found the 'pending posts' section of the site and authorized them. several attempts at posting reference images ended u...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  8/8/25, 6:56 PM
• modular barbarians

  Define barbarian? because that's a term that applies to a pretty wide catagory. the original meaning was "anyone who doesn't speak greek", later it became "anyone who isn't us", and has been applie...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  8/6/25, 2:26 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  one tractor a box is the indications i've gotten from when it's discussed by the people in the know. we haven't had specifics yet though, nor prices.   and update from the release schedule p...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  7/11/25, 3:16 PM
• Dreamforge Leviathns

  To be honest, as neat as the Leviathan walkers looked? I think that a better choice would be to take the look and make something smaller, more like GWs Armiger or large Dreadnaught models in size. ...

  posted in Iron-Core: Mark Mondragon's Universe

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  Mithril2098
  7/4/25, 5:27 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  looks liek the Chyweethl will be easy enough to magentize. and honestly, an HMG/Gatling weapons swap makes a lot of sense for it. it's already bordering on being a tankette, and giving it an anti-i...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/30/25, 12:07 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  so looks like the tractors are coming very soon, these just got posted to the two main Quar facebook groups:    

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/28/25, 8:55 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  so new release tracker page isntead of it being in the weekly email. https://wargamesatlantic.com/pages/release-schedule COFTYRAN CHYWEETHL TRACTOR - UK InjectionCRUSADER AILTHEAN TRACTOR - UK ...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/27/25, 5:53 PM
• Size compatibility between "Classic Fantasy" and "Age of Reason"

  kind curious myself. between turnip28, Sludge, and the like there are plenty of gmaes where mixing the more medieval with the age of musket would be useful. myself i've wondered about using such fi...

  posted in Classic Fantasy

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  Mithril2098
  6/26/25, 2:51 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  from the early surprise update.. no Quar but fans of napoleonic era or Sharpes rifles will be happy. from the queue section though there was a bit of a sruprise.. Fidwog command coming our way. Pa...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/24/25, 2:14 AM
• 28mm Quar Cavalry

  @Duncan Sargent it's been on the schedule of products in the weekly emails for over a month. it's still a while off but should be out before the end of the year.. probably before winter starts.

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/22/25, 3:46 PM
• 28mm Quar Cavalry

  @Duncan Sargent they almost have to be since the cadier's are getting their own seperate box, the way the horses did for the historicals.  

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/22/25, 10:36 AM
• Generic stowage?

  i'm not sure you could do as wide a range of timeframes as your post suggests, the appearance of packs, bottles, and so on change a lot over time. but with vehicle kits coming for Deathfields and Q...

  posted in General Chatter

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  Mithril2098
  6/22/25, 1:24 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  they've got a lot of non-Quar kits in the queue, and most of the quar stuff isn't slated to hit mold testing till later this summer, so not surprised we've not seen much new.

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/20/25, 4:41 PM
• Kitbashing Death Korps

  even at the time the Grognards were still the best way to make proxy Deathkorps. Grognards as Deathcorps, Raumjeager as Steel Legion, Bulldogs as Preatorians, SpaceNam as Catachans. Ooh Rah even m...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Mithril2098
  6/18/25, 5:53 PM
• Kitbashing Death Korps

  even at the time the Grognards were still the best way to make proxy Deathkorps. Grognards as Deathcorps, Raumjeager as Steel Legion, Bulldogs as Preatorians, SpaceNam as Catachans. Ooh Rah even m...

  posted in Painting & Modeling

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  Mithril2098
  6/18/25, 5:04 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  no real change to the Quar line up status this week. hopefully they announce the Tractors soon , if they want to get them out by the end of the month.   Western Arnyaran Infantry (Mold Com...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/14/25, 5:14 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  actually tried to post it last night but i had login issues. and i'd say the tractors are going to be out by the end of the month.. box printing is pretty much the last step before release. not s...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  6/6/25, 10:43 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  so weekly update: nothing new revealed, but looks like the Tractors are on schedule for next month after all. Western Arnyaran Infantry (Mold Complete) Coftyran Chyweethl Tractor (Box Design) ...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  5/30/25, 2:41 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  and as for the partisans not being 'mass battle suitable'.. the 'mass battle' rules aren't really all that big, just substaintially bigger than the skirmish rules. according to headzombie, the inte...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  5/27/25, 3:51 AM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  @pafbraed287 WGA has shown that they are willing to release the starter box alongside full boxes of the content figures. they did it whith the current Clash of Rhyflers (where the starter came out ...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  5/26/25, 11:57 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  in the interview the other day it was mentioned a new Clash of Rhyflers starter set was coming later this year, along with an updated starter rulebook and the full rules. and that it'll have a diff...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  5/26/25, 2:21 AM
• Boycott

  @von Klinkerhoffen unfortunately given where i live, my senators are part of the problem. i didn't vote for them either.

  posted in General Chatter

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  Mithril2098
  5/25/25, 7:31 PM
• Coming Products (a hopefully ongoing thread)

  if they keep the sprues to a minimum, you might end up with 2 of each to the box.. with the Chyweethl having two full sprues, and the Ailthean having 4. the quar boxes have been all over the map i...

  posted in Quar!

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  Mithril2098
  5/24/25, 10:42 AM