Conqueror Models Lead Their Dwarven Fyrd Into Battle
December 5, 2018 by brennon
Conqueror Models has been building on its Dark Age Dwarf army which could be used as a great stand-in for a Historical force in games like SAGA. Imagine these as your Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Dane warband!
Leading the way we have the new Dwarf Army General & Banner Bearer which might be a good pair of leader figures to throw into the mix as your head honchos of a force. The folks at Conqueror have done some great leaders already but here we have the main driving force behind a new throng.
Raise The Fyrd
As well as the more armoured elements of your Dwarven army that have already been catered for by Conqueror there's also the Fyrd which has been raised from not only your Dwarven hold but also the surrounding mines and farms that carpet the mountainside. For example, you have a band of lightly armoured Fyrd Spearmen...
...and for raiding through woodland and chasing down the enemy once they've broken you also have the Fyrd Bowmen.
You can either snag these miniatures as a pack of eight or a pack of sixteen depending on how big you want your force to be.
I really like the idea of bringing these along to play games of SAGA so that they have a bit more of a Fantasy feel. Of course, new rules from Studio Tomahawk are coming for Fantasy games but there's enough about these models to give you that Dark Age vibe so that they'd fit into a more Historical setting.
Have you snagged some of their Dwarves?
"...here we have the main driving force behind a new throng"
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nice figures,
I think these were surprisingly nice… they are simple and a bit static in one sense, but they are great in another. I looked at their homepage and they would work great with their other offering. I mean, painting is all about contrast and I think you need the poorer looking troops to make it possible for the more trained ones to contrast well on the table.
So to sum I think I like these better than the recent retro-dwarfes from NorthStar, for example.
I like the General and the Standard Bearer