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Author Topic: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range  (Read 24842 times)

Offline Lord Ekard

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[Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« on: August 02, 2018, 05:30:18 PM »
Fireforge Games is proud to announce a new big project:
Forgotten World, a new range of fantasy models in hard plastic multi-part 28mm scale highly customizable

WHY KICKSTARTER?
Fireforge Games has not enough resources to release togheter all the new fantasy kits, so we will ask for the help of all hobbysts to bring on the wargame and roleplay market these new figures. The campaign will be launched probably during September and we would like to show the preview of the kickstarter page during august. The release of the models if the project will be a success, should be for april-may 2019.
If the campaign will be a success, Fireforge Games has plans to release a lot more new ranges for the fantasy line.

THE MODELS
This campaign will search funds to release 2 factions: The Northmen and The Living Dead, each faction will receive 3 different hard plastic multi-part kit

The material
Plastic models will be in hard plastic (or HIPS, that it is NOT pvc plastic), is the exactly same plastic used by companies like Games Workshop, Perry Miniatures and other companies. It is the best that someone can offer for your models. Our company from birth, has always offered the best in materials. The plastic used for our kits will be made in EU, under our quality control. We avoided the production in China because we were not satisfied by the quality of the Hard Plastic offered (for example plastic HIPS lances made in china break too easily).

Scale comparison (we will try to do better pictures of cavalry models soon)


THE NORTHMEN
Northern Warriors: the city defense of the Northern Kingdom, the backbone of any northern army.
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 12 models. You will be able to equip up to 12 spearmen OR up to 12 swordsmen OR up to 6 with two handed spears.
The box will also include a command option to assemble leader, musician and standard bearer.
The box will include 12 20x20mm square bases AND 12 25mm diameter round bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, torsos, arms, shields, legs, daggers, scabbards, pouches and bags
Some pictures of painted prototypes (final models will be better):




Northern Bowmen: expert hunters in the dangerous northern forests, explorers, perfect to weaken the enemy armies
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 12 models. You will be able to equip up to 12 bowmen with arrows in the hand, up to 6 bowmen that just released the arrow, up to 6 of the arrows can be assembled like flaming arrows, up to 4 models with hoods covering the heads.
The box will also include a command option to assemble leader, musician and standard bearer.
The box will include 12 20x20mm square bases AND 12 25mm diameter round bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, torsos, arms, legs, daggers, quivers, arrows on the ground, flaming braziers, flames to put on the arrows, pouches and bags
Some pictures of painted and unpainted prototypes (final models will be better):




Northern Cavalry: lesser nobles useful as faster units on the battlefield to take the enemy behind
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 6 models. You will be able to equip up to 6 horsemen with swords, up to 6 horsemen with lances.
The box will also include a command option to assemble leader, musician and standard bearer.
The box will include 6 25x50mm square bases AND 6 75x42mm oval bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, torsos, arms, shields, legs, daggers, scabbards, pouches and bags
Horses will be 3 different pair of half-bodies with 3 different heads and 3 different tails (to assemble how do you like)
Some pictures of painted and unpainted prototypes (final models will be better):



THE LIVING DEAD
Peasants: fresh villagers just infected by the plague
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 12 models. You will be able to equip up to 2 models with the same weapon like pitchforks, cleaver, scythe, hoe, shovel, big axe and butcher knife.
The box will include 12 20x20mm square bases AND 12 25mm diameter round bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, bodies, arms
Some pictures of painted and unpainted prototypes (final models will be better):



Soldiers:  dead soldiers from different kingdom now part of one army
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 12 models. You will be able to equip up to 12 spearmen OR up to 8 swordsmen OR up to 2 with war axe OR up to with war mace OR up to 6 with two handed spears.
The box will also include a command option to assemble leader, musician and standard bearer.
The box will include 12 20x20mm square bases AND 12 25mm diameter round bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, bodies, arms, shields, arrows to apply as suffered hits, two handed spears.
Some pictures of unpainted prototypes (final models will be better):


Knights: veterans from a far past resurrected by necromancer's spells
- the box will allow you to assemble up to 6 models. You will be able to equip up to 6 knights with swords, up to 6 knights with lances, up to 2 knights with morning star, up to 2 knights with battle axe, up to 2 knights with war mace.
The box will also include a command option to assemble leader, musician and standard bearer and a dire dog.
The box will include 6 25x50mm square bases AND 6 75x42mm oval bases
Models will have the following separate parts: heads, torsos, arms, shields, legs, scabbards
Horses will be 3 different pair of half-bodies with 3 different heads and 3 different tails and 3 separated bardings (to assemble how do you like)
Some pictures of painted and unpainted prototypes (final models will be better):


THE RULES
Togheter with the new figures, Fireforge Games is working on a ruleset to play with. The ruleset will allow you to play skirmish games or bigger regimented battles. We are in alpha working for now and the beta should be available for the launch of the campaign. We will reveal something about the rules in the future before the starting of the campaign and we will ask to people to join the beta testing to obtain a fun, strategic set of rules.

For any further info, please contact us or visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Fireforge.Games.Miniatures/

Offline gibby64

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2018, 05:55:18 PM »
Very cool... i'm interested! Those undead mounted knights are amazingly cool sculpts... I also like the flaming arrows on the archers. Would be fun to paint. I look forward to the kickstarter!
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Offline gibby64

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2018, 05:58:55 PM »
Also, will the rules be based on Deus Vult? I play that set a lot and like it... I could see how you could modify it like a Dragon Rampant for Lion Rampant... I'd love a fantasy version of Deus Vult!

Offline Nord

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2018, 08:20:48 PM »
These are sooooo good. I have been watching this on other sites for a while, really looking forward to the KS, could well be in for a box of each if the price is right. You have taken massive steps forward with these sculpts, whoever you have hired, keep hold of him/her, give them a pay rise, shower them with gifts, etc.

Offline ErikB

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2018, 08:24:01 PM »
Nice!  I like these minis.

I would like to see some of the soldiers' heads without covers, too, at least the archers.

Those zombies made me think of Midwestern farmers in the USA with zombie-plague.  Think Superman's town, zombiefied.

Offline mweaver

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2018, 03:33:12 AM »
I like 'em.

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Offline Psychoflexible

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2018, 07:50:46 AM »
12 models in a box is à bittes short. Those zombies are Nice.

Offline Munindk

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2018, 08:02:34 AM »
I'll definitely grab some northmen for a GoT project :)

Offline Lord Ekard

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2018, 10:10:04 AM »
Also, will the rules be based on Deus Vult? I play that set a lot and like it... I could see how you could modify it like a Dragon Rampant for Lion Rampant... I'd love a fantasy version of Deus Vult!

we are thinking a completely new ruleset

Offline boneio

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2018, 11:16:08 AM »
The undead are wonderful - good plastic zombies are woefully absent from the market.

Could I ask why only 12 models in the infantry boxes?

Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2018, 11:28:48 AM »
Dragon Rampant uses unit sizes of 12 & 6.  These will be useful.
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Offline Loop

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2018, 12:04:07 PM »
I would like to see some non-zombified villagers.

I appreciate that it’s probably very niche but I’d love a kit on non-combatants to use as NPCs.

Offline blacksoilbill

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2018, 12:06:57 PM »
Those zombie villagers do look good. I'd love to see non-zombie ones too!

Offline Lord Ekard

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2018, 01:57:32 PM »
The undead are wonderful - good plastic zombies are woefully absent from the market.

Could I ask why only 12 models in the infantry boxes?

Many reasons. Our previously releases, tried to give customers an high number of good models. We thought in past that our figures were used mostly for regimented battles.

There weren't all these rules to play skirmish battles with our figures.

In fantasy wargames, the use of large battle rules is decreasing, by the other side the quality of the models of this market is really high. You don't need anymore a lot of models, but do you want that your models will be wonderful.

This is why our company for this project focused completely of the quality of the models, working on new ways to do figures (like new joint system of the model parts), adding more details on the sculpts and creating a lot of accessories to customize them.

This of course increased a lot the production cost. The new fantasy boxes will have a different price by our usual historical kits

Naturally, what we learned on that work will be used to increase the quality of our future historical production

Offline boneio

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Re: [Kickstarter] Forgotten World - Fireforge's new fantasy range
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2018, 08:59:07 PM »
Well, that makes sense, and it certainly seems to be paying off in terms of quality going by the designs. Thanks for replying.