Oathmark elves revealed! Plastics pics p. 6!

[Elbows]

I don't hate it, but it doesn't wow me.  I'm fine with the sword as it's a simple matter of keeping a miniature in one piece vs. breaking every single weapon in your army if it encounters a stiff breeze.

The dwarfs and greenskins are looking much better though.

[Hobgoblin]

That goblin's terrific - the best orcish miniature I've seen in ages!

I don't mind the elf. I could see some potential use as Melniboneans. There's a touch of the Aly Morrisons about the face, which I like.

[Coenus Scaldingus]

The paint certainly helps. I like what I see - don't even mind the hole-rather-than-link chainmail when painted up. Doesn't quite match the character the Dwarves have, but that's a high bar. Certainly among my favourite designs for Elves, traditional though it may be. And a set of Wood Elves of similar quality will most certainly be welcome.

Is the goblin a metal one like the Dwarf characters? That one is terrific.

[meninobesta]

there is definitely a lot of Gary Chalkness in those 

[Arthadan]

I don't like the Elf, too old school for me. Feet are huge, sword is way oversized and head is also on the big side. All that works well on the Dwarves and the Goblins, but it doesn't work for me on Eves. And there is vast room for improvement in all those chainmails, just compare them to this one:

[Codsticker]

I don't hate them but I'm not wowed.

Same. The criticisms are legitimate but I still like the style.

[Diablo Jon]

I quite like him he has a bit of 80s Citadel elf about him. I'd have to see what other options there were in a box set but they certainly look more my cup of tea than modern GW or Mantic's elves. 

[MattW]

Turns out this fella is a mock-up, not a WIP of one of the actual plastics, and won’t be released (unless they offer him in the nickstarter, I guess).

I can’t agree with RobH’s criticism that says it’s too much like GW elves- they look very different, IMO. Still, to each their own and all. I can certainly see these being popular with the kings of war crowd.

[beefcake]

I like it. Not a high and mighty elf look but a practical one.

[Harry von Fleischmann]

I do like the goblin; the Otherworld goblins are great for D&D but this chap - to me - has echoes of the old minifigs goblins. For a goblin army this style looks streets ahead of say the GW LOTR goblins.

[Bindonblood]

I like the elf. Not a fan of elves, but this one I like. To me he looks very LotR elfy.

I particularly like the fact that he doesn't have a silly shaped shield....by biggest problem with fantasy figures

[Harry von Fleischmann]

It's insanely early to say this but I can't help but wonder what the humans would be like.

I'm presuming not the full plate look and a lot depends if they are the Edain as first encountered by the elves, the edain as allies/retainers of the elves or a distinctly different non FA look altogether. The Arnor/Arthedain/Rhudaur era could be fun and applicable elsewhere.

That presumes the not-Tolkien vibe of course. I'm not sure if that's planned or a matter of perception.

[Daniel36]

I am glad everything looks so delightfully old school! I love that! I am going to agree with some here, the Elf doesn't wow me either, but then again I can hardly recall an elf miniature that has wowed me. They are a difficult race to get right. Only some of the GW Wood Elf metals were nice, other than that...

The Dwarf and Goblin on the other hand, especially the Dwarfs. Those are magnificent!!

I would like to see how a unit of these Elves looks.

[ChaosChild]

I really like this. I hate to say it, but this may actually convince me to look at starting an elf army of some kind. Much better than the dwarfs, which are no different to anything else on the market.

[Nord]

The elf doesn't really look elfish to me. Looks like a Saxon with a f*cking big feather in his helmet. Very bland.

The goblin looks quite decent.