Author Topic: UVS Oathmark - Barrow Worm 06/06/2023 (Read 21642 times)

Ogrob · « **Reply #15 on:** October 15, 2020, 08:05:44 PM »

Barbarians could use orc stats.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2020, 08:54:31 PM »

Quote from: Ogrob on October 15, 2020, 08:05:44 PM

Barbarians could use orc stats.

Interesting thought.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #17 on:** October 16, 2020, 07:44:22 PM »

So, having seen the suggestion about using Frostgrave Soldiers, here is a Town Militia for the minimum points value.

Human Captain
Town Guard:
Two ranks of Spears
Two ranks of Archers
Five ranks of Militia

The plan is to use Oathmark Human spear arms and possibly Oathmark Dwarf shields.

Historiker · « **Reply #18 on:** October 16, 2020, 08:49:49 PM »

Great idea!

However when you say "soldiers" do you mean the old Frostgrave Soldiers Box or the newer ones (Knights and Specialists)?

I ask because I found that the soldiers of the old set are a tad smaller than the newer ones.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #19 on:** October 16, 2020, 09:56:42 PM »

I mean the original ones (except for the Champion).

I had not noticed the difference, saying that I seem to have used all my stock, so I will add a box to my next North Star order.

Historiker · « **Reply #20 on:** October 16, 2020, 10:57:46 PM »

Yes, there definitely is such a thing as "a North Star order" now

I was quite happy when I found out that the German company Miniaturicum carries the North Star products in Germany. Before that the postage costs were horrendous for me

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2020, 01:22:13 PM »

Quote from: Historiker on October 16, 2020, 08:49:49 PM

I ask because I found that the soldiers of the old set are a tad smaller than the newer ones.

Here is a comparison shot.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2020, 01:31:37 PM »

An Elf mini-army.

An all Elf Ranger force.

The box set contains six ranks of figures, so by dropping one rank of Rangers and the few stragglers, an alternative force can be built by adding one rank of Pathguard and a Level One Spellcaster.

The Gnoll mini army is still waiting for two ranks of Gnoll Soldiers.

Historiker · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2020, 02:05:30 PM »

Wow! That is some great project progress!

You certainly could play your test game right now

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #24 on:** October 24, 2020, 03:29:04 PM »

So the first Gnoll was painted on the 9th of September (having been assembled shortly after the box set was released).

Here is the first painted Linebreaker, and the second painted Gnoll (so that is 45 days per figure).

So, my Gnoll Mini-army is forty figures, two are painted so that is 38 figures so the mini army should be painted in 1,710 days (or about four and a half years).

Here is a view of the added armour.

And the entire painted army (so far).

Historiker · « **Reply #25 on:** October 24, 2020, 03:59:53 PM »

Like the colour palette and the toned down metal! This army will look great!

marcusluis · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2020, 01:41:39 AM »

I'm waiting for the undead stuff.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2020, 08:27:34 AM »

Thanks.

Yes, the Undead will be another distraction (the Gnolls are having to compete with some FireForge medieval for Oathmark painting time at the moment).

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #28 on:** November 03, 2020, 07:28:28 PM »

So while I wait for the Undead to start scraping on the door, some developing details of the human kingdoms of my currently unnamed world.

The main armies are the three Northern Kingdoms.

All three have distinctive kit and style.

Kingdom One
Kingdom one has extensive grass lands and so can field more cavalry than its neighbours.

The average soldier wears a long Brigandine coat and an almost conical helm.

Infantry tends toward spears or swords.

The other two kingdoms are the result of a schism between a single kingdom. This means that they do have some commonality in equipment (a shorter brigandine to their neighbours) but distinctive helmets.

Kingdom Two
Kingdom two infantry sport a reinforced helm.

They tend to have a lot of archers.

Kingdom Three
Kingdom three has less archers, but their infantry sport a wider flatter helm that provides protection from arrows.