Fight Out The American War Of Independence With Warlord’s New Set
October 31, 2015 by brennon
Warlord Games have answered Warren's prayers with their own version of a Battle In A Box. The massive Liberty Or Death Boxed Set for their Black Powder game allows you to fight out the War of Independence between the British and the Americans...
Inside the set you get these two massive armies that you see below that come to around 285 miniatures in total.
The full contents for the set also includes a rather massive Blockhouse and Fences allowing you to set up a defensive position and then fight over it. I like that they've also added in some of the Native Americans who would have got dragged into the conflict as well.
If you were looking to get a really comprehensive start in the world of the American War of Independence then you could do a lot worse than this set. Most of the set is plastic as well meaning it's fairly easy to put together.
What do you make of the set?
"Inside the set you get these two massive armies that you see below that come to around 285 miniatures in total..."
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Wow that’s alot of miniatures. The price ain’t too bad either
Looks great, but does anybody have time to paint huge armies nowadays?
Oosh, tell you what, the propensity of big historical sets like this has got me proper excited recently, can’t think of anything better than breaking down the barriers and introducing people to historical gaming (and tbh, with game systems like Bolt Action and Kings of War providing a great break in point to both the ‘fluff’ but also to some of the mechanics, historic’s aren’t necessarily the daunting prospect they used to be)
I was excited about this until I realized that these are Wargames Factory figures.
in all fairness, the quality has been improving the last few years
I have some of these models already, and they are fantastic. Wargames Factory has come a long way; don’t judge them by their early kits (which are still sold, I know). The AWI stuff is great, same quality as some of the lines they produce for other companies (Wild West Exodus and Malifaux as examples).
These mini’s are their latest sets so I shouldn’t be so quick to judge them.
Although I’ve got WHFs previous ACW releases already I’m still tempted to put this on my Christmas list.
The figures paint up easily and I really do like the fact that they are in Warrant Uniform, that’s so Hollywood/ Patriot/ Turn, just brilliant 😎
Plus I really do fancy getting my hands on those plastic Hessians..
My only gripe is that whoever assembled the figures for the pictures on their website certainly hasn’t earned a commendation. WGF can look a tad wooden when built by an inexperienced modeller.. All Hessian Jaegers for example seem to have problems with holding their heads up.
Well the hessians are the best of the range I can tell you that because I was the one that painted these examples, as for the jaegers I can tell you in all honesty that is how they are sculpted the shoulders are really set forward and is leaning quite a lot but I suppose it could be my ‘inexperience as a modeller’ 😉
love the tower.
This is without doubt my most favourite period in history, not just the actual fighting and the war but the politics that led to the breakdown that lead to the conflict itself. Much more than a group of people dressed up as indians raiding a tea supply in Boston harbour. I even have letters of this time writing from both sides of the conflict and the run to it. It was a close run thing this war much more to be said than what the usual dippers into history know. As a result we, Victoria and I (me) have a… Read more »
too right @chrisg, hell of an era!! My six (think it’s six) times great grandfather fought during the Penobscot expedition, young ensign in the regiment sent to fortify northern Massachusetts ready for the foundation of the new province of New Ireland. About 600 men held out against the 5000 or so rebels sent against them