Out with the old......New Alternative Miniatures for Warhammer The Old World

[@blairbird8022]

Avatars of War does amazing Orcs and Goblins and has the sculptor who did a lot of the 6th ed stuff, so they're as close to official as you can get.

[@SpymasterGaming]

I'll be sure to do a review of some of their stuff too in that case!

[@NecromundaPartylikeits1995]

I'd agree in many ways. After painting individual bounty hunters for Necromunda, I've recently gone back to batch painting terminators and genestealers for Spqce Hulk, and you're right, it's hard going! I'm managing about 3 terminators before I start to lose the will to live and have to paint something else in the middle.

[@dm51964]

Highland Miniatures are superb for Old World and gradually building a couple of armies using them and to me they look much better than what is in the new Official GW boxed sets

[@SpymasterGaming]

What armies have you gone for?

[@dm51964]

Gallia, Orc and Goblin allies and the Empire proxies. They are all superb, I don't have a printer but some selling them on eBay at reasonable prices and far cheaper than GW @@SpymasterGaming

[@dm51964]

Have also sent for some Dwarves to see what they are like

[@dm51964]

The Gallia Trebuchet is also superb

[@SpymasterGaming]

@@dm51964 excellent 😀

[@bww33]

I'm currently printing out Highland's Swamp Gobbos - aiming for an all-goblin (with trolls) list

[@SpymasterGaming]

Excellent! They have got some very characterful models in that range

[@JudasBrennan]

I have printed a huge Empire army using mainly Highland Miniatures files. They're lovely.

[@Gumlass1]

The Orc range is really great. Nice thick details, easy to print and easy to paint. A very old-school vibe.

[@SpymasterGaming]

Definitely, I think that while they do borrow from the warhammer fantasy orcs they are stylised enough to be their own thing too 😀

[@the_beast_among_sheep]

Oh man! This is Epic! All I'll have to do is get the Old World Books! Bruh! Wow! Just wow! Scree GW's prices & exclusiveness!!

[@SpymasterGaming]

My plan exactly for the most part!

[@Svengar]

Highland miniatures certainly have some nice stuff I recently backed an ongoing Avatars of War Kickstarter campaign for orcs which are really old school looking and very much in the vein of classic GW. I think all the stretch goals have been reached as well which is a bonus. You might want to check them out if you love orcs. I did the previous kickstarter ones for Minotaurs and they are excellent

[@dariostabletopminatures]

Highland Minis make great Sculpts!

[@TheSupporter76]

Definitely looking at highland for the questing and grail knights options.

[@christinebeckett7060]

Happy to buy 3D prints as long as they are good quality. I already have a few 3D print characters for my Vampire Counts 6th ed army. But care is needed, as some sellers out there are using very fragile resin, and not cleaning the figures up before sale.

[@SpymasterGaming]

Yes, this is something I perhaps should have touched on, but neglected to do so as I am printing them myself. I would recommend asking the seller if they are using an ABS type resin..it adds a bit of flex and still carries the level of detail and is nowhere near as brittle as other resins!

[@the-old-tower]

I really like highlands miniatures, I've printed small armies from a couple of their ranges now. Consistently great prints and nice to paint too. My printer is away for the winter so I've not had chance to try the orcs, I have a couple regiments of the GW ones but I really like the highlands ones also, so it's nice to see them printed here. Cheers!

[@SpymasterGaming]

What armies have you printed so far? I'm really happy with these orc boys so glad you like them too. Have you tried a brewing band for your 3d printer?

[@itsjustj6205]

I'm currently printing out the dwarf range from highland and they print so dang well and look awesome

[@SpymasterGaming]

Cool, glad you've had a good experience with them too!

[@trustinflames1022]

Thanks for the excellent video and out at the right time currently looking at alternatives to use myself.

[@SpymasterGaming]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@skinniestfatman5641]

ive gone for highland minis as well even went as far as becoming a petraon member so now i have their new Gallia prints (damsel on foot and horse, questing knights, pilgrim warriors and lady on unicorn)

[@SpymasterGaming]

Yep those new questing knights are something right!

[@skinniestfatman5641]

@Spymaster.Gaming haven't had the chance to print any off yet as I'm now printing some men at arms, but I did notice that some of the pilgrim warriors look like battle monks

[@6Stevo]

I welcome back the old sculpts. Will be nice to get miniatures that actually have posability, options and are fun to build, with no need for instructions. Also will be far cheaper than they currently go for on ebay.

[@cyberash3000]

i have a vampire counts army mostly from TTcombat and mantic KOW, (ttcombat do great undead halfings) and im doing highland modles for my dorfs and mantic

[@SpymasterGaming]

A good variety there! Well done supporting a variety of other manufacturers 😀

[@swedishclix7248]

I think its The other way around. Tt combat makes great undead haflings

[@cyberash3000]

thats what i meant i misstyped it @@swedishclix7248

[@cyberash3000]

but mantics halfling vampires i prefer@@swedishclix7248

[@MrGunnar177]

I started with lotr and then went to fantasy when I was a kid too!

[@ieuandeakin6497]

Ill probably be buying from Highland miniatures, also from Lost Kingdom, and Oldhammer. Ill have to get them all from Etsy as i dont have the money nor space for a 3d printer. Specifically for Bretonnia that is, and maybe other races depending on how things go

[@SpymasterGaming]

I hope they work put for you as their bretonnian proxies have some wonderful sculpts!

[@ieuandeakin6497]

@Spymaster.Gaming indeed! I've ordered the Lost Kingdoms version of Repanse de Lyonesse already, next I'll probably order either some Lost Kingdoms Grail Knights, or maybe Highlands Knight of the Realm. I'm still gonna get some GW Bretonnians, mostly the new stuff like the damsel on unicorn which is probably the best female model GW have ever produced? If the old world boxes ever come back in stock I'll probably have to buy one for the simple fact that I have no old world suitable minis

[@MrGunnar177]

I’ve been doing both printing units and buying old stuff

[@TabletopWargamer]

Any recommendations for High Elves?

[@SpymasterGaming]

I think that the Oathmark range by northstar figures has just increased its elven range. Its not as ornate as the warhammer fantasy elves but the range is very versatile

[@lordy6666]

Beholder Kingdoms and Holo Miniatures have some incredible Elves, I use them for my Games of God's armies!

[@MrBlef666]

maybe I have missed it - do you print those in 28 or 32mm?

[@SpymasterGaming]

At 32mm they still fit fine on 25mm basis and are a bit taller than the official orcs but I think they look good at this size 😀

[@christinebeckett7060]

Happy to pay for the old WHFB sculpts IF they are cheaper than the current ones. I think the older sculpts have a certain character and charm, and are WAY easier to paint up and faster to get onto the table. That last bit is important for a gamer.

[@SpymasterGaming]

Very true, but I think from the pre-order prices they aren't going to be cheaper. 3d printing definitely has its downsides time wise, but these Highlands miniatures are just as easy to paint I feel. It's just the print time you have to contend with 😀

[@sebastiencarrieres8825]

Cheaper? We're talking about GW. When's the last time they sold something "cheaper"?

[@SpymasterGaming]

​@sebastiencarrieres8825 this made me chuckle far more than it should do

[@porcu12345]

The orc heads/faces leave a lot to be desired.

[@SpymasterGaming]

I don't think it helped that the two I chose to paint have very similar faces but there is quite a bit of variation and the helmets are cool on a lot of them!

[@nicholaswalker4045]

I enjoyed this video thanks. Did you changed the scale at all? I found Highlands models are scaled around 32mm, I printed mine at 85% making humans 29 ish mm.

[@SpymasterGaming]

No change to the scale but they come out a comparable size to GW orcs. Thanks for watching 😀

[@redferne4576]

The last sword

[@plazma2891]

Now if they went back to the late 80s early 90s metal managers a lot more with sell but the Games Workshop not know that there is billions of way better Alternatives especially for Orcs and goblins out there and that 3D printers are very cheap oh my goodness I I was checking out Highland Miniatures earlier today and they're aux blow them old Scopes from gws out of the water

[@7nineofspades5]

Any recommendations for Wood Elves?

[@SpymasterGaming]

Holominiatures look the part for old wood elves with a bit of a modern twist. 3d prints available on my mini factory or there may be people selling them on etsy

[@PrimordialNightmare]

I will probably buy a couple of non GW models, but definitely also the odd box from GW because it'S good if they think people want TOW.

[@MrGunnar177]

It would suck if they get a letter from GW.

[@lordy6666]

Letter for what? GW has zero copyright on Orcs, they use Tolkiens work and even Tolkien had no protection on the word Orc as it's a celtic word. I'm really surprised they brought back Old World as they have no IP protection at all other than on the units they created.

[@ieuandeakin6497]

Honestly, if GW actually bothered to make new sculpts, id probably buy them. I feel its incredibly lazy to release a rather expensive box of miniatures that are older than some of the people buying them, then including one new model to be like "Look, here's new stuff, we really care about our customers so we brought back the setting you all loved" I feel sorry for Tomb King players because while the sculpts may have been cool at the time, they look awful compared to other recent skeletons

[@SpymasterGaming]

Yeah I think if it was a better split of new vs old , say 70%/30% it would be better definitely

[@Nobleshield]

I bought the TK box, and kinda regret it because god these skeletons are terrible. 25+ year old sculpts, very fiddly, really regretting not going with 3d print. When I do another army, I think I'll absolutely use 3d printed for the core, not only will it be way cheaper but the quality will be better than the ancient GW crap.

[@SpymasterGaming]

That's a shame that they haven't hit the mark for you. There are so many good options out there. If you want tomb kings core troops in particular, titan forge has just released some last month that look pretty cool and their ushabtis are awesome too

[@strabourne8064]

Try Kurpa Miniatures for some great looking dwarves

[@lordy6666]

No idea why people bought the starter sets, 3D printing is so much cheaper and the models are far superior too. People are strange.

[@SpymasterGaming]

Nostalgia is a powerful tool I think 🤔

[@TribuneVixtius]

Also financially sending the message to GW to continue with developing and building upon warhammer the old world itself, not just for the sake of mini's but he lore, rules, etc

[@lordy6666]

@TribuneVixtius they don't deserve any sort of loyalty, absolute best miniature company but that's as far as they go, awful company to deal with, and poor rule designers.

[@darioscomicschool1111]

THE HIGHLAND WAY!

[@the_beast_among_sheep]

I don't really care about building or painting models. I just care about game mechanics & actually playing.

[@Caseyuptobat]

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