Review - Wargames Atlantic Foot Knights (1150 - 1320) vs Styriwar Miniatures 

This is true - to a certain extent. In addition to the statue of Saint Maurice I mentioned in the material, there is the Sleeping Guard of Wienhausen. You can also find quite a few iconographic evidences that the coat of plates was worn on top. My point is that since you can easily find the examples I mentioned and they found representation in art, they were not isolated cases. In this sense, WGA minis poorly represent knights from the turn of 13&14 centuries, because none of them show the armor in question. Anyway, I am very open to further discussion on this matter. Thanks a lot for your interest and comment!

I had the same view on 3d printing and especially resin printing. I started with FDM and terrain printing because I cared more about that. And it was a bit of a road through the ordeal :) - but I don't regret it because otherwise I would have spent a fortune on all those terrains I printed. Resin printing...was surprisingly “maintenance free”. I could count on the fingers of one hand how many times something went wrong, and the repair was limited to leveling and cleaning. On the other hand...it is indeed necessary to have a place, so I understand perfectly well your concern on this subject.

Like I stated I really like WGA. If I didn't have a printer, I would probably buy this set in larger quantities too. And as I said I hope they will continue this period by releasing other more interesting “army types” from the 13th century. Thanks so much for all this commenting and watching! :)

I don't know what miniatures you are talking about those 75- 90mm? Divide at impera, Kickstarter has/had 28mm figures on offer. I think you can see it in many of the pictures and in addition there were still free printable models available. So there was a physical opportunity to evaluate Styiwar figures. I don't think sculpting miniatures works the way you described but it doesn't really matter. I specifically mentioned that 3d printing has a technological advantage over traditional plastic castings when it comes to detail and ease of achieving any pose of miniatures. When it comes to comparing with other traditionall sets, this material was aimed to compare WGA ze Styriwar. As it is in the title and is something I promised when reviewing the Divide at Impera Kicstarter. My harsh assessment of the WGA set is mainely due to historical inaccuracies - not the quality of the miniatures themselves. Of course, you can disagree with me and that is ok. I am really very grateful that you watched my material and took the time to comment it. Thanks a lot!

Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment! Strongly appreciated!

Thank you much for this comment! True - some more minis to compare would be nice. Main reason why it did not happen is that it was a "break neck speed material" :)

@@EpicTabletop Oh yeah. I forgot Northern Crusades Miniatures as another 3d Printing one in that time period.

Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!

I was sure I had written quite a response here. Well... I started with FDM printing, and here I must say that I went through an ordeal in terms of failures and topics that I had to solve. However, I don't regret it because the amount of terrain I printed, if I had bought it normally it would have cost me a fortune. For resin printing I could not convince myself for a long time because it is messy and toxic. I bought a cheap printer and to my surprise it turned out that printing on it is pretty much maintenance-free. In 2 years of printing I had maybe 5 failures, which came down to cleaning and leveling. But indeed the toxicity is problematic and if you don't have the space for such a printer it's better to let it go. I don't know what the poor historicity of this kit is due to - maybe it is as you say, but there is another possibility that I didn't consider in my material. Maybe WGA rushed this kit to the market just in time for the long-announced release of Victrix medieval kits? Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!

@@EpicTabletop ah, yes, possibly. I don't know how much close attention WGA pays to Victrix (I follow their fb account and they never mention them). As for FDM: the thing I enjoy the most is crafting terrain out of cardbox and wooden coffee stirrers and crap (more than actually painting minis!), so this use of printers is also not worth it for me. I *never* buy terrain, either! Crafting it is time consuming, but then again, everything about this hobby is... and in the words of Marie Kondo, it "sparks joy" for me ;)

@@theandfI understand perfectly! There are many aspects to our hobby and it's good for someone to understand what actually makes them happy! I used to make terrains myself, too, and sometimes I continue to do so, but at some point I realized that, my "life span" in not long enough to make everything I would like to have on my tables :P. Muliple systems I play = different terrains :). I miss terrain creating and sometimes I do want to buy "proxxon foam cutter" and get more involved with my terrains instead of just printing and painting...we'll see :).

True :). Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks a lot for your interest and comment! I am "to small" for any large company to care. I hope I won't succumb to corruption in the future :D

That being said I think some of the heads look too small.

So, I would say we are in an agreement :)! Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!