Warlord games epic battles 12mm acw

[tagalong]

Hi guys have just seen these, wonder if they will do napoleonic.

regards james

[fred]

Interesting - I’m a big fan of 10/12mm figures - so always good to see new products, even if this isn’t my period.

[anch_io]

I thought they were 15mm? At least I think I read it somewhere...

[DCRBrown]

I believe they are 13.5mm.

DB

[Ninefingers]

I believe they are 13.5mm.

DB

So what is now basically 15mm. They really buried the info on what size they are, describing it as 'Epic scale' made me think that it was 6mm.

If I'm being honest, I don't think this announcement sets the world aflame. Plenty of other 15mm manufacturers out there doing ACW, and not in a restrictive strip like these are. Once again Warlord are going the GW route of tying you into their systems.

[Arche Seleukeia]

Not a fan of the generic infantry used for both sides, unsuitable for most regiments sadly.

[vtsaogames]

What does it cost and what do you get?
Each regiment - 100 figures, so basic starter armies are 1200 infantry, 12 guns, 12 officers. You get rules, fences and bases. for 90 pounds.
Throw in a bunch of MDF houeses and the price goes to 171 pounds.
20 pounds gets you 3 regiments, 3 guns and 3 officers.

I'm not going this route as our group already has a goodly number of 15mm ACW figures, though not 100 figures per regiment. At that rate we could field maybe a brigade per side.

[FlyXwire]

The figure size sounds like it could be called Epic N's.

I have a ton of 12mm Gordon & Hague plastic ACW figs, which I've pimped up, and by doing a proper flocking of their bases which took way too much time.

These elbow to elbow strips here on Warlord's figs look way better in their tight lines, than many of our single molded figures on individual bases allow - the Epic design in my mind is also enabling pre-flocking of the movement stands, and then just fit "Part A down onto Part B".

[nicknorthstar]

There's a free frame of the figures on the cover of the new Wargames Illustrated. You can get a copy from me:

https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=15243

I'm sure this'll sell out before the end of January, so if you're interested I'd get a copy now. We're closing for Christmas on the 24th as well, so if you want a frame to look over during Christmas order now.

Cheers
Nick

PS I've been having a play with them today

[FlyXwire]

Great tip, Nick!

[nicknorthstar]

Did I say end of January? I think I might sell out of my allocation by the end of today 

++Update++
Sold out. I'll see if the wholesaler has more tomorrow.

[WuZhuiQiu]

So what is now basically 15mm. They really buried the info on what size they are, describing it as 'Epic scale' made me think that it was 6mm.

If I'm being honest, I don't think this announcement sets the world aflame. Plenty of other 15mm manufacturers out there doing ACW, and not in a restrictive strip like these are. Once again Warlord are going the GW route of tying you into their systems.

They are 13.5mm feet-to-eyes, or 15mm feet-to-crown-of-head. The former is a bit shorter than the currently popular 15mm feet-to-eyes.

[Cubs]

It's odd to choose the shoulder-to-shoulder join for ACW, since I thought they nearly always deployed in open order to fight when close to the enemy? Maybe this is just the standard abstraction for moving battalions around in big battles.

I do like the aesthetic, but a smaller scale would have been a better idea I think, rather than, as already pointed out, deliberately choosing a scale no-one uses to try to build and capture a market in one swoop. There may be a swing back to larger scaler actions after skirmish being all the rage over the last few years, but this seems neither fish nor fowl.

[tagalong]

So not 12mm not 15mm will need to see how they compare scale wise with other manufacturers.

[Arrigo]

Nick, could you be so kind to post a scale comparison with other 15mm?