Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fantasy Wargame Shopping Checklist

I've been contemplating starting a fantasy wargame for some time now. It's just one of those ideas that stews on the back burner until either it starts burning and sticking to the bottom of the pan or you finally remember it and do something with it. There are a lot of really cool 1/72 fantasy figures out there, and they're a heck of a lot cheaper than models from an official wargame, such as Warhammer. It would be really cool to get a few armies, paint them up, and let them do battle with swords and sorcery.
So here's my Fantasy Wargame Shopping Checklist. It contains all the available (relatively) cheap 1/72 fantasy armies out there, as well as some historical armies that I think would work with the fantasy theme. Of course, these latter are chosen purely based on my opinion, and you can get whatever historical armies you think will go well with your fantasy world. Or, for the even more imaginative, you can customize your armies even further - for instance, headswapping Greek helmets onto your elves. Sounds cool to me. Use your imagination. It is, after all, fantasy. No rules.
Anyway, this is just a list of all the available fantasy armies, compiled here for your convenience. For anyone looking to create a fantasy world/wargame, pick and choose to your heart's content.
Also, provided here is a link to Plastic Soldier Review's review of the Caesar line of fantasy products. Normally PSR only reviews historical sets, so this is special.  PSR Caesar Fantasy Review.
BTW, the Light and Dark Alliance sets are manufactured by Orion.

Good armies (fantasy):
Light Alliance Elves Set #1 (40 figures) - 72004
Light Alliance Dwarves Set #1 (44 figures) - 72007
Light Alliance Dwarves Set #2 (44 figures) - 72008
Caesar Fantasy Heroic Adventurers (15+ random figures) - 104
Caesar Fantasy Dwarves(35) - 101
Caesar Fantasy Elves (37) - 102

Good armies (historical):Zvezda Vikings (41 figures) - 8046
Caesar Philistine Warriors (42 figures) - 46
Caesar Celt Warriors (36 figures - 64
Caesar European Foot Soldiers and Archers (34 figures) - 88
Caesar Dismounted Crusaders (34 figures) -86
HaT El Cid Spanish Infantry (96 figures) - 8176

Evil armies (fantasy):
Caesar Orc Warriors (35 figures) - 106
Caesar Goblin Warriors (35 figures) - 105
Dark Alliance Orcs Set #1 (45 figures) - 72001
Dark Alliance Orcs Set #1 (50 figures) - 72002
Dark Alliance Orcs Set #3 (40 figures) - 72003
Dark Alliance Light Warg Orcs (12 mounted figures) - 72009
Dark Alliance Heavy Warg Orcs (12 mounted figures) - 72010
Dark Alliance Light Warriors of the Dead (40 figures) - 72011
Dark Alliance Heavy Warriors of the Dead (40 figures) - 72012
Dark Alliance Light Warriors of the Dead Cavalry (10 mounted, 2 foot figures) - 72013
Dark Alliance Heavy Warriors of the Dead Cavalry (10 mounted, 2 foot figures) - 72014
Dark Alliance Half-Orcs Set #1 Pikemen (32 figures) - 72015
Dark Alliance Half-Orcs Set #2 Infantry (44 figures) - 72016
Dark Alliance Half-Orcs Set #3 (40 figures) - 72017
Dark Alliance Warg Half-Orcs (12 mounted figuers) - 72018
Dark Alliance Wargs (30 unmounted wargs) - 72019

Evil armies (historical):
Zvezda War Elephants III-I BC (2 elephants and 7 figures) - 8011
Zvezda Scythian Cavalry (18  mounted figures) - 8069
Zvezda Persian Infantry (42 figures) - 8006



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