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

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Good catch on the chainmail, it's not something I'd have noticed on my own.  It won't prevent me from using the models, but now that a few folks mention it, it does look a tad odd.

I have to admit, while bow-armed models interest me, I think the greatest appeal for me is a greater diversity of unarmored Dark Ages infantry in plastic.  The GB models have plenty of war gear options, but are extremely lacking in pose variety, while the other Conquest infantry are a little more dynamic, but sorely lacking in options.  Hopefully, with these thrown into the mix, there will be plenty of variety and options between the 3 sets.

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

Looks to me like they're blue-tacked into place, which is probably part of it.

[Engel]

I usually dont visit their forum but I just stumbeled on this. Yes please  

"...We have just got back the wonderful box art from our talented artist Andrea Modesti. Here's a sneak preview of it before it gets put onto the actual boxes themselves..."

http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47873

We don't have an exact date yet for their release but we are aiming to have them ready for a Crisis release (beginning of November). We will also put them up for pre-order maybe a few weeks before too and post them out a short while before official release. We should have a few more things to show you in the next month or so.

Mike

It looks like it will be a "Go" for a Crisis 2015 release unless there are any major delays in the rest of the process - we have got to the complex stage where we try to get everything (artwork, painting, printing, advertising etc.) to come to a head on the right day. We will be doing pre-orders on the webstore before then too.

Mike

"Here's another teaser for you - a painted 3-Up that will be apearing on the side of the box..."

http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54296#p54296

[killshot]

Nice!  Could use a box of these when they're released.

[midismirnoff]

Nice box! Yet some anti-shine would do.

[tomrommel1]

would like a box too

[Hu Rhu]

They look suitably generic enough to match most dark ages armies.  I am sure with a few head swaps and maybe some alternative legs they might make excellent additions to my army.

[charla51]

The one in the first photo's got the look of a garden gnome.

[tomrommel1]

I would use them for my GoT Stark army

[Argonor]

I am wondering why they have chosen to show models carrying the quiver on the back, as belt quivers were by far the most common (and, practising archery myself, I must add, also the most practical) way to carry arrows.

Also, I am a bit annoyed about the more and more widespread practice of painting up a 3-up model and using it to promote a figure range, as the final 28mm product will almost never quite match the master model detail- and crispness-wise.

These models may end up looking allright, but I'll need to see the final product to judge that, and given the weird mail, and the shoulder 'baldrics' which seem to be without a scabbard (the most widely (by historians/archaeologists) accepted way to carry a sword, at least by vikings), thus making them obsolete, I feel quite a bit reserved towards them. Well, if not too many of them wear the mail, I may yet decide to get a set...

[Engel]

I visited their forum again to check the status on these.

Here is the first shot of our new Medieval Archers box content, painted by Toby at Artmaster Studio.

There are only 24 of the miniatures in the shot, you will actually get 28 archers in the box set.

We are almost there for the release of our new Medieval Archers.

We have put up some box sets for pre-order (please note, that any order that contains an Archers box set will not be posted until the Archers are available). These will be sent out as early as we can manage to try to coincide with the Crisis 2015 show.

Our retailers and distributors should be taking pre-orders soon too - talk to your favourite on-seller and order some in if you prefer to buy from them.

The official release date is Monday 9th November. However, they will be up for sale at Crisis 2015 if you can make it there.

Regards,

Mike

http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=47874


Nice to see some progress. 

[Paint Pig]

Put in my order, plenty of quite useful looking options.

[OSHIROmodels]

Hopefully they'll be at Warfare 

cheers

James

[Littlearmies]

Their official release is at Crisis...I saw the first painted copies at SELWG - they looked quite nice in the flesh. They were just sorting out a few details with the sprue. They are also planning to release Andalucian shields and heads which may be of interest.

[midismirnoff]

From the artwork I was hoping for some Phrygian helmet, but I can see only some odd looking phrygian cap! Am I wrong?

[Argonor]

Any close-ups?