News: Conquest Games - Medieval Knights box set

[Engel]

I stumbled upon this, hope its not posted before.


I loved their archers so this could be promising. 

They have come a long way since their first plastic Normans that I dont like at all...


http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/index.php

23rd August 2017 - It has been a while but we now have some promotional pictures for our Medieval Knights box set. More pictures of the box set and what you will get in it will be appearing in the forum over the next few days.

Here's a painted example of one of the 3-Ups...


And here is a shot of some painted examples of what you can make from the box...


The front rank features examples from around the the reign of King John, and the rear rank shows examples from around the time of The Anarchy and the reign of King Stephen.

[Captain Blood]

I didn't like their archers to be honest. But these do look more promising. Will provide more good components at any rate 

The horses actually look really good and versatile for all sorts of uses.

[mweaver]

That does look promising.  Thanks for posting.

Out of curiosity, Capt. B, what do you not like about the archers? (I have never seen them).

-Michael

[Verderer]

That chainmail looks a bit off, especially in the legs?

[Dr. Zombie]

Finally someone is making mail legs and long sleeved arms.

[levied troop]

They look good, is a release date known?

Just a shame they weren't around a couple of years ago - I've now given my medieval loyalty to the early HYW...

Would they be that far out for a few poorer armed sargeants?  Conversion possibilities certainly.

[Psychlic Bob]

Just as I am looking for some Latinikon figures!

[Dr. Zombie]

Hopefully some foot versions are on the way as well.

[Captain Blood]

That does look promising.  Thanks for posting.

Out of curiosity, Capt. B, what do you not like about the archers? (I have never seen them).

-Michael

Michael, my brief review of them, plus pictures of the frames, are in this thread:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=76124.45

But in summary - great heads, terrible legs, soft detail, and weird half arms providing shooting postures that don't look right for the most part.

I'm afraid - for the most part - I'm just not a fan of this sculptor's work. His bow shooting poses in particular, across his output for Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Frostgrave and Conquest, are all universally odd. Like a child's notion of someone shooting a bow, rather than a realistic representation of the stance of a bowman... 

He does create some great character heads though.

[mweaver]

Thanks.  Good review.

[westwaller]

I've been checking the Conquest Games page for a while now in anticipation of these...

I agree with Captain Blood about the Archers being a bit 'off' though although I would say that it seems that most miniature sculptors seem to struggle with archery poses- even the Perry brothers, who have produced some good archer poses but still like to add an odd 'waving hand' option for some if the drawing/loosing hands. Their WOTR nocking set of arms has the bow at a questionable angle too...

Back to the miniatures in this thread, I reckon they look promising and I am eager to see more images of them. I'm hoping they do some infantry for this period too.

[Paul Richardson]

I might have a use for the horses. They look pretty good. I'd love it if someone brought out some really good plastic horses which are walking or standing.

[Coenus Scaldingus]

That chainmail looks a bit off, especially in the legs?

Absolutely - rather than the usual rows of 'C' shapes showing interlocking rings, the mail on the legs is just a row a holes - very poor in my opinion. They had good potential to be better than the somewhat later Fireforge ones (some of which have strangely oversized weapons and poses that can be a bit off), but the chainmail really lets these down.

[Duncan McDane]

Like the horses so I'm gonna buy me a set. The rest, mwoah, maybe, can always cut them up in order to fix some damaged old metal ones  .

[Engel]

To be fair, the model is a painted 3up and the final miniature might look a little different.
Im not saying they will redo it but some details hopefully looks a little better when done in 28mm, even if I think a C pattern chainmail would probably have looked better.