Fireforge Warrior Monk

 As posted earlier, Fireforge have recently released a box set of Warrior Monks.

Here is the first one I have built, armed with an Naginata.

Fireforge Warrior Monks

 Fireforge have just released a box set of Warrior Monks.

There are two sprue frame types (A and B) and there are three each of them

There are naginatas, muskets (teppo) and bows (Yumi) for all.

Frostgrave Knight for Oathmark

 As I was looking for the Anvil Industries' Brodie Helmets for the Heavy Infantry, I found some other Anvil heads, the Sallet ones.

The neck sockets need opening up to take the Anvil necks.

They are a bit late in style compared to the Oathmark figures but there is a Sallet helmet on the Frostgrave Knight sprue.

The sallet heads do suit the Frostgrave figures more than the Fireforge ones.

Oathmark Heavy Infantry with Brodie helmets

 

The previous Oathmark Human Heavy Infantry were built out of the box, but as previously shown, you can use Anvil Industries heads as well as heads from Frostgrave and Stargrave with the figures.

As I have already got some Soldiers with Brodie Helmets, it seemed logical to see what the Heavy Infantry figures looked like with the Brodie Gladiator helmets.

The neck socket needed to be opened out, first with a 3mm drill bit, followed by a 4mm and a 4.5mm drill bit. Super glue was used to fix the resin head to the plastic body.

The soldier figures and the knight were both armed with maces, so the Heavy Infantry figures used the two two-handed maces supplied on each sprue.

The Queen's Guard - Oathmark Human Heavy Infantry

As previously noted, I bought the pre-order offer for the Oathmark Human Heavy Infantry from North Star.

This included the metal Queen, Magician, Musician and three heroes.

It was not much of a leap to theme the figure build around the Queen, in heavy armour.

This is the first four plastics and the metal queen figure.

As this will be led by a queen figure, I thought a standard would be a nice touch. Though there are rules for standards in one of the expansion books, I thought to use it to highlight that this was a queen rather than one of the other champion figures.

So I needed a standard. The ones in the human sets are a bit weedy, so I had a look through my other sprues and thought the one from the Gripping Beast Goth Elite Cavalry looked useful (the cavalry were being used for Elf Heavy Cavalry).

The standard arm was drilled out to take 1.6mm brass rod, as was the standard.

The Heavy Infantry set does not include a left hand standard bearer sword arm, so I used one from the standard infantry set.

The first two ranks.

Getting close to an Oathmark mini army (heavy infantry and a King/Queen character are very points heavy). The mini-army is the Queen and nineteen heavy infantry warriors. 

Just one rank to go.

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.

Recent Rule books

 So I have bought a number of rules in the last fortnight (all from North Star).

First up: Five Leagues from the Borderlands Compendium.

Lots of new stuff for Five leagues from the Borderlands. Like the Five Parsecs from Home compendium, it contains a stand alone game Deep Below. In this case it is a dungeon delver game, with additional species to be part of your party.

The second is Forgotten Ruin, again based on Five Leagues, and is another stand alone game pitting modern infantry against fantasy critters.

The most recent purchase is the second edition of Dragon Rampant.

The original was an Osprey Blue Book. This edition is a hardback.

The core rules incorporate the updated rules from Lion Rampant second edition, and are generally compatible.

There are example warbands and lots of nice photographs.

Still more to read.

Hairfoot Jousting

 Osprey have just released Hairfoot Jousting, the game of Halfling (or Goblin) jousting.

Interestingly this book is the same format as the Modiphius books, smaller than the normal Osprey hardbacks.

It is actually two books back-to-back, the goblin version is in the back upside down.

Stargrave: Death Vector and The Automatons

 Death Vector and The Automatons is not a post-punk band but the latest scenario book for Stargrave and the new multi-part multi-pose plastic figures to go with it.

The box is the standard size for Stargrave (and Frostgrave) figures and has four sprues each of which builds five figures. 

These are definitely of the "Resistance is Futile" school of robotized humanoids, complete with an assortment of slightly comical drills etc.

There are also three bugs per sprue, described in the book's bestiary section.

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.

When Nightmares Come: Kate - Warden

Kate is a Warden, using her twin Beretta 92s to drive back the Nightmares. 

The figure is Copplestone Castings' Girl Werewolf Hunter.

Putting out the bins has a whole new meaning...