Monday, November 10, 2014
Polish Wargaming News
Hello
This is Inkub from Polish Miniatures (www.polskiefigurki.blogspot.com) again. Time to share some Polish wargaming goodies with You. So welcome to fifth installment of this bi-weekly review of wargaming miniatures and accessories produced in Poland and released by Polish companies. As usual, all links lead directly to appropriate products at the manufacturers' webstores.
Dark Future for the beginning:
New Sonic/Steam bits from Spellcrow
Spellcrow's range of Sonic/Steampunk bits for its dark future Pleasure Knights range is steadily growing. One of the latest sets in this series is the one labelled as "Space Knights Sonic/Steam torsos". Inside you will find ten resin 28 mm "heroic" scale casts in five different designs. You can buy this new release for 8 EUR / 6.50 GBP / 10 USD.
http://www.spellcrow.com/space-knights-sonicsteam-torsos-p-273.html?language=en¤cy=USD
...and Spellcrow strikes again!
"Changed Knights hands with rapid guns" is the name of the new set of arms designed for Spellcrow's Changed Knights (obviously). Set contains five pair of arms decorated with pseudo-Egyptian details. You can buy this set for 8 EUR / 6.50 GBP / 10 USD.
http://www.spellcrow.com/changed-knights-hands-with-rapid-guns-p-274.html?language=en
Orc Freak from Kromlech
Kromlech offers - no suprises here - new greenskin model. "Orc Freak" is 28 mm "heroic" scale resin figure of orc psyker armed with impressive staff and no less impressive facial expression. You can wield this miniature on yours battlefield for 12.99 EUR / 10.75 EUR / 17.88 USD
http://bitsofwar.com/home/244-orc-freak.html
Dark Fantasy:
Metal Beards and Sons of Kashan Vra
Titan-Forge has released a second wave of its Kickstarter funded "Metal Beards" and "Sons of Kashan Vra" ranges of steampunk themed good and evil dwarves. This series of miniatures and warmachines is pretty extensive now and it allows to build a full army of both sides. I really like the look of these figures, especially the bad guys. You can check all available miniatures here:
Metal Beards:
http://titan-forge.com/fantasy_miniatures_metal_beards
Sons of Kashan Vra
http://titan-forge.com/fantasy_miniatures_sons_of_kashan_vra
Skybeasts from the same manufacturer
Fantasy miniatures seem to be less popular then Sci-Fi nowadays, but Titan-Forge has released not only Metal Beards, but also new figures for its Daemonic Kingdoms range. Skybeasts are released as a set of 3 miniatures, you can buy it for 20 EUR.
http://titan-forge.com/sci-fi_miniatures_daemonic_kingdom_skybeasts
Other games:
Armed and ready
MaxMini offers a kit necessary for everyone thinking seriously about surviving zombie apocalypse - "Zombie Apocalypse Survivor Kit" contains six improvised but deadly weapons, casted in resin in 28 mm "heroic" scale - ranging from simple baseball bat or gaspipe, to fearsome chainsaw. Yours for 6.99 EUR / 5.47 GBP / 8.66 USD.
http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/melee-weapons-shields/zombie-survival-kit-bits
Orc Football Gang
This is first Puppets War attempt at making fantasy sport team. 28 mm "heroic" scale gang of orc football players casted in resin. 12 miniatures, two balls and a lot of bad attitude. You can buy this team for 49 EUR / 42.63 GBP / 69.09 USD.
http://puppetswar.com/product.php?id_product=353
Accessories, terrain, etc.
Micro Art Studio offers new resin 28 mm scale model of futuristic civilan car named "Crovane SUV". Model is available for 14.76 EUR.
http://shop.microartstudio.com/crovane-suv-1-p-1205.html
New 15 mm scale buildings from Terrains4Games
Terrains4Games is one of the leading Polish accessories manufacturers, making mainly terrain models. The newest addition to its offer are 2nd generation laser-cut HDF 15 mm scale buildings. There are 10 of them available currently, ranging from ruined factories to large town houses. Many of t models are available in 28 mm scale too. You can find full range here:
http://terrains4games.com/en_US/new
Further laser-cut buildings
ZEN Terrain company was introduced here already. This is new Polish company, maker of really fine sci-fi themed laser-cut buildings. There are two new sets available on their website currently - "Fast Food Stall" and "Guard Booth with a Barrier". Both models are really nice and are present excellent value for money I think (6 EUR for Stall and 6.50 for Guard Booth).
http://www.zenterrain.com/en_US/p/Fast-Food-Stall/119
http://www.zenterrain.com/en_US/p/Guard-Booth-and-Barrier/120
Reviews
Graven Games website has published a very thorough review of Kromlech's "Imperial Siege Mortar" kit, comparising it to a Forge World version too. You can read it here:
http://gravengames.co.uk/imperial-siege-mortar-review/
German-language Der Brückenkopf website has published a review of "Norsgard" miniatures. You can read it here:
http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=125863
"Norsgard" is upcoming fantasy skirmish set of rules, which is currently on Kickstarter. You can check more of this interesting project here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1620970905/norsgard-miniature-game
Akihabara-Station - Spanish language site mixing manga and wargames - has been updated with a review of Kromlech's miniature of Thightaar the devourer. Read it here"
http://www.akibastation.es/2014/11/wargames-review-de-thightaar-devourer.html
And the last review for today, not wargaming per se, but nice miniature anyway:
Dagon from Black Grom Studio, very small Polish company. Dagon is the deity of deeps and sea from Cthulhu Mythos of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Read more about this sculpt here:
http://miniwojna.blogspot.com/2014/10/prosto-z-pudeka-dagon-z-black-grom.html
Ok, that's all for today, we will meet in two weeks time. Meanwhile, you can read news about products and releases of Polish companies on daily basis on Polish Miniatures Website.
http://polskiefigurki.blogspot.com