Fantasy Warlord figures

[maxxon]

Hi,

 As I've been clearing my old stock boxes, I painted up these:



They are actually official Fantasy Warlord figures from 80's or early 90's, not quite sure. I think they were made by Alternative Armies, but I'm not quite sure on that count either -- I lost the original blisters long ago.

They are Carylls pikemen, I have a few "heroes" to go with them, plus a varied bunch of other figures from the line. I think I bought the remaining stock long ago when the local game store was dumping them.

Now that I got around to painting them, I actually quite like them.

Does anyone know if these are still available or is this range totally dead? I tried check Alternative Armies website, but it doesn't list these (or a huge variety of other stuff they used to sell either).

[stone-cold-lead]

Looking good. I've never seen those models before. Some of AA's models for Fantasy Warlord could be a bit ropey but these look quite nice.

[Imp522]

They are from Alternative Armies. Did you try contacting them, I thought they would cast some up if you contacted them and ordered.

You did a great job on them,

[maxxon]

Thanks.

No, I didn't try contacting them yet. Just browsed around the website. I'll drop them a line to see if they still have the molds tucked away somewhere.

[commissarmoody]

Let us know what they say if you do contact them.

[maxxon]

I sent them an enquiry whether they still have the molds and if they're willing to cast more.

Let's see what happens.

[DoctorPete]

Good looking group there.  Hopefully they can cast more for you and you can flesh out your ranks.   

[aiteal]

I ordered FW Eastern Orcs and ogres about two months ago from AA, if you have the original codes they are willing to cast up FW and old codes like VNT.
Here's the email I got from Alex at AA

If you wish to order then this will be done via email with payment via paypal to sales@alternative-armies.com .

All miniatures are supplied with a base. Unless specified this will be a 25mm square but you can elect to choose this or a 25mm round or 30mm round. Let us know when ordering.

All miniatures are supplied with separate weapons and shields at the rate of one set per miniature or two sprues per multipack. This is included in the price.

Postage is as per our website which will be calculated once the proposed order is emailed to us.

Miniatures are priced at:

Single Miniatures (except those listed next) 2.00GBP
Single Miniature (24000,24910) 3.50GBP
Single Miniature (26000) 5.00GBP
Multipacks (all codes) 10.00GBP
Weapon Sprue (all types) 1.00GBP

If you would like to proceed with an order for Fantasy Warlord Miniatures please consider the listings and reply with a list of codes and amounts, along with your shipping address, and I would be happy to calculate the order for you. We offer a 10% discount on FW Orders of a product value of 50.00GBP or more.

Best Regards,

Alexander Scott.

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/7/77/AA-FW-CatalogPage1.jpg
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/d/d6/AA-FW-CatalogPage2.jpg

[maxxon]

Thanks for the info aiteal.

It's nice to know this stuff is still available, though the range never got to being very extensive. There's basically just one troop type per faction...

Personally I'm still in the shelf clearing stage and I haven't really thought what I'd actually use these for... I know I have Scarlet Empire troopers somewhere, plus a few heroes and wizards from the range.

Let's put another pic here:



That's Carylls heroes in the foreground plus odd singles from somewhere else (old Grenadier and RAFM maybe). AA City Guard is visible in the rear.

[OSHIROmodels]

I used to have a few of those myself 

Still got the rules somewhere as well, some nice artwork from Mr Chalk and some fairly decent in game shots 

It's a shame they never made the pig riding eastern goblins 

cheers

James

[maxxon]

Still got the rules somewhere as well, some nice artwork from Mr Chalk and some fairly decent in game shots 

Yes, I have the rulebook as well. I re-read it the other day and... well, let's just say that there's been some advances game design since then.

But I absolutely love Gary Chalk's artwork! Lone Wolf books were among my first forays into gaming and their iconic illustrations are just fabulous.

Now, Magnamund wargame. That would be something...

[tp]

Just been looking at the Uruk orcs, they are some really nice sculpts, does anyone know who did them?

[aiteal]

Just been looking at the Uruk orcs, they are some really nice sculpts, does anyone know who did them?

I'm pretty sure most of the range was sculpted by Bob Olley.

[maxxon]

Just got an email from AA: The figures are still available for special order. Just drop them an email if you're interested.

Details are still pretty much as reported above.

[DeafNala]

The Old Minis look SPLENDID...GREAT brushwork! I don't  have much experience with Alternate Armies minis other than the few Fanatasy & SciFi minis my Hobby Shop haunt used to carry a long time ago, but they do look WONDERFUL.