Fireforge Foot Sergeants

[Lord Ekard]

Not even GW? 

only gw

[Sangennaru]

I can't go into details...but note that perry miniatures don't have the sculpting cost for their products

Erm... what? That's their own job, the time spent has an equivalent of money, as White Knight said! =)

The point "they have more market, they can go cheaper" is absolutely valid to me, but please don't bring illogical points! Even because they are not necessary!

[Dawnbringer]

I'd like to point out that it's not just the Perry's that are cheaper, but every other historical plastic manufacturer: Warlord, Conquest Games, Gripping Beast, Victrix (though not as much). It also looks to get worse with the foot knights, if they are infact priced at 19 quid for a box of 24, that makes them almost twice as expensive. Again, I will be buying some (well, the foot knights anyhow) but how many is something I will be looking at more closely. And I don't think higher prices is something that should be just brushed aside with "well they are still cheaper than metals", down that road leads to darkness (and GW).

[Brummie]

I really liked their cavalry, and these look great too. As a result the price tag does not bother me in the slightest, and will bother me less when I can get them for staff discount at work.

Consider this however, the box set promises to have a huge range of multipart pieces (from what I can see) and the Knights will most likely have to use utterly different bodies etc. The above mentioned ranges, say the Perries, don't use as many multipart pieces as other box sets, and Victrix with their Greeks merely changed the head options for each box. This may be why that these are more expensive, but thats only a guess.

As another point, the cost for plastics seem to be going up, it may be that they are reflecting this. There is also the issue that such sets cost hundreds if not thousands to make, and given that I don't think there is a large enough audience for 12th century Medievals perhaps they are bumping it up to get as much as they can from their customers?

I'm just speculating of course, and in honesty I personally don't think it matters all that much

[Captain Blood]

Consider this however, the box set promises to have a huge range of multipart pieces (from what I can see) and the Knights will most likely have to use utterly different bodies etc. The above mentioned ranges, say the Perries, don't use as many multipart pieces as other box sets

That may be true for the Napoleonics in their Godawful 'march attack' clone poses, but I assure you having worked a lot with both makes now, the Perrys' medieval sets have an almost infinite variety of multipart options to create unique and interesting figures. Whereas the Fireforge cavalry sets offer a great deal less scope. Disappointingly little in fact.
Let's hope the advent of the Fireforge foot figures does indeed offer more variety

[Sangennaru]

By the way: no previews of sprues at the moment, right? =(

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Sprue pictures are here
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.481357498550246.114214.271339052885426&type=3

[Sangennaru]

I'm talking about the new box sets. On this thread there are several pictures of the Foot Sergeants!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

There is another Facebook album with greens for the foot knights

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.468400939845902.110536.271339052885426&type=3

Look at bodies 1-5 in picture 1

[Lord Ekard]

the first review

http://calltoarmsmwg.blogspot.it/2012/11/review-of-deus-vult-new-medieval.html

[xpalpatinex]

Figures look good and the rules are interesting. It seems like we have a glut of very pretty rules covering previously neglected periods sub periods (Vikings, Arthurian, Crusades) and I'm having trouble keeping up. I'm sure I'll be grabbing a box for Northern Crusades.

[Sumo]

I note all the above, but wonder if the £28 is a typo. Caliver are selling for £18 post free.

[Dawnbringer]

I note all the above, but wonder if the £28 is a typo. Caliver are selling for £18 post free.

Not anymore, they are 25 quid, with a MSRP of 28.

[Sumo]

Sorry to hear that. Must have changed just after my order.

[Dawnbringer]

Sorry to hear that. Must have changed just after my order.

They were probably just going off the prices of the other boxes, then realized their mistake.