Though I have yet to complete a human army for Oathmark (I have started many), I am always on the look out for suitable figures for new armies.
My inspiration for this new army is the Army of Nilfgaard from The Witcher. I have never played any of the computer games, and the design of the armour and equipment in the television series is a bit odd.
I wanted something a bit different to the various western medieval figures (including the Oathmark Human Infantry and the Fireforge Northmen) that make up the various factions I have already started.
Having looked through all the ranges available, I decided on the Fireforge Byzantine Spearmen for the infantry and Byzantine Auxillaries for the archers. There are two options for the cavalry.
Each sprue holds five figures. There are five spear arms and two sword arms allowing up to 10 soldiers and fifteen spearmen to be built from the box. There are two full sets of shields, the earlier almost round type and the later teardrop ones. There are eight different heads (same helmets).
The sprue has three unarmoured and two armoured bodies. There are four bow arms, four spear arms and one sling (currently no use in Oathmark). There are eight heads (two bare headed, one with a different style. There are five mini shields plus one shield/spear combination.
The box can build ten armoured archers, ten unarmoured (or up to twenty unarmoured if no armoured archers) and
My plan is to build ten armoured and ten unarmoured archers from the box and deploy them as two units with the front rank made of the armoured and the second rank made of unarmoured.
Not sure what to do with the rest. This is supposed to be an invasion army so I will need to think about it.
One thing I did notice was the new bases in the box.
They are 20mm x 20mm square but with rounded edges, making them nicer for skirmish style games but still easy for rank style games.
