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[Angel Barracks]

Ooooh

slaine

[Angel Barracks]

If the game is any good, I will prolly use the rules but use the Celtos figures from Brigade Models

[Andrew Beasley]

Never did read Slaine but a couple of the models look OK.

Not talking about those buildings though – after the decent MDF Epic ones it looks like they have gone cardboard (unless that matches the comic)…

[Wouter Wolput]

Quite a few nice models and the terrain doesn’t look bad either, depending on the price of course.

I did briefly read a few Slaine comics in the past but wasn’t a big fan. Could be fun as a miniature game though.

Looking forward to the reviews.

[Alex]

Compared to the Mierce Miniatures Fir Danu that warp-spasm Slaine looks really weedy!

Alex (Does Hobby Stuff)
practising hobby eclecticism

[Mike]

Yeah whilst Slaine is no Conan, Warped Out Slaine should be ginormous.

[Angel Barracks]

I don’t know what it is, the more I look at the figures the less excited I am.
They look like the characters but seem to fail to capture something?
Is it the poses?

I will likely check the rules and if any good, buy it, sell the figures and use other models.

[Darkest Star Games]

To me that look like the characters, but also caricatures of the characters, if you know what I mean.

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."

[fairoaks024]

The biggest problem is it’s  by warlord. They’ll stop supporting it 2 releases in.

loved strontium dog, judge dredd and doctor who games.

they lost interest in all of them pretty quickly. And 1st edition SPQR was terrible and the first errata they brought out for it was an insulting joke.
I love the minis, loved a lot of the games but so many minis and rules that were promised just evaporated.

[Mike]

I read that Slaine will be based on the other 2000AD engines, do they play OK?

[fairoaks024]

@mike:- they do, quite quick, quite fun and JD especially has a lot of comic book feel about it.

My only concern is that the first 2 are very heavily slanted to missile combat and I don’t think would be much cop for a pretty heavily combat game like Slaine, but I hope to be proven wrong.

[Mike]

I also read they were going to tweak it quite a bit due to the lack of shooty bang bang.
Fingers crossed.

[Tony S]

The buildings are from Sarissa’s Dark Ages range – Celtic village.

I bought a few for my Dark Ages Irish.  The walls and roof are that grey padding board stuff.  The floor and the roof struts are all MDF.  The new roof tiles don’t look as nice as sponge do they?  The wattle fences are quite nice, and easy to make.

For the record, they’re out of sprues (as I didn’t get one) and the roofs as shown are not included.  The roof is strong enough that it lifts off, so the interior is playable.

 

 

[forlorn hope games]

Angel Barracks wrote:

I don’t know what it is, the more I look at the figures the less excited I am. They look like the characters but seem to fail to capture something? Is it the poses?

 

Might be that they’re plastic, I find they can be a bit spindly at times. But that’s probably as much to do with the sculptor.

Let your imagination be your guide
https://forlornhopegames.co.uk/

[Andrew Beasley]

Tony S wrote:

The buildings are from Sarissa’s Dark Ages range …

The walls and roof are that grey padding board stuff. The floor and the roof struts are all MDF. The new roof tiles don’t look as nice as sponge do they? The wattle fences are quite nice, and easy to make…

The material roof knock the spots off the tiles but maybe that’s what we expect? The originals look like horse hair and flock and the best representation of the round house thatching I’ve seen. Wonder if the join is hidden around the back ? 🙂 ?

I’ve some of the Renedra fences but the silly little base ‘blobs’ ended up being stuck to tongue depressors as the fences fell over if you looked at them too hard.

[Angel Barracks]

forlorn hope games wrote:

Might be that they’re plastic, I find they can be a bit spindly at times.

I think this is an element.
I suspect they are digital sculpts which imo seem more realistic or indeed spindly than I am used to.
Just keep looking at the Celtos and thinking they have more about them somehow.

[Tony S]

The material roof knock the spots off the tiles but maybe that’s what we expect? The originals look like horse hair and flock and the best representation of the round house thatching I’ve seen. Wonder if the join is hidden around the back ?

Sarissa do sell that roof somewhere on their site.  I noticed it after I bought the village of course.  I tried cutting some kitchen scouring pads to use as a roof, but it didn’t work out for me.  I’m not terribly good at terrain!  I ended up just using teddy bear fur, which looks all right, but I agree with you Andrew.  The roof in the photo looks spot on!

I was thinking the seam is also around the back from the camera, but I suspect it might also be hidden under the flock.

[Mike]

So I got the rule book for my birthday and after perusing it I have decided to get the starter for Xmas.

Should allow for low model count games which is nice from a painting POV.
The rules are interesting and have some nice ideas.

But always with fancy d6.
Conan the RPG has fancy d6, Slaine has fancy d6…

Off to browse Celtos and others, talking of which anything for the Drune Lord Skull Sword types?

[Geof Downton]

The Alternative Armies ‘Erin’ stuff may be worth perusing.

One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.
Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:11

[Mike]

OOoh indeed so.

Though nothing skull swordy, but other suitable stuff.

[Angel Barracks]

Goodies!!

[Ampersand Andy]

The starter set was under my Christmas tree too. The Warlord Resin Siocast variant is a surprise. I think I like it but I’m tempted to go with 30mm bases instead of 25mm. The MDF terrain is an odd choice. Doesn’t quite work for me. Think they tried to hammer a square peg into a round house. Think I’ll have a go myself. Make a master of a round house and cast it with long pot life resin so I can brush on or slush the conical roof. A trip to MB Fibreglass in the new year for supplies I think. Don’t you miss pouring the old resin yourself Mike?

Andy

[Mike]

I am tempted every now and then. Maybe when we have moved and I have a dedicated games space.

Let me know your thoughts on how it plays.

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