I'm just started playing around with 10mm figures, we are planning on some fantasy games using warmaster ( my opponents choice) and piquet ( my choice).
My question was regard the scale of the new warband figures, i've ordered some barbarians, plus a few anglo-saxons from the dark ages range. There is a considerable size difference, its not a problem as I only have one Saxon pack. I'm assuming warband is a heroic 10mm, would that be correct? How do the old fantasy figures scale up?
But I am loving the figures, just wouldn't want to mix them in the same army though.
Cheers
Andy
First off, welcome to the Forum!
Our Fantasy figures have always been a little larger than the historical ones, being around 12-14mm overall height, whereas the historicals are usually around 11.5mm (10mm to the eye). The newer Warband ranges are all based on, or conversions from, those original Fantasy figures, so you can mix and match across any of the new/old Fantasy ranges.
The next Warband army to get done will be the Dragonmen, which be a range of humans sculpted to match up with our other Warband ranges.
Give me a shout if we can help with anything.
8)
Cheers Leon that was a super fast reply.
It's no problem, I'll put the saxons aside for a future dux brit project. having painted my first batch of 10mm I've realised I can do all those projects that I started in 28mm but just didn't finished due to painting fatigue.
Hi Andy - welcome to the forum!
With my 17th Scot and Irish stuff I use mostly Pendraken but mix in several other manufactures (and eras) for variety. This often produces a similar problem and I use ~2mm shims when basing those that are slightly smaller - once painted and based in tight groupings it is sufficient to fool the eye (well most eyes :)). Not real elegant and may not meet your aesthetic but thought I would mention it.
Hi Andy,
welcome to the forum. Lots of friendly, helpful and knowledgeable lunatics forum members here. :)
Also lots of input from the Pendraken team themselves, as you've already seen.
As a big fan of Warmaster I hope you enjoy it, though if you haven't played any similar systems it can take some getting used to.
Welcome to the forum, Andy. :-h
Cheers - Phil
Welcome to the forum.
Hi
IanS
Welcome Mr Cole.
You're OK with orcs and goblins and dragons and balrogs, and dwarves and snitterfields, yet you baulk at men have a one foot height difference?
I will never understand fantasy.
It's like when people objected to a large-breasted Catwoman performing acrobatics and gymnastics to which the reply was "you're quite happy that a man can fly, shoot heat beams out his eyes and is invulnerable to bullets ... but can't cope with an ample bosomed woman doing spin kicks."
Welcome anyway. Sorry if I sound grumpy - you caught me at a low point of the morning.
Hi Andy
You'll learn about Mr fsn. I'd just focus on the cat women part of his post...
The height difference is most noticeable at the stage of preparing figures - once they are on the table these difference tend to be far less noticeable. Particualry if you use some of the tricks mentioned above.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 07:13:06 AM
Welcome Mr Cole.
You're OK with orcs and goblins and dragons and balrogs, and dwarves and snitterfields, yet you baulk at men have a one foot height difference?
I will never understand fantasy.
It's like when people objected to a large-breasted Catwoman performing acrobatics and gymnastics to which the reply was "you're quite happy that a man can fly, shoot heat beams out his eyes and is invulnerable to bullets ... but can't cope with an ample bosomed woman doing spin kicks."
Welcome anyway. Sorry if I sound grumpy - you caught me at a low point of the morning.
Have to agree with FSN on this, as I just don't get fantasy either. If it's made up then anything goes so why have rules.
Hello and welcome.
Don't listen to the eeyores above, it's not their usual sunny disposition, give the thread 10 posts more and we will be massively off topic!
I there is no other option have been known to mix and match figures as well but I think that the height difference is part and parcel of a unit. Also making up whole units of the same figure types from different manufacturers in an army usually works as well.
Oh, and wotcha from me.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 07:13:06 AM
Sorry if I sound grumpy - you caught me at a low point of the morning.
Very unlike you, Nobby.....Hope everything's OK, Matey.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 07:13:06 AM
Welcome Mr Cole.
You're OK with orcs and goblins and dragons and balrogs, and dwarves and snitterfields, yet you baulk at men have a one foot height difference?
Common sense?
Here?
Welcome on board.
Yeah ok guys point taken...
Once I had another look with a bit of a shim and careful selection they will look fine. Probably not helped that the slightly larger figures were painted and the others not, so they had more presence, if that makes sense.
Don't worry about grumpy, in real life i'm a chef and baker, so constantly grumpy.
Quote from: Techno on 08 April 2016, 08:27:07 AM
Very unlike you, Nobby.....Hope everything's OK, Matey.
Yes thanks. It's just that being asked to perform the impossible three times a day gets to be a bit wearing.
Only three times a day? Get that man some ginseng.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 01:41:24 PM
Yes thanks. It's just that being asked to perform the impossible three times a day gets to be a bit wearing.
Someone else needs a new member too, it seems.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 01:41:24 PM
Yes thanks. It's just that being asked to perform the impossible three times a day gets to be a bit wearing.
You obviously still haven't been provided with all the clones you were promised....Doesn't sound like fun. :(
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 01:41:24 PM
Yes thanks. It's just that being asked to perform the impossible three times a day gets to be a bit wearing.
Ain't it the truth.
Here is some armor (armour) fantasy to cheer you up
(http://pre07.deviantart.net/489a/th/pre/i/2014/018/d/f/girls_und_tank_by_bahryi-d5xzmu3.jpg)
Let's be honest we all of us incorporate fantasy into our wargaming! That's one of the many reasons it's fun!
Quote from: Andy_Cole on 08 April 2016, 12:42:30 AM
Cheers Leon that was a super fast reply.
No worries, you caught me just as I was leaving work! Busy, busy here at the moment, it'll be nice once we're past Salute.
We've got plans for future ranges beyond Warband as well, so we might look at adding some different styled Human armies, to offer more variety to the ranges. It'll be a long-term thing though, as we've got a lot planned for Phil in the coming 12 months... :D
12 months! I thought it was 12 year! ;D
Quote from: Leon on 08 April 2016, 03:47:19 PM
No worries, you caught me just as I was leaving work! Busy, busy here at the moment, it'll be nice once we're past Salute.
We've got plans for future ranges beyond Warband as well, so we might look at adding some different styled Human armies, to offer more variety to the ranges. It'll be a long-term thing though, as we've got a lot planned for Phil in the coming 12 months... :D
You are NOT holding me upside down in the septic tank again ! ;D ;D ;D....(Oh you mean making models #:-S #:-S)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: d_Guy on 08 April 2016, 03:04:11 PM
(http://pre07.deviantart.net/489a/th/pre/i/2014/018/d/f/girls_und_tank_by_bahryi-d5xzmu3.jpg)
Now that's my kind of fantasy! Cheers d_Guy!
Love the accessory on the gun barrel!
Something of a bra hoo hoo.
Lovely tank crew you have there sir, are they well drilled? :D :D
Quote from: skywalker on 09 April 2016, 12:16:43 PM
Lovely tank crew you have there sir, are they well drilled? :D :D
X_X X_X ;D
So we are clear - this is not my work - Google find - it did seem to cheer fsn - oops - Nobby -up!
Quote from: skywalker on 09 April 2016, 12:16:43 PM
Lovely tank crew you have there sir, are they well drilled? :D :D
Well, good bye.
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2016, 01:41:24 PM
Yes thanks. It's just that being asked to perform the impossible three times a day gets to be a bit wearing.
Miss Whiplash on holiday then ??
Didn't your mother tell you that doing that will make you go blind!! And then you won't be able to paint properly ;D
Herro :D