Dead Man's Hand: US Cavalry

 Great Escape Games has recently expanded their range of multi-part multi-pose figures for Dead Man's Hand to include US Cavalry (and their dogs).

Mantic Plague Aberration

 A Big Plague monster from Mantic. I think it is an Aberration, but this particular figure is discontinued.

It is a multipiece vinyl figure, which are a bit of a nightmare to clean up. 

I needed to fill in some of the joins and where there are some mould lines, this is why it has taken a bit of a while to complete.

The figure was undercoated with Army Painter Chaotic Red. Ant gaps were filled in with Chaotic Red. The figure was then dry brushed with Citadel Tyrant Bone.

It was then washed with Citadel Khorne wash.

Facing off against a trooper.

Oathmark Human Heavy Infantry

 North Star have recently released the latest box set (and metal characters) for Oathmark - Human Heavy Infantry.

The plastic box set builds 30 figures.

There are six sprues in the box, each sprue builds five figures.

Heavy Infantry only have hand weapon and shield or two handed weapon options. The armour is plate reinforcement over leather or heavy cloth.

There is a standard bearer option but no musician. There are also five of the rectangular Oathmark Human shields, these ones show a little wear and tear.

Hand weapons include one mace, two axes, three swords and one Hero sword.

Two handed weapons include two maces, two axes and one sword.

There are only ten heads and there are not many duplicates to make the bulk of your amy similar. However, there is one head similar to the hero with the closed helmet on the Human Infantry sprue, so I will be using that for the bulk of my force.

Oathmark Heavy Elf Infantry

 North Star have just released their Elf Heavy Infantry for Oathmark.

Five figures per sprue, and six sprues.

Each sprue can build six heavy armoured Elves, all armed with hand weapon and shield or two handed weapon (or a combination of the two) There is also components to build a standard bearer and an officer.

The sprue does not contain enough swords or axes (one or two handed) to build five axe or five sword, you will need to combine parts from separate sprues.

Baron's War Second Edition

 Baron's War is a 28mm scale medieval skirmish wargame. The second edition is available as a starter set.

The starter set comes in a larger box and has the rulebook, enough miniatures (hard plastic kits) for two 500 point retinues, fourteen D10s, ten custom morale dice and a charge D6. There is also a set of barricades (more plastic kits) and a getting started guide.

The D10s, custom D6s and the D6 charge die.

It also has 56 Wargames Atlantic bases.

There are two sprues of 13th Century Knights (total of 12 figures)

Three sprues of 13th Century, total of 18 figures.

Four sprues of Levy (24 figures)

One Long weapons sprue for spears and two handed weapons.

There are two each of the two sprues of barricades

A set of counters.

The getting started guide (which has a suggested build for two different 500 point retinues based on the figures in the box.

The rule book.

Guards of Traitors Toil

 Guards of Traitor's Toll is a new Skirmish level adventure game from Grey for Now.

It is a semi-cooperative game where players control squads of city guards as they patrol the city. They have to apprehend miscreants of various stripes, ensure the citizens do not get to rebellious and deal with sinister plots against the city.

The box contains four sprues of City Folk (making 24 figures) and two sprues of City Guard (making 12 figures). The City Guard is an equal opportunity employer. There are suggested builds for the City Folk, be aware that you will need twenty citizen figures to play the introductory scenario in addition to your guard patrol.

The rule book.

The various cards and special dice, all in a plastic container that will take the counters (see below) when they are removed from the sheet.

Counter sheet

City Folk sprue.

City Guard sprue.

Oathmark Human Light Infantry

 In March 2024 North Star released the Human Light Infantry for Oathmark.

The box contains four sprues, each of which can build five of any combination of Human Rangers and Human Militia (Light Infantry)

There are five sets of melee weapon and shield and five sets of bows.

The shields are a slightly more tatty version of the shield found in the Human Infantry set.

There are components to build command and standard figures. There some additional weapons and packs.

There are five hooded and five heads in pudding basin helmets, plus five other heads.

All heads are compatible with other Oathmark and Frostgrave human heads and bodies.

Five rangers (awaiting fitting of quivers).

Oathmark Mini-Army

The Human Militia are a lot cheaper than the rank and file Human Soldiers (they are also not as good), so you can a lot more figures. The Rangers, however, are more expensive than the rank and file archers.

For an Oathmark mini-army I have chosen to represent a minor lord's force without either a City Guard (Spears) or his retinue. A trusted captain leads the force.

• Human Captain
• Six ranks of Human Militia
• Two ranks of Human Rangers