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Title: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Belgian on May 30, 2020, 06:43:59 PM
Today we will take an extensive look at the brand new Wargames Atlantic Afghan Warriors! These new 28mm hard-plastic multi-part miniatures are the first set of their new Imperial Conquests: Battles in the Age of Empire 1815-1914 miniature range. This range primarily focuses on colonial warfare although they may branch out a bit within the time frame but starting with these very useful Afghan Warriors!

The “Great Game” between Russia and Britain in the 19th century led to Afghanistan becoming a focal point of European interests. Little were British soldiers prepared for the ferocity and tenacity of these hardy mountain warriors. This set includes warriors typical of the North-West Frontier during conflicts with the British from 1830s-1920s. Depending on weapon choices they would not be inappropriate from 1700 up to the present time.

You can check the review included plenty of scale comparison pictures on Wargame News and Terrain see link below

https://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2020/05/wargames-atlantic-plastic-afghan.html
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: LordSpode1879 on June 02, 2020, 10:18:23 AM
Excellent review, well considered and extremely informative! Thank you for posting it!
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on June 02, 2020, 11:04:10 AM
Great review, thanks!
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Belgian on June 04, 2020, 04:59:20 AM
Thanks much appreciated! Always aim to write a balanced review with positive and negative points along with plenty of scale comparison pictures.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: nervisfr on June 27, 2020, 02:28:14 PM
Well, by now a new deal .................with the Perry's one coming for august  :-* :-*

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Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: sepoy1857 on July 09, 2020, 12:49:57 AM
Wow! There's a lot of nice detail on these figs to paint.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Bob Murch on July 14, 2020, 04:37:34 AM
Quite enticing! And a box of plastic figs are always nicely affordable even if you don't use them all. Its always great to add more variety to the tribes.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Belgian on August 07, 2020, 06:22:29 PM
Quite enticing! And a box of plastic figs are always nicely affordable even if you don't use them all. Its always great to add more variety to the tribes.

That's true always useful to have, even if it's only for certain bits and pieces.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: TheCaptain on August 14, 2020, 09:24:32 PM
A weird question, that might not fit here, but here goes. How do they compare in size to gw Imperial Guard minis? I wanted to try to do some tallarn for a while and these could be helpful.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Von Stroheim on August 14, 2020, 11:49:36 PM
According to their Facebook page Wargames Atlantic will have Plastic Afghan cavalry ready in a few months - no pics though.

https://www.facebook.com/wargamesatlantic/
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Atheling on August 15, 2020, 07:32:00 AM
According to their Facebook page Wargames Atlantic will have Plastic Afghan cavalry ready in a few months - no pics though.

https://www.facebook.com/wargamesatlantic/

I would certainly have to see pictures before even considering buying; I have to say that the look of the Perry plastic Afghans is streets ahead of the Wargames Atlantic stuff. There's just no comparison in terms of the naturalness and poise the Perry stuff and awkward look of the WA mini's.

Having said that, I might be tempted to buy a box of the WA Afghans just for head swaps and conversions.

EDIT: but, I'm probably going to see if the Perry's produce different 'turbaned' heads for different tribes on the NWF- there was some talk of them possibly releasing more modern weapons on a podcast they featured on.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Diablo Jon on August 15, 2020, 08:22:09 AM
A weird question, that might not fit here, but here goes. How do they compare in size to gw Imperial Guard minis? I wanted to try to do some tallarn for a while and these could be helpful.

They are a lot smaller than GW IG. The Afghans are true 1/56 and very skinny the heads would look silly on GW IG I'm afraid to say unless you are after mutants with small head mutations.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: TheCaptain on August 15, 2020, 10:57:43 AM
Shame. Thank you
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Rogerc on August 16, 2020, 11:27:42 AM
I have a box of these, as mentioned already they are not as nice as the Perrys by some way, some of mine have come out ok, others less so, I am mixing them in with metals on some bases and have done a couple with Sikh heads from the Blot action WW2 range, I may even get some more sikh heads and do more of these as they came out OK. I have used oen of their heads to convert an Iron Duke cavalryman and its looks good so far, the heads are hit and miss and but about half of them are very nice indeed. Darrol if you wanted to swap a sprue or two when you get a bunch of Perrys to add variety happy to support, Only 5 to a sprue so swap 2-1 rather than buy a bunch.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Atheling on August 16, 2020, 11:31:22 AM
Darrol if you wanted to swap a sprue or two when you get a bunch of Perrys to add variety happy to support, Only 5 to a sprue so swap 2-1 rather than buy a bunch.

Thanks Roger. I'll take you up on that offer- I'm buying the three boxes (of course!) so it will be very doable  :)
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Captain Blood on August 16, 2020, 03:21:49 PM
I have a box of these, as mentioned already they are not as nice as the Perrys by some way, some of mine have come out ok, others less so


Hmmm...
Sorry to Wargames Atlantic fans for being a gloom-monger, and fair play to WA for stealing a march on the Perrys with this release, but once the Perry set is out, I honestly can't see many people buying these in preference. The detail looks quite soft and some of the posing unnatural - a problem with quite a lot of digital sculpting of plastic figure kits.
The Perry set contains 10 different bodies, 16 different heads, and an RRP of £20. The WA set has just five different bodies, 12 different heads and an RRP of £25. Admittedly it looks like you get 36 figures in total in the Perry set, versus 40 in the WA set, but the quality of the Perry product in terms of sculpting and moulding is going to be superior in every respect, and with a much greater number and variety of components, arms and weapons. In terms of versatility, price, and product quality, the Perry set wins.
I guess Wargames Atlantic's best hope is that some people also buy this set to add some further variety.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Rogerc on August 16, 2020, 07:38:34 PM
Thanks Roger. I'll take you up on that offer- I'm buying the three boxes (of course!) so it will be very doable  :)

Great just shout.
Title: Re: Wargames Atlantic: Plastic Afghan Warriors Reviewed!
Post by: Atheling on August 16, 2020, 07:39:38 PM
Great just shout.

Will do.