Plastic Archers (homemade)

[ducat]

I mentioned I had been working on this in a post in Too Bo Coo's great Saga thread, and was asked to supply more details, so here they are.

Bows and Scabbards are GW - empire militia bows with hands removed via scapal (not recommended tool for the job but works for me and some quivers from possibly undead with the gw ubiquitous skulls removed.

Rest are all Conquest Games plastics, (Arms are the infantrys great axe left arms with open hands, and the open right hands from the mounted plastics).

I have twelve done in total, but here are 4 that are unpainted, and 4 painted ones. I think they have come out rather well.







While I am here, here is a couple of shots of four of the Cavalry, featuring some hand painted shields I am also rather pleased with.





Let me know what you think, Cheers, John.

PS - Photos and some blurb are also available on my blog, link in signature.

[Elbows]

Cool, so what's your take on Conquest Games - is it good stuff?  Looks pretty good from here.

[Argonor]

^ Second that.

They look a little bit 'flat' on detail/texture, but seem an affordable way of building a force for SAGA (and other systems).

Conquest's webstore is a nightmare to navigate, though... what's the deal with pics opening zoom windows on mouse-over, instead of clicking?? Nearly drove me nuts!

[ducat]

I like them as plastics go. There are 10 mailed bodys and 8 padded bodys in the set, so they are not all flat robed.

one box of each mounted and foot would certainly give you a great resource for a crusader army for the next Saga release, Crescent and Cross. If you can source some bows and crossbows for a few conversions you can certainly build a great adaptable force from them.

It is like anything really, in that you get what you pay for. But with a little effort, you can certainly make a few gems from the sets.

[Abbner Home]

Good stuff - I like it, simple and effective.

I wish the historical plastic guys would include an apocryphal number of bows per sprue. I imagine the sculpting and tooling cost to be massively off set by the number of extra sales. It just opens up the kit to lots of people. Like those of us converting to other historical periods and, especially, to fantasy stuff like LotR and GoT.

The Conquest Norman foot and Fireforge foot (all sets) would be especially valuable if they included 2-4 bows per sprue.

But I'll not beat that horse further in your thread.

[Elbows]

Ducat - would you say they're better than Fireforge?  (or as usual I'd probably get both and bash the hell out of em...)

[Mitch K]

Conquest's webstore is a nightmare to navigate, though... what's the deal with pics opening zoom windows on mouse-over, instead of clicking?? Nearly drove me nuts!

This. Enough to give anyone the bloody pip, and when you DO click, you can't see anything useful anyway

[ducat]

Ducat - would you say they're better than Fireforge?  (or as usual I'd probably get both and bash the hell out of em...)

I have to say my own experiance with Fireforge is very minimal. I have only seen the "horse knights", and never examined them really close up.

From what I know of them I would say they were both on a par.

I have done a lot of the Conquest Games plastics now (I sold a breton saga army I made from them) and would have no qualms about purchasing more if I felt I needed them. That is about the best I could say to answer you. Cheap but decent figures.

[Argonor]

This. Enough to give anyone the bloody pip, and when you DO click, you can't see anything useful anyway

I wrote them explaining that they should change it, but I haven't received any answer, yet.

But I digress...

From what I've seen in close-up pics, the Fireforge knights are a bit more varied for poses, but I'll be able to judge that better when Fireforge stops leaning back and sends me my order... from before eastern... 

I wouldn't mind using these Conquest Normans for SAGA, though, if I can find an alternative source. I'll be in a straightjacket before I visit their website again (or possibly after).