Final Look At New Metal Rangers Previewed By North Star
May 7, 2019 by brennon
We've seen the work on the renders for the new Rangers Of Shadow Deep miniatures by North Star but now they've shown off the metal figures that you'll be getting soon.
The current set of miniatures will focus on two male Rangers and two female Rangers. The first of these (shown above) presents you with a Ranger based on the character from the front of the book, holding a severed head. I think this grim warrior is a perfect leader for those heading out to uncover what mysteries await in the woods.
We also have this Male Ranger, drawing his sword. Once again I'm loving the look and how much has been able to transfer over from the render into the final miniature.
I think that this set would work well for someone building a team of Rangers which fill the different character types available. So, you could have everyone cloaked and hooded, loyal followers, of the main Ranger. This would be a nice difference from the standard Ranger and Companion array you see.
We also have these Female Rangers, the first of which is carrying two daggers into battle. She is clearly facing off against perhaps one of the deadly bosses that you face during your adventures.
There's also this lady with the bow who is taking enemies out at range, pinning them down and making sure that her companions are safe from zombie attack!
In many different skirmish games, I'm really enjoying taking more archers. I love archery as a form of combat and I think people can see it as a bit useless in skirmish games as bows usually become a bit useless when the enemy gets too close!
Buzzing Flies
As well as the Rangers one of the recurring creatures in the game is the deadly Fly.
These might either be sold separately or as a pack depending on what folks want to see.
I think this is going to be a fantastic range and whilst you can really play this game with whatever you have in your collection its good to see a range which supplements it so well.
What do you think of the new models now we've seen them in metal?
Drop your thoughts below...
Very nice. Wouldn’t mind getting a few of the flies to add to a couple of Nurgle models.
Those are really nice.
Just OK for me.
I do like Rangers of Shadowkeep. Nice to play a coop skirmish and the AI is both simple to figure out and challenging enough, especially if you make a tactical mistake.
I have been using a wide range of minis for this game, goblins from middle earth, flies from Kill Team Rogue Trader, Ghouls from Frostgrave, various D&D minis… so much stuff needed.
And the terrain requirements… well lets just say I have to ‘make do’ with a lot.
As for figures above… they look more ok, but the flies would have to be cheap as they can get swarming…
Like to see the Flies available as a multipack, however NorthStar do tend to charge a LOT for smaller models (like the Glass Spider thingies a 2 quid a pop which are the size of a 15mm figure and the Phase Cats and Bloodwaves at a similar price) so they might end up pricing themselves out of the market (as these aren’t for the more popular Frostgrave).
Still was looking at their recent releases for Ghost Archipelago…..
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=13510
£20 for 7 figures is an absolute bargain (so you got to take the rough with the smooth)