Showing posts with label Medieval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medieval. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

FireForge - Byzantine Auxiliaries

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This box set enables you to build 25 x Byzantine Auxiliaries. You'll be able to assemble 10 x armoured archers and up to 5 x Slingers, up to 10 x light archers and up to 10 x javelin men. Obviously with just 25 torsos to work with you will be left with a significant number of pieces for your spares box!

The box contains five identical Figure Frames and a single frame with bases, each frame has 5 x torsos, 8 x heads, 5 x swords and shields.

Two torsos on each frame are armoured, the remainder are unarmoured.
Figure Frame


The box contains also contains 25, 20mm x 20mm bases.

FireForge - Sergeants at Arms

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This boxed set contains 12 x 28mm multi-part plastic Sergeants at Arms with a mix of barded and unbarded horses.

You can build several types of Sergeants with a choice of many weapons among which you will find crossbows for assembling Mounted Crossbowmen units.

The set contains three Figure Frames,each with parts to make 4 riders, there are a selection of cloaks, heads, arms and shields to allow for considerable variety in poses.


Figure Frame
Believe that there are two Weapons Frames in the set, with a variety of hand axe, sword and mace arms as well as six spear arms, as well as 6 crossbows on each frame.
Weapons Frame

There are four Horse Frames in the set, two each of Barded and Unbarded as below.

Unbarded Horse Frame
Barded Horse Frame

The box contains the following plastic bases:
3, 50mm x 50mm bases
6, 25mm x 50mm bases

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

ForeForge - Mongol Cavalry

This box set contains 12 x 28mm multi-part plastic Mongol Horse Archers of the 12th/13th century with a choice of many weapons among which you'll find bows, hand weapons, spears and shields.

Each of the three figure frames contains parts for 4 riders, with a variety of heads arms, weapons and shields that can be added to taste.

Standards can also be built from the pieces on each of these frames.

There are also 4 x Horse Frames each with parts for three horses, heads and tails can be swapped for added variety.


Figure Frame
Horse Frame


The box contains the following plastic bases -
3, 50mm x 50mm bases
6, 25mm x 50mm bases

More to come ...

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Conquest Games - Medieval Knights


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This boxed set form Conquest Games is focused on the  at the period between 1100AD and 1200AD, just as colourful heraldry was beginning to be introduced and when armoured knights were beginning to assert their authority on the battlefield.

These are perfect for the European wars of the middle of the 12th to 13th Centuries, or the 1st and 2nd Crusades.

There are 16 x models in each box, which are provided on 1 x Command Frame, 3 x Figure Frames and 2 x Horse Frames. There is also a single Base Frame.

Mathematically that works out as 16 x Knights but 18 x Horses, which seems odd but should be viewed as a bonus!

Command
Figure Frame

Horse Frame

More to come...

Conquest Games - Medieval Archers


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This boxed set contains 28 multi-part, hard plastic Medieval Archers, you get 4 x Figure Frames plus 1 x Command Frames which are the same frames form their infantry box.

As an additional bonus you also get 2 x Weapons Frames, each of which contain another figure, this Weapon Frame is the same as the lower half of the main Figure Frame.

Despite being labelled as Medieval', these figures would work well as 'Dark Ages' archers as well, so have been categorised here as such.

Each figure frame contains 6 x torsos, 12 x heads, 6 x Long Bow Arms, 4 x Short Bow arms and 9 x 'other' arms in a variety of poses to represent figures loosing an arrow, pointing or placing an arrow onto the string.
Figure Frame - Front

Accessory wise, each frame also has 6 x Quivers and 3 x knives / daggers.

Figure Frame - Back
The Weapons Frame contains 6 x Long Bow Arms, 4 x Short Bow arms and the 9 x 'other' arms noted above plus 2 x Quivers and the 3 x Knives.

Weapons Frame

Command Frame
Overall a very useful set which adds variety to the Gripping Beast Dark Age Archers set, reviewed elsewhere on this site.

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Gripping Beast - Arab Light Cavalry

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This Boxed Set contains 12 x Arab Light Cavalry & Horse Archer miniatures.

Inside you will find parts to assemble 12 finely-detailed Light Cavalry, fighting with either bow, spear or sword.

The box also contains extra parts to build some of your figures as trumpeters.

The Arab Light Cavalry & Horse Archers may be used to represent the unarmoured cavalry forces of any of the Arab states of the Middle East from 10th - 13th centuries, or the Turcomen or similar horse archers who fought with them as allies.

Figure Frame


Gripping Beast - Arab Heavy Cavalry

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This Boxed Set contains 12 x Arab Heavy Cavalry miniatures.

Inside you will find parts to assemble 12 finely-detailed armoured Cavalry, fighting with either bow or spear.

The box also contains extra parts to build some of your figures as trumpeters. The Arab Heavy Cavalry may be used to represent the armoured cavalry forces of any of the Arab states of the Middle East from 10th - 13th centuries.

Figure Frame





Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Gripping Beast - Arab Spearmen & Archers


Box Art
This boxed set contains 40 x Arab Spearmen & Archier miniatures.

Inside you will find parts to assemble 40 finely-detailed Arab Spearmen & Archers, each warrior can be armed with a spear, but for extra flexibility the set also contains additional parts for you to make up to 16 of these warriors with bows, up to 16 with javelins or up to 8 with swords.

The box also contains extra parts to create trumpeters.

The Arab Spearmen & Archers may be used to represent almost any unarmoured Arabic infantry from the pre-Islamic period to the 18th Century Ottoman Empire. They might be found in the Moorish Armies in Spain, defending the Holy Land during the Crusades or even in the auxiliary infantry at the Siege of Vienna.

Figure Frame

Saturday, 24 August 2013

FireForge - 28mm Steppe Warriors


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This boxed set contains twenty-four 28mm multi-part plastic Steppe Warriors on foot of the 12th/13th century.
Several weapons options like spears, shields, maces and bows will allow you to customise your units.

There are six identical frame sin the set, each with parts for four model figures, included are a variety of heads, arms, weapons and shields, to allow for building different troop types.


Figure Frame

The box contains the following plastic bases:
4, 40mm x 60mm bases
6, 20mm x 20mm bases



Monday, 15 April 2013

FireForge - 28mm Foot Sergeants

 This box enables you to build up to 48 medieval infantry soldiers of the 12th or 13th century. Several weapon options like spears, swords, axes, maces and crossbows are included. You'll be able to build up to 24 Crossbowmen and/or up to 48 Foot Sergeants figures. Figures are supplied unpainted and require some assembly.

See basic frame right, details of component parts are as follows:

Heads - 10 different heads in six  sections for a total of 60 heads in the set.
Bodies - 6 different infantry bodies in very dynamic and realistic poses.
Melee Weapons - 6 different right arms armed with spears, 2 with swords, 2 axes and 2 maces. Six weapon sections for a total of 36 spears, 12 swords, 12 axes and 12 maces. A huge total of 84 right arms with weapons.
Crossbow - 4 different sculpted sets of arms with crossbow. You can build up to 24 foot crossbowmen from the set.
Shields - 4 different shield types and 4 different left arm poses not attached to the shields. There are 48 shields and left arms in the box.
Various - Sword scabbards and crossbow quivers not attached to the bodies.


The box contains enough plastic bases for Deus Vult gaming system:
60mm x 40mm = 8 bases
20mm x 20mm = 12 bases

FireForge - 28mm Teutonic Infantry

This box enables you to build up to 24 Teutonic Infantry soldiers in heavy armour of the 12th or 13th century. Several weapon options like spears, swords, axes, maces and crossbows are included. You'll be able to build up to 12 Crossbowmen and / or up to 12 Dismounted Teutonic Knights and/or up to 24 Teutonic Sergeants figures.

The box contains enough plastic bases for Deus Vult gaming system:
60mm x 40mm = 4 bases
20mm x 20mm = 5 bases

FireForge - 28mm Templar Infantry

This box enables you to build up to 24 Teutonic Infantry soldiers in heavy armour of the 12th or 13th century. Several weapon options like spears, swords, axes, maces and crossbows are included. You'll be able to build up to 12 Crossbowmen and/or up to 12 Dismounted Teutonic Knights and/or up to 24 Teutonic Sergeants figures.

The box contains enough plastic bases for Deus Vult gaming system:
60mm x 40mm = 4 bases
20mm x 20mm = 5 bases

Sunday, 27 January 2013

FireForge - 28mm Templar Knights

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Close on the heels of their previous release, comes FireForge's offering of Templar Knights, these should be viewed in context of the Teutonic Knights boxed set, as they share many of the same parts and same approach to quality, animated sculpting and ease of assembly.

That said the only exception to the note about same parts is that we get a new selection of heads to work with, to reflect the fact that these are not Teutonic knights! Additionally we get three kite shields in the mix, again using the pre-moulded arm technique that makes assembly simple and robust. See the knights' frame below right.

Figure Frame
Each box contains 12 figures, with 3 frames of knights plus a mix of barded and unbarded horses for the knights to ride. The unbarded horse is moulded in two halves, making a possible nine variants when building. THe barded horse is again in two halves giving four variants and is the same frame as issued in the Tuetonic Knights set.

See Horse Frames below left and right....

Unbarded Horse Frame

Bdared Horse Frame


FireForge Miniatures

FireForge is the first company to be added to this site that is based in Italy. They specialise in Medieval miniatures, specifically the Crusades (Holy Land and Baltic!) and associated military orders.

They very quickly established a reputation of producing high quality, visually stunning figures and from experience they are a joy to build and paint. As with many other European based companies they utilise the moulding skills of Renedera.

FireForge Website <Here>

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Product List

28mm Medieval
Teutonic Knights Cavalry
Templar Knights Cavalry
Mounted Sergeants
Foot Sergeants
Templar Infantry
Teutonic Infantry

Sergeants at Arms
Medieval Archers
Foot Knights XI-XIIIC
Russian Infantry

Mongol Cavalry
Steppe Warriors

Byzantine Auxiliaries
Byzantine Spearmen
Scandinavian Infantry

28mm Fantasy 
Living Dead Peasants
Living Dead Warriors
Living Dead Knights

Northern Folk Rabble
Northern Folk Warriors
Northern Folk Bowmen

Albion Knights

Saturday, 26 January 2013

Conquest Games

Conquest Games are relatively new to the plastics arena, they are based in Bexley Heath, Kent, UK and specialise in Dark Ages figures - Normans in particular!

As well as plastics, they also produce metal figures designed by independent designers and sculptors to  a consistently high standard.

Conquest Games Website <Here>.

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Product List


Thursday, 24 January 2013

Perry Miniatures

Perry Miniatures is run by the renowned Perry Twins (Alan and Michael) who have been leaders in wargames figure sculpting for many years now. They have 'day jobs' with Games Workshop and have in the past worked to create the Wargames Foundry ranges. They are now in business for themselves.

Perry Miniatures Website  <Here>


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Product List

Wars of the Roses
WR1   Wars of the Roses Infantry
WR20 'Mercanaries' European Infantry 1450-1500
WR40 Mounted Menat Arms 1450-1500

American War of Independence
AW200   AWI British Infantry

Napoleonic
BH1      British Napoleonic Line Infantry
BH80    Napoleonic British Hussars
FN100  French Napoleonic Infantry
FN120  French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry
FN130  French Napoleonic Line Dragoons
FN140  French Napoleonic Hussars
PN1      Prussian Napoleonic Infantry
RN20   Russian Napoleonic Infantry

American Civil War
ACW1   ACW Infantry
ACW2   ACW Cavalry
ACW70 Zouave Infantry
ACW80 Confederate Infantry 1862-65

Colonial
SA30  Mahdist Ansar - Sudanese Tribesman 1881-1885
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Coming Soon

Wars of the Roses
Light Cavalry 1450 - 1500
Foot Knights

American War of Independence
Continental Line Infantry

American Civil War
ACW Artillery



And there will be more...

FireForge - 28mm Teutonic Knights


First release from FireForge Miniatures, allowing you to build 12 mounted Teutonic Knights.

Each box contains three identical frames, each allowing you to build 4 knights, see below left.. Additionally the box contains 6 frames, each allowing you to build 2 horses upon which to mount the knights, see below right.

Each knight is moulded with torso and legs, to which can be added a variety of arms, heads and thus a wide range of poses can be created. Each knight is also provided with the option of a cloak, these look a bit 'clunky' before adding to the figure but once everything is painted, they look fine.

The selection of helms & shields provided for the knights is impressive and with a little knife work each figure can have a really unique appearance. Additionally a selection of standards, icons and lance pennants are provided along with a horn to allow you to create a musician in the ranks.

Overall the figures have a wonderful sense of movement and are a joy to assemble and paint.

More to come...