News: Conquest Games - Medieval Knights box set

[Tonhel]

I am just really curious. I've been building some knights with the fireforge kits the past days and I have a lot of issues with a lot of the weird poses that come in the kits. I am hoping these will be a lot better. So far everything points to it that they will be worth it a lot more already.

Something else I noticed when looking at the unit when visiting Crisis was that the spears didn't look so ridiculous long as with the Fireforge kits.

I think it's a much better kit than the fireforge kits and probably more or less compatible so lots of conversion potential.

Is there an ETA?

[Littlearmies]

I'd love it if someone brought out some really good plastic horses which are walking or standing.

I agree - they didn't spend all their time charging around.

[Johan]

I agree - they didn't spend all their time charging around.

I talked about that with Mike when I saw him at SELWG. This counts for all producers of plastic cavalry btw.

[Breazer]

Who is Mike and what did he say about it then?

[Breazer]

Does anyone know if we can still put them on our christmas wishlist?

[henryv]

They look pretty good, I wish somebody would release "Medieval villagers" a plastic set would be most welcome.

[Admiral Benbow]

Does anyone have any pictures of the sprues?

Here we go:






Got them without box from the Conquest booth at Crisis. 4 identical sprues, one nearly identical but for a kind of leader figure and two additional horse sprues. Nice sculpts, pretty horses, definitely better than the Fireforge sets, BUT ...

I asked the owner at the show if those miniatures would be compatible with Perrys, especially the horses, and he assured me they would. So I bought the set and looked forward to many more possibilities changing parts between horses from both sets. Holy shit, could I've been more naive ...?

Comparison shot between Conquest (top) and Perry:




You could easily see that Perry horses are MUCH bigger and definitely not compatible!

Even between Conquest (top) and Fireforge:




Body halves not compatible at all, some of the heads might be good replacements for the Fireforge stuff.

Needless to say I was quite disappointed. 

[Johan]

Who is Mike and what did he say about it then?

Mike is the owner of Conquest Games. We just talked about the fact that there are no standing horses in plastic. He took that point on board for when he needs new horses sculpted.

[jauntyharrison]

It's a good looking sprue, but I can say without any reservations at all now that it's a Maciejowski Bible (c. 1240) period set. It's good looking for what it is, in fact I like  the look of it better than the knights from Fireforge, but it's also seriously disappointing that they chose to revisit a period that is already provided with adequate plastic figurines.

If you are interested in The Anarchy or the 3rd Crusade, this set is not for you, but that's not a very sensible quibble to have. The set is good at what it does, in fact it looks better than its competitors. I just wish it did something new.

[Breazer]

Thank you for the pictures Admiral Benbow.

The kit looks decent. I see some things I really like, also some that im less happy with. It seems like it will be a good kit to add to the kitbash pile.

[westwaller]

Hmmm not too much to get excited about there. I think it would do for King John and 1217, but I'm unsure as to its suitability for the Anarchy. It is very similar to the Fireforge sets maybe a few more earlier style barrel helms in this kit but I'm a bit underwhelmed.

[Engel]

If I rememeber correctly the Perries horses are a couple of hundred years later of warhorse breeded Destriers, they are ment to be big.
So I see no problem with them beeing bigger then a early medieval horse.

[Captain Blood]

I think it's a problem if you wanted to intermix the parts, that's the point
The horses themselves look good.

[Charlie_]

The horses do look pretty good.

I think the idea of mixing halves of different manufacturers' horses and wanting them to match up is expecting a bit much!!

[Breazer]

The boxes are up for pre-order and are at a 5 pound discount it seems.