Wargames Atlantic - The Age of Chivalry Foot Knights review Coming in hot off the casting machine is the first set in a new Wargames Atlantic (WA) range called The Age of Chivalry. For this range, the plastic producers have teamed up with the folks at Footsore, as they did with Gangs of Rome. This time it's to make miniatures that are ideal for Footsore's game The Barons’ War, but these will be perfect for a huge range of other gaming, too. The many different Foot Knight parts here are sculpted by WA regular Rob Macfarlane, but the striking resemblance to the excellent metal figures in Footsore’s range is clear. We’ve always really liked the powerful, bold, active, and well-protected look of Paul Hicks’ Footsore sculpts, and it’s wonderful that the same detailed and dynamic figures can now be built in plastic. Styled to the high medieval period (listed on the box as suitable for 1150 to 1320), these knights are practically armed and armoured, and lacking in a whole lot of flash. That’s not a bad thing! There’s beauty in simplicity, and these ‘plain’ figures work so well because the elements that are present all look great. Their surcoats flow nicely (and seem to have the right kind of weight), the mail is well-detailed and will look fantastic with little more than a quick wash over a metallic basecoat, and the poses are wonderfully variable. Split in half and armed for warfare Unlike many of WA’s plastics, the core of each figure comes as a set of legs and a torso, split in half at the waist. This allows for far more posing possibilities than with the often all-in-one parts. For a skirmish game like The Barons’ War, that’s perfect! The armoury is well-stocked, too, with axes, two-handed axes, falchions, maces, a spear, and plenty of arming swords, along with shields. Twelve head options, ranging from bare to the hefty great helm, ensure that maximum customisation can be achieved, and fans of kitbashing will no doubt be all over this set. Ultimately, if you want to build 24 finely-detailed and excitingly-posed foot knights, at a cost of just over £1 per figure, then this is the set for you! With Sergeants, Levy, and Cavalry frames promised in The Age of Chivalry range, and those parts able to be mixed across the sets, we’re extremely excited to get our hands on what’s to come.
