North Star 28mm Oathmark Dwarf Infantry # OAKP101

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Elf dogs: there was an Elf Hunt Master miniature, but only as a special offer, and without dogs. There could be a separate box for this, but honestly, I dont think that its really needed... Northstar has some metal dog/wolf miniatures, so if the Elf Hunt Master would be released as a normal miniature, anybody could make a unit with combining them. Inside the rulebook, players are encouraged to play in one of two ways. The first way is for each player to choose one race from the book and keep their army selections to just that race. The second way is by creating a Kingdom. The Kingdom method allows you to build your own allowable units for the game. Which regions you choose to house in your Kingdom define which units you can hire in your army. While your human generals may not be as effective at leading a unit of orcs, you can gain access to a plethora of units by mix and matching. The Armies of Oathmark In this post, we are going to take a look at the armies of Oathmark as presented in the core rule book of the game. For those that don’t know, the Kingdoms in the core rule book include Dwarf, Human, Elf and Orc/Goblin.

Osprey Games and North Star Military Figures have now released their newest Mass Combat Fantasy System – Oathmark. In it, you build a Kingdom and wage wars against your neighbors. There are four core races in the book (Dwarf, Human, Elf, and Goblin/Orc). Those races all get along within a Kingdom but will fight for their lords against neighboring kingdoms. How will you build your Kingdom?Showcases Our showcases show interesting products. Many are painted, some are not, but they are all neat. We do our best to inform the readers of what they are looking at so they can find the products for themselves if they are interested. To start with, I went for 15 two-handed hammerers. I wanted these chaps to be imposing, so I went for the brooding closed helmet look. Here they are assembled, based and ready for priming. Oathmark uses 25mm bases (included in the box) so I had to get some 20mms for Warhammer Fantasy. The dwarves rank up just fine, and now I have 30 spare 25mms. Another happy accident. Slimmer than other dwarves, these rank up just fine. It is worth noting that all Oathmark miniatures come unpainted and, in the case of plastic figures, unassembled. So, if you are just starting out, you may also want to invest in some glue, paints, paintbrushes, and other such hobby tools. A Note on Base Size That said, I don’t think there would be any issue if you buy the terrain element of the race that allows you the unit and field a human model (but using all of the elf stats and special rules). In fact, the rules allow you to build out your Kingdom like this so you can get the units you want. Why not go with a proxy and use the models you want too? Wrapping it up… Enter Oathmark: one of several “rank and flank” wargames to fill the vacuum left by Warhammer Fantasy. The Oathmark range offers several chunky boxes of popular fantasy races: elves, humans, undead, lizardmen etc. Their dwarves come in two styles: heavy and light infantry. Hoping for Hammerers and Ironbreakers, I went for the big hitters. Sprues, glorious sprues

Ghoul: Well, I dont see any feasible combination with other unit types here, and a separate set, just for Ghouls is unlikely. Maybe a smaller box, if there ever be smaller boxes. In my opinion, the most likely here, is a cooperation with Mantic, as by the Frostgrave Undead Encounters set. The official lines of miniatures for the game come from North Star Military Figures. Thanks goes out again to Osprey Games for sending me this book for review. Veteran wargames, especially those who use armies from other games, may already have figures with different-sized bases. That is fine. Since most units in Oathmark are five figures wide, it is possible to construct movement trays to give a unit the correct footprint. So, if you have a unit of 10 human archers, you could make a tray 125mm wide by 50mm deep, and roughly organize the archers into two rows of 5 figures each. Even if you use Oathmark bases, you may want to consider using movement trays, as it is much faster to move a unit on a tray than to move each individual figure separately. The Table

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I think we are trough with the missing units. Regarding monsters and artillery, I wouldn't make any prophecies, because there is only one official monster, and zero official artillery available. Thats to few to draw any lesson from it. And the characters?Northstar has a lot of metal miniatures, the tooling for metal casts is relativelyeasy to make, so there is everything possible! To summarise, this highly detailed set of models represent the quintessential fantasy Dwarf fighter; they’re the right height, they’re glad in chainmail and leather, and they love their axes, hammers and long beards! Given the classic fantasy style of the models, in addition to games of Oathmark, these Dwarf miniatures would equally suit other 28mm fantasy wargames too, such as Warhammer Fantasy, Kings of War or Warlords of Erehwon. The figures are available directly from North Star Figures HERE.

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One of my favourite things about this set of models are the wonderful faces of the Dwarfs, each one full of character and (if a Dwarf can posses such a thing) charm. This was a point I expressed to Bob. A total of 30 Dwarf Infantry can be assembled from the box set, armed with hand weapons, spears, shields and bows, or a combination; allowing for a single unit of 30 fighters or multiple separate units*. Also included are standard bearer and officer pieces. With a total of six sprues comprising of a range of pieces, there are more than enough parts in the set to create a truly dynamic looking collection of Dwarfs. If you’re a fan of converting then you’ll be happy to know that there are plenty of spare bits that can to be used elsewhere. I recently came across this picture (from Wargaming in Middle Earth) of converted models by Kev Dallimore; he combines Oathmark Goblins and Dwarf Infantry pieces to assemble models that would represent Uruks or Orcs perfectly. Converted Oathmark models by Kev Dallimore. *One of the appealing aspects of Oathmark is that new players can start playing games from the contents of just one box of figures.

If you choose to play by Kingdom building, hopefully this article will help you decide which race to focus on (or if this is a game you want to explore further). What terrain types you choose for your Kingdom dictates what units you can field in your army. If you lose those lands in a campaign game (more on that later), then you can still recruit the troop type from that land but they take a small penalty in their activation value (moral). A beginning Kingdom contains 10 terrain spots. In the core book, each race has 9 terrain types of terrain available to them (except the Dwarfs who have 8). This means that if you concentrate on just one race, you can have access to all of their units right out of the gate. It is necessary to accurately measure distances when determining how far a unit can move or the range of a missile weapon. All distances in Oathmark are given in Imperial measurements, so you need a ruler or tape measure marked with inches and feet. Players can measure distances at any time during a game. Kingdom and Army Sheets The artwork is equally cool! I can’t wait to see more. The Artwork for the Oathmark Heavy Dwarves Plastic Miniatures Box Set. Wrapping it up… This might however be the place to say something about basing. Oathmark bases human-sized figures on 25x25mm and bigger figures on 25x50, 50x50 or 50x100. So a unit front is either 50, 125 or 150mm wide. This already tells you that front width is not extremely important, just handy.

Monsters can be very impressive, like the 800 point Winged Dragon which is practically a small army in itself. However, in a 3000 point average game it will eat up over a quarter of your points, so it better be a gamechanger. That amount of points will buy four (4!) full units of Goblin soldiers! In the section below, I go through the four armies and outline the advantages and disadvantages of each races’ core troops and make mention of their unique units. Just as I’d hoped, all of these are interchangeable and modular. Out of this mass of plastic you could build 3 x units of Hammerers, Ironbreakers and dwarf warriors, each with full command pieces, with heaps of bits to spare for kitbashing. Faction of Demons (Im not in love with them, but a lot of players could be attracted to Oathmark with it, and I think thatOathmark could be real successorof WHFB, but only if every former player finds a place for his army...)