In Place of Chainmail?

[mmadsen]

The guys at Eden Studios have a massive HB coming out this winter, Fields of Blood. Does anyone have any scoop on this new system?

From what little I've read (primarily on these boards), it falls into the more abstract category, not matching D&D exactly, but remaining parallel to the "real" rules.

Take a look at the older What do you want in a mass combat system? thread.

 

[CRG]

If you want cheap plastic 1:72 miniatures, check out a toy soldier specialty store, like ATS Toy Soldiers. The figures are made from "little army man" plastic, not hard resin, but you can get -- oh, my lord, I just spotted this -- 42 gladiators in 21 poses, with 4 lions, for $9!

Whoa nelly! Excellent cheap miniatures site - would flesh some things out nicely - I like the 18th century english pirates (including a few wenches) and the viking warriors. I've seen their stuff in hobby shops but (a) didn't realize the wealth of other time periods they had available and (b) most of the boxes tended to be old and I made an assumption that since they were in MY hobbyshop for 10 years that the company must be defunct. Glad to know they are not.

Espescially since they actually have ... WAR ELEPHANTS...and of course the Excalibur Castle Set

 

[kenjib]

Wow, that is a great source. I saw mounted archers and zulu warriors too!

 

[mmadsen]

The plan for LotR at that point was to have 3 seperate games to release in concert w/ the 3 films. They hinted that one of the games would be skirmish level (the current version), one 'warhammer level', and one similar to warmaster.

It didn't even occur to me that they'd be truly different games. I just assumed they'd come out with new units and new scenarios -- with a few "crunchy bits" along the way.

Any word as to whether or not the Chainmail rights might be sold off to another interested party?

I thought the assumption was that they were going to come back with some kind of Chainmail II that would appeal to a broader audience.

 

[mmadsen]

Whoa nelly! Excellent cheap miniatures site

I'm glad you like it. I've been eyeing it for awhile, but I haven't bought anything from them yet.

Excalibur Castle Set

I think that could be an awesome D&D adventure set piece:

• 224 Figures and Horses in Black and Silver Soft Plastic
• Castle in Tan Soft Plastic

And all for $27! If only they weren't soft plastic.

 

[CRG]

Quick search shows these guys.

I like the 'Ancient Life' on the 'New Releases' page - its got beds, stools and other props. Hmmm...a whole new world to plunder. Anywho, the 'Accurate' tab on that page shows some pictures...the HAT page also shows the war elephants on their sprues.

Of course, if you've got the cash for the castle ... and look - camel-cav!

 

[scadgrad]

er..umm..is this stuff 25mm scale?

 

[mmadsen]

er..umm..is this stuff 25mm scale?

If you look carefully, you'll see that both Classic Toy Soldiers and ATS Toy Soldiers carry a variety of scales of soft plastic soldiers. Any labelled "1/72" are 25mm scale. Over the years, fantasy miniatures have grown to about 28mm, so they may seem small (and not very cartoony), but they shouldn't be jarringly out of place.

 

[mmadsen]

If only they weren't soft plastic.

So, do hard plastic figures require a completely different process with different molds, or is it mainly an issue of what your pour into the mold? Because I think a lot of gamers would like these figures in hard resin (a la Warhammer's plastic figures).

 

[CRG]

So, do hard plastic figures require a completely different process with different molds, or is it mainly an issue of what your pour into the mold? Because I think a lot of gamers would like these figures in hard resin (a la Warhammer's plastic figures).

Probably a bit of both. I had some molds a long long time ago and they came with a booklet describing how you might use them for plastics. If memory serves the key was temperature control and being able to grind up your plastics into basically powder.