Confrontation Classic Models Previewed Ahead Of April Kickstarter
March 2, 2018 by brennon
Sans Detour is going to be taking Confrontation to Kickstarter in April this year. There are going to be two flavours of the game to experience too with them starting off with Confrontation Classic, bringing some epic older models back to the tabletop.
All sixteen of the factions from the classic Confrontation will be back for you to pick up on this Kickstarter. Above you have the well-loved Wolfen Of Yllya. They really did do some impressive Werewolves and they would be a joy to have back in people's collections, all painted up.
As well as the Wolfen they also showed off the Goblins Of No-Dan-Kar who have all manner of wild and crazy characters amongst their ranks. Some of the designs show off the creativity of the original sculptors behind this line.
Two other factions were also shown off during this latest preview including the heavily armoured and armed looking Griffin...
...and the crackpots that make up the Alchemists Of Dirz. It's awesome to see that this is a project that is ACTUALLY coming to life. A lot of people, me included, thought that this was going to be something of a pipedream for Sans Detour as bringing this range back was always going to be a challenge.
Well, it seems like that they're going to be making a darn good go of it. We'll have to wait and see how the Kickstarter plays out but I reckon this one is going to be very popular. We can only hope they can deliver...
What do you think of Confrontation's return?
"I reckon this one is going to be very popular. We can only hope they can deliver..."
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Oh.
My.
God.
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To be fair I do have nearly all of them in spades, but for the one or two that have escaped me I’ll be on it like a car bonnet
Best fantasy range in decades
Wow.
This was my favourite fantasy system of all time and the minis and world were just incredible.
So excited for this kickstarter. Going to be a great year for fantasy.
Confrontation skirmish and Conquest mass battle. Good Times.
Have been hoarding these mnis for 15 years now. They are heartbreakingly beautiful. Really excited that more people will have an opportunity to pick some of these up.
I am quite interested to see what come of Resurrection though. From. All accounts it appears to be a boardgames format
I’m cautiously glad. Fine if it’ll turn out well. But we will see if they will pull it off or not.
Also, are they breaking up certain sets? Expected unit packs to stay the same. At least release a few of the different miniatures for each unit.
But there’s hope I’ll eventually get a few miniatures I’m missing from the old range. And you got to start somewhere, right? Baby steps. 😉
I have a good number of the Griffin and Dirz models @dracs I should bring them into the studio sometime right?
I think some kind of showcase of Confrontation stuff would be awesome
I’ll see what I can fit in the bag when I come over at the end of the month!
Ooo the are fantastic looking figure’s in all the factions.
Great models, but why does it need a kickstarter, they are just producing models which have already been designed and sculpted?
Because why would you, as company, risk your own money making a product, when suckers can pay up front for everything?
Anyway, I used to love the line, but time moved on, there are now models and companies as good if not better in terms of scupting, so i’ll give it a pass. I have no use or nostalgia goggles.
@poks To each their own. But that statement about the reached / surpassed quality of the sculpts is just too general. There is too vast a span of the sculpts and their properties in the Confro range from very early to rather late ones. You can see that in the pictures above, btw.
(I really don’t understand why they mixed them here.)
And dismissing the design itself like that is… beyond words for me.
Kickstarter has become, more than anything else, cheap and very targeted marketing of preorders. And the best part is you (ie the creator) get to pay for the advertising with other people’s (ie the backers) money as payment to kickstarter is taken out of the collected pledges!
I think in this case the Kickstarter is a very easy way for them to assess the market interest in the minis, and create capital for funding dev work on the new rules and new sculpts and also work out how big a KS they should aim for when the new game rules and minis are ready.
As for the level of the sculpts @poks given a good few of the models on offer here I have from the first time round, they are onyl just now being surpassed by other companies. And only just.
on my radar now.
Ooooh! I drooled over these for a long time. I’d still like some of the orc/ballista riders. I know they’re still out there, but they are very dear.
I’d love to pick up a few singles, though.
I was going to quip that this will be putting all those bootlegging companies out of business, but I actually don’t see any of the minotaurs or demons I’m waiting for in this current offering.
Disappointing.
If you read the article it does say all 16 factions are coming. So the molochs will be making a reappearance worry not.
@avernos Would love so. Much depends on how they organise things since there are more than 16 possible factions and the basic factions sets alone probably cover 160-170 minis. Thus a few ‘spare’ slots for elementals, familiars, or the occasional additional model for each faction. Which models are ‘within reach’ I find quite open. BTW, faction list: Griffons of Akkylania Lions of Alahan Dirz Alchemists Wolfen of Yllia Dwarves of Tir-Na-Bor Undead of Acheron (Limbo) Goblins of No-Dan-Kar Orcs of Bran-O-Kor Sessair of Avagddu (Kelts) Dwarves of Mid Nor Devourers of Vile-Tis Drunes of Caer Maed (Kelts) Behemoth Orcs Cynwäll… Read more »
I think that’s the whole list.
I really felt like Confrontation had too many factions, and not enough attention paid to the Ophidians.
Much of the range didnt age in grace, though some minis still hold up.
I would have been much more interested in reimagined designs instead of the old stuff again.
OMG please bring back the full Goblin range. I lost and desperatly miss my Ashigaru and Ninja gobos….
Just goes to show the quality of the sculpts when so many years later I would argue these still set a high bar of quality.
This is great as I got into the game just before it went booobs up
Those are some very nice looking minis.
Missed out on the original game.Love the sculpts.have picked up a few walfen over the years at inflated prices.Looking forward to the release this april.
Helena has already claimed some of the walfen and gobos @avernos,she will have to get a move on painting Oisin though.
I’m sure she has plenty of time between the KS and release to finish him off. 🙂
Wolfen aren’t werewolves. They don’t transform in any way shape or form. they are always in wolf form.
I do like the Asian themed goblins as well as the Orcs of the Behemoth. Would snatch them up if I ever came across them again.
I have a few old griffin and dirz bits from hybrid laying around, plus odds and sods as they are just damn beautiful minis. Never played the game and not sure I wantanother system. Will look at the options.
That being said I hope it suceeds as Rackham minis were a shining light in the mini world and it would ge damn nice to see them back
Cool! But what about cadwallon.com? They are also selling some of these, but who
Had the rights to sel these? Or are these companies related?
I remember when we started selling the single metal minis from the line. They were big and heavy, and because they were imported to the states via one of our wholesalers, they were the most expensive line we carried (outside of GW). They still sold like crazy. I think that was in large part due to the absolutely fantastic paint jobs that were on display in their catalog. I left the stores by the time the line converted to the pre-painted plastic minis, but I do miss those early sets, especially the dwarves. I have a dwarf playing the bagpipes,… Read more »
I have always loved the Alchemists of Dirz because well they’re alchemists. Controlling all things alchemical a secret dream of mine.The models are equally creepy and menacing. What more do you need to know! Love your work guys, keep up the great work.
The reissued minis will be done in plastic according the kickstarter faq.. I haven’t seen any closeups of the new releases though, so I can’t get an idea of the quality.
And I do have a pile of the old metals.
It is cheap though for the minis you’re getting.