WARGAMES FACTORY joins forces with SLITHERINE

jdm · Post by **jdm** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:27 pm

SLITHERINE PARTNERS WITH WARGAMES FACTORY TO RAISE ARMIES FOR THE FIELD OF GLORY™ MINIATURE WARGAMING RULES

Field of Glory™, the new ancient and medieval wargaming rules from Slitherine Strategies and Osprey Publishing will be supported by a full range of plastic multi-part miniature figures from Wargames Factory.

Wargames Factory is launching an extensive new line of plastic box sets to support the Field of Glory™ game. The first releases will be Late Republican Romans (the Legions of Julius Caesar) and Celts. The miniatures will be available in 48-figure box sets for $29.95 and will feature a variety of separate arms, heads, shields, and body types for maximum customization. The company is committed to an aggressive release schedule that will allow Field of Glory™ players to deploy armies from all the eras featured in the game. More details can be found at www.wargamesfactory.com

Wargames Factory CEO Tony Reidy explains the genesis of the relationship: “When we first became aware of the Field of Glory™ rules and saw the high-quality production values that Slitherine and Osprey were bringing to them, we knew that they would be the perfect fit for our new line of hard plastic multi-part miniatures. In speaking with the team at Slitherine, we quickly realized that this was a rules system that cried out for a complimentary range of miniature armies. Wargames Factory is the first company to focus on hard plastic miniatures in 28mm (Wargames Standard 1/56th scale) for the historical market and we believe these sets, in partnership with this great new rules system, will revolutionize tabletop gaming.”

JD McNeil, Director of Slitherine, said: “Creating Field of Glory has been a tremendous challenge and we are now thrilled to see the ruleset coming together. The opportunity of working with Wargames Factory, an emerging force in historical miniatures production, has brought a new dimension to the whole project. Their accurately modeled range will certainly complement Field of Glory.”

What is Field of Glory™?
Field of Glory™ is a wargaming rules system that uses model figures and terrain to recreate the great battles of the ancient and medieval world, written by some of the biggest names in the wargaming community, including the co-author of the popular DBM rules, Richard Bodley Scott. Field of Glory™ allows players to use Wargames Factory miniatures to re-fight historical scenarios or create their own “what if” battles. It is being released in February 2008 along with two companion books, Rise of Rome and Storm of Arrows. These books, which are the first of many, focus on specific time periods or geographical regions in the ancient and medieval world, giving historical overviews and comprehensive army lists for all of the major and minor powers.
Field of Glory™ is the first set of wargames rules that has been designed for and made available to a wide audience and will be available from traditional Hobby outlets to mass market booksellers. The game is set to revolutionize historical wargaming.

All enquires to JD McNeil at: jdm@slitherine.co.uk
Wargames Factory at pr@wargamesfactory.com

[About Slitherine Software] - Slitherine Software UK Ltd. is a privately funded and independent UK games developer and publisher. It launched the Slitherine Strategies brand in 2002. Through this brand Slitherine is dedicated to bringing highly playable and approachable strategy games to the mass market. Slitherine Software is uniquely placed to deliver due to its experience within the industry and also the wider gaming community. Slitherine press or media enquiries should be directed to press@slitherine.co.uk Slitherine website – www.slitherine.com

[About Osprey Publishing] - Osprey Publishing is the leading publisher of illustrated military history. Over 1,300 titles in print provide a definitive resource for both established military enthusiasts and a wider audience with a general interest in military history. Chronicling human conflict on ground, sea and in the air from ancient times to the present day, Osprey provides a full range of perspectives on wars and warriors throughout history. To find out more visit the Osprey website www.ospreypublishing.com

[About Wargames Factory] – Wargames Factory is a new investor-backed company that designs and manufacturers high quality hard plastic multi-part miniatures in 28mm (Wargames Standard 1/56 scale) for wargamers, painters, modelers, and collectors. Based outside Boston, Massachusetts, Wargames Factory uses 100% recycled plastic and partners with Triangle (www.triangle-inc.org) a non-profit organization that serves thousands of people with disabilities and employs over 200 “people with ability”. Find us at www.wargamesfactory.com

nicofig · Post by **nicofig** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:48 pm

Congratulations !!!
Just a question : do you think you make a partnership with a 15 mm manufacturer ?

ars_belli · Post by **ars_belli** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:58 pm

Congratulations on the new partnership, hopefully the first of many!

Salve,
Scott

fukateesays · Post by **fukateesays** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:51 pm

These miniatures look excellent- 48 in a box- people will be doing 1:1 scale legions!

Malidor · Post by **Malidor** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:17 am

Congratulations. Good news for the 28mm crowd.

Wargames Factory is the first company to focus on hard plastic miniatures in 28mm (Wargames Standard 1/56th scale) for the historical market

Wasn't there a Russian company doing plastic historical 28mm? I never bought any and don't remember their name, but I recall seeing them on the shelf of hobby stores in Australia a few years ago. At least one of the boxed battle sets came with rules and dice. I think it was mostly medieval stuff, but I'm going from memory so they may have done more. They also had a fantasy range that included undead legionaires (Lost XIII Legion) but was otherwise aimed at the 'too cheap to buy GW' market.

I guess I can't challenge the WF claim if I don't even remember the name of the guys I'm trying to defend!

Maybe someone that reads this can help

robertthebruce · Post by **robertthebruce** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:22 am

Wasn't there a Russian company doing plastic historical 28mm? I never bought any and don't remember their name

Could Be "Zveda"??

David

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:28 am

robertthebruce wrote:
Wasn't there a Russian company doing plastic historical 28mm? I never bought any and don't remember their name

Could Be "Zveda"??

David

There are several companies doing plastic ancients figures but they are all "1/72nd" scale. Actually they are a bit bigger than that and some are very nice. If the Wargames Factory range expands rapidly and manages to deliver figures as good as the ones you can see on their site to cover multiple armies at the very low price they are quoting I suspect that the soft plastics could be in trouble. Lead 28mm maufacturers will probably be OK as long as they are producing figures that are not covered by WF.

Interesting times.

malekithau · Post by **malekithau** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:31 am

Good stuff guys! About time someone gave us hard plastic wargames figures - now if only we could get 15mm :}

randynovotny · Post by **randynovotny** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:08 pm

The miniatures look really good and the price is good. Just wish they also made 10mm or 15mm. That's the only size I game in because of playing area and economics and wanting large armies. I hope this venture works out.

ars_belli · Post by **ars_belli** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:50 pm

While not enough to make me want to switch from 15mm, the genuine "one true scale," the new WF figs do look very nice indeed!

Cheers,
Scott

mikekh · Post by **mikekh** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:45 pm

They look good!
How does hard plastic compare to metal for painting?

Cheers

Mike

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:12 pm

mikekh wrote:They look good!
How does hard plastic compare to metal for painting?

I can't imagine problems, as long as you clean the figures of any mould release agent before painting they should hold paint as well as if not better than metal. I don't ever remember losing paint from my old hard plastic Airfix kits even though their soft plastic figures could lose paint when they bent.

spike · Post by **spike** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:03 pm

mikekh wrote:They look good!
How does hard plastic compare to metal for painting?

Cheers

Mike

If "Hard Plastic" is polystyrene -its good to glue and paint (conversions are possible for the model makes too)
"Soft Plastic" Polyurethane is almost un-glueable and getting paints to stick requires special treatment

spike

donm · Post by **donm** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:37 pm

There are many hard plastic figures already on the market.

All are easily converted and painted. Just look in a GW shop.

My son has been gaming with them for more years than I think I want to remember.

15mm may be your prefered scale, but the competition is in 28mm.

All you need now is a chain of shops to sell it all in

Don

ars_belli · Post by **ars_belli** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:16 pm

donm wrote:All you need now is a chain of shops to sell it all in

Oh, I don't think we want to go down that road, even in jest. There are a number of historical gamers out there who are already primed to go crazy over even the slightest hint of another "evil empire."

Cheers,
Scott

Malidor · Post by **Malidor** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:38 pm

ars_belli wrote:There are a number of historical gamers out there who are already primed to go crazy over even the slightest hint of another "evil empire."

This makes me sad. Fingers crossed the typical historical gamer has enough maturity to resist tall poppy cutting when FoG takes off.

ars_belli · Post by **ars_belli** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:15 pm

Malidor wrote:This makes me sad. Fingers crossed the typical historical gamer has enough maturity to resist tall poppy cutting when FoG takes off.

One would hope so. And in all fairness, I do think that the majority of ancients gamers are indeed thoughtful and mature. However, experience has shown that there are a noisy handful who can be anything but.

Cheers,
Scott

kustenjaeger · Post by **kustenjaeger** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:56 pm

Greetings

There already seems to be some 'noise' on TMP about 'official' miniatures and not buying FoG as a result. There seems to be a certain amount of muddled thinking, possibly prompted by the slight differences between the news item from Wargames Factory compared to the measured Slitherine etc press release.

Regards

miffedofreading · Post by **miffedofreading** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:20 pm

Nice figures I wish them well. Might well buy a box to paint up, but will not be buying to wargame as all my armies are 15mm.

I am just a "little" concerned about them being official. I hope we never get to the childish games workshop type approach where you can't use another manufacturers figures because they aren't official.

I know for an historical period that sounds plain daft but I have heard of some flames of war players refusing to play against people using miniatures from other manufacturers, I hope that is rare and does not catch on here.

Once again, really nice figures

Andy

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:29 pm

miffedofreading wrote:Nice figures I wish them well. Might well buy a box to paint up, but will not be buying to wargame as all my armies are 15mm.

I am just a "little" concerned about them being official. I hope we never get to the childish games workshop type approach where you can't use another manufacturers figures because they aren't official.

I know for an historical period that sounds plain daft but I have heard of some flames of war players refusing to play against people using miniatures from other manufacturers, I hope that is rare and does not catch on here.

Once again, really nice figures

Andy

I think you can be confident that there will be no GW style thought police in evidence at any FoG competition.

All of the parties involved in developing FoG have far too much invested in lead already to even countenance such a thought.