Conquest Games Medieval Archers (28mm, plastic) Frame shots added P4

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

How did these escape our collective interest for so long?!  (based on my rudimentary search skills, apologies if it's been covered)

I'm very much looking forward to this set, particularly for SAGA, as bow-armed levy have been the most difficult unit for me to find in plastic, and I'm trying to keep things pretty cheap.

Discussion on Conquest's forum suggests ~28 models per box (kind of an odd number...), with many head variants to represent different cultures, and compatibility with their Norman sets for conversion possibilities (like the sounds of both of those!).

I realize they're not making minis for one game in particular, so the minis/box is entirely their prerogative, but I do wish they were in a multiple of 12 for building SAGA levy units.  Oh well, 4 leftover minis (plus, apparently, plenty of heads) really isn't a problem.

Sounds like they're aiming for a late Fall release.

[Engel]

Wow... These could be fun

[Captain Blood]

Could be useful. Hadn't noticed these before. The heads look really good. I like those a lot.
The arms and in particular the legs - rather less so 

Not a great fan of the Conquest Games Normans, I must admit. But there is a definite learning curve with plastic-producing companies, and later sets tend to be noticeably better than first efforts. So fingers crossed that these are an improvement, and I'll reserve judgement until I see them in the flesh. Or plastic.

[Nord]

There's certainly a gap in the market for some decent plastic dark ages missile troops, so will keep an eye on these. Long time to wait though.

[rumacara]

These are a great welcome indeed.
Lots of possibilities with separate heads, plus the converted ones of course.

[Miantanomo]

Dark age archers? Yes please. Thank you sir.

[Vermis]

Could be useful. Hadn't noticed these before. The heads look really good. I like those a lot.
The arms and in particular the legs - rather less so 

That. I wonder if they could sculpt the short sleeves so they 'hang' a little more, and still provide suitable sockets for the arms.

Still tempting, though.

[Dr. Zombie]

Looks promising. I am don't really like the look of the chainmail.

[Vermis]

I think it'd look better if it was tidied up and rotated 90 degrees. I'm far from an expert, but on most real hauberks I've seen the link columns tend to... 'point' left and right rather than up and down.

[doowopapocalypse]

Didn't want to be a naysayer, as I quite like the faces, but the arm joins look really rough.

[Garanhir]

I think these may be just what I need.

[Mithridates1]

Thanks for the notice WS.  I see from the web site that autumn 2015 is likely.  Always on the lookout for suitable archers for my Dacians and Pontics - I think with some suitable head swaps these may work.  Hopefully will be compatible with GB Dark Ages heads and arms?

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Hopefully will be compatible with GB Dark Ages heads and arms?

I'd guess they will be compatible in terms of scale, but in keeping with other Conquest sets, the upper sleeves will be attached to the torsos, with shorter arms ("elbows-down") separate, and neck attached to the heads, rather than torsos with integrated necks, as in the GB sets.

So I would suspect the parts will mix just fine, with a little cutting and trimming.

[Argonor]

Those definitely look much better than their Normans which I cannot make myself like.

The chainmail seems to be made with vertical rows instead of horisontal, which seems a bit odd, though?

[tomrommel1]

they look promising