Fireforge, long known for the quality of their historical miniatures, have launched this kickstarter.
It's an interesting project, two (at least) armies of hard plastic minis and a set of rules as well.
Clever move to package infantry in 12s and cavalry in 6s, just right for Dragon Rampant. The Northerners look very nice, they have avoided the hairy barbarian style of Northerner and gone for something a little more *ahem* 'Stark'. One of the stretch goals is a force of well armoured Southerners, ideal opponents for the Northerners when Winter comes.
There is a lot I like about this project. Fireforge have apparently already got the moulds for the initial releases done, so the wait time should be pretty short. The Undead opposition have nice details such as the inclusion of female bodies in the zombie villagers set, and equipment details to link them to the Northerners.
I do think I will be able to resist it though; I don't want a new games system at the moment. I may well pick the odd box up at retail, and if I didn't have a goodly sized force of ex-Empire troops for my Kingdoms of Men, I would be all over this.
EDIT: One I didn't resist, Deep Madness has just arrived. A humongous load of minis, it makes the Conan boardgame seem quite small.
Once I've gone through it a bit I'll post pictures, but the pieces are nicely sculpted and cast.
EDIT 2: the Fireforge Kickstarter did finally fund, though it didn't reach the dizzy heights I think they were expecting, based on the stretch goals they showed. I'll doubtless pick up some of the boxes at retail; I can see a lot of use for them for both RPG and Dragon Rampant. They might even make nice Kingdoms of Men for Kings of War, or possibly Northern Alliance when we find out a bit more about them.
It's an interesting project, two (at least) armies of hard plastic minis and a set of rules as well.
Clever move to package infantry in 12s and cavalry in 6s, just right for Dragon Rampant. The Northerners look very nice, they have avoided the hairy barbarian style of Northerner and gone for something a little more *ahem* 'Stark'. One of the stretch goals is a force of well armoured Southerners, ideal opponents for the Northerners when Winter comes.
There is a lot I like about this project. Fireforge have apparently already got the moulds for the initial releases done, so the wait time should be pretty short. The Undead opposition have nice details such as the inclusion of female bodies in the zombie villagers set, and equipment details to link them to the Northerners.
I do think I will be able to resist it though; I don't want a new games system at the moment. I may well pick the odd box up at retail, and if I didn't have a goodly sized force of ex-Empire troops for my Kingdoms of Men, I would be all over this.
EDIT: One I didn't resist, Deep Madness has just arrived. A humongous load of minis, it makes the Conan boardgame seem quite small.
Once I've gone through it a bit I'll post pictures, but the pieces are nicely sculpted and cast.
EDIT 2: the Fireforge Kickstarter did finally fund, though it didn't reach the dizzy heights I think they were expecting, based on the stretch goals they showed. I'll doubtless pick up some of the boxes at retail; I can see a lot of use for them for both RPG and Dragon Rampant. They might even make nice Kingdoms of Men for Kings of War, or possibly Northern Alliance when we find out a bit more about them.
It seems like you will have quite a bit of painting to do, which 'box' on your list will the Deep Madness stuff go?
ReplyDeleteNone for now. I'm sure it plays OK unpainted, and I am not sure where I am going with it. I post more about it when I've had a chance to look through it. If that sounds easy, there were five boxes of stuff!
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