Oathmark elves revealed! Plastics pics p. 6!

[Harry von Fleischmann]

Crude? Badly proportioned? You should try the old minifig mythical earth range from the 70s. I'd have bitten hands off for these N'star figures back then.

Just a bit of perspective.

[Nord]

But we are no longer in the 1970s and things have moved on a bit. Apart from the nostalgia, why would you want your figures to look like the crap little lumps from nearly 50 years ago?

[Harry von Fleischmann]

I agree it's not the 70s and I'm don't want the figures from back then. I'd not say these resemble them in quality at all.

Just saying I'd have loved these figures back then and for me that's part of the appeal.

[Diablo Jon]

Personally I think the Oathmark guy looks quite similar to the 80s Tom Meier Elves in style

[Comsquare]

For the elves I was hoping for something like this:
http://www.ralpartha.com/index.php/upcoming-releases/30-new-tom-meier-sea-elf

or this:
http://www.ralpartha.com/index.php/upcoming-releases/28-new-tom-meier-elf-wip

Great minis, does anyone know if there's an european seller who stocks Iron Wind Metals?

[Sir_Theo]

Great minis, does anyone know if there's an european seller who stocks Iron Wind Metals?

I think miniature-heroes does? Or at least did at one time.

[Bindonblood]

While I like the second Tim Mier elf,I don't like the first one. The helm looks weird...

The GW PJ  elves are horribly Japanese. Not a look I like.

If I am going to build an elf army (and I hope to) these North Star figures are the ones I want to use...

[LuizTheNeubert]

I really like it. The proportions are fine when compared to the dwarves tbh, and it seems to be taller than the FGV and Gripping Beast humans, like the noldor are supposed to be.

[wminsing]

This a metal proof of concept, not a 'final' plastic.  I expect the final look will be different.   

-Will

[Diablo Jon]

This a metal proof of concept, not a 'final' plastic.  I expect the final look will be different.   

-Will

Not to different I hope this mini has really grown on me.

Thinking about it to if these are released in plastic with separate heads (like North Stars other sets) you could probably kit bash some really interesting Elf cavalry using Conquests plastic Norman cavalry or Fireforges various knights. These elves really are looking more and more promising to me I like the aesthetic they match my idea of an elf.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

This a metal proof of concept, not a 'final' plastic.  I expect the final look will be different.   

-Will

I like that mail seems to be the choice for armour, with shield/sword combination.  The face is off putting and I hope that this is something that will change.

[Jacksarge]

From the Oathmark Players Page on Facebook official word was:

The plumes will be separate. And smaller. Remember this is a maquette, not a figure that will be on sale.

I guess there will be some more tweaks to follow before final production moulds are made.
Looking good so far though.
I'm really enjoying the non-movie Tolkienesque theme of these figures.
Have you guys seen the really cool new Dwarves from Conqueror Models, sculpted by Colin Patten?
http://conquerormodels.com/product-category/28mm-fantasy/dwarfs/

I have ordered some to go with the Oathmark metal Dwarven command packs.
They are all new sculpts, not Vendel re-released.
It looks like a good time for Middle Earth fans :-)

[MM]

Yes, what with Conquerer and Oathmark there is a mountain of new dwarfs in my favourite style (early medieval Tolkienesque) to paint. Happy days.

I just received the Conquerer dwarfs and they are nice clean sculpts which are of course a perfect match for my old Vendel dwarfs.

A question: are the Ral Partha Elves for sale already? Beautiful figures.

[Comsquare]

A question: are the Ral Partha Elves for sale already? Beautiful figures.

Yes, they are, question is just where to get them here in europe 

I contacted Tim from Miniature Heroes but he sadly can't get them.
Have to check if Ral Partha Europe is stocking them.

[Belgian]

The Conqueror Models Dwarfs are very nice miniatures sculpted by the same sculptor of the Vendel Miniatures range. I'm currently painting up a dozen of the miniatures and they really fit well with the Northstar Dwarfs. I have written a thorough review of the miniatures on Wargame News and Terrain, my daily wargame news blog along with scale comparison pictures. If of interest, you can check it here http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2017/10/conqueror-models-dark-age-dwarf.html?m=1