Conquest games norman review

This website uses cookies to provide all of its features. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. In the last couple of years, numerous plastic box sets have flooded into the wargaming market, offering gamers an alternative metal. Since the start-up costs for producing plastic figures is much greater than metal, most of these offerings have come from the larger manufacturers.

However, the small Conquest Games has quietly entered the field with the release of their box of plastic Norman Knights. It is a very well conceived and well-executed set.

Assembly is as easy as you could want. The horses are in three parts. Once opening the box though I discovered one of the miniatures is a casualty. In Day of Battle units are on a single base. I started out using 4 mounted cavalry figures per base but now as my collection grows I am using 5 figures per base.

Thus if you do the math a box gets me 2 bases worth of troops with 4 mounted figures left over plus the 1 casualty figure. What I have been doing lately is adding a foot figure or 2 to a base to round out the odd mounted figure that I am missing. They were part of the rider and very poorly molded into his lower body, with very poor detail. I did like how they assembled. The horse tail was molded as part of the body so no seam or separate piece to glue on when assembling.

I have pretty much gone over to plastic in my 28mm armies. You actually get 15 bodies and 12 horses to allow for a bit of variation amongst the unit.

This is the 'command' sprue. Comes with a banner arm, horn arm, a stick- not sure why youd go to war with a club when youre a knight but yes a stick, and some sword and spear arms. You also get a choice of round or kite shields which is a nice touch. You can see in the bottom left there is a downed knight too- perfect for dioramas or a gaming objective. The horses are multipart and well detailed and you can mix them up to get a few extra poses.

The three torsos are a mix of what looks like chain, boiled leather and quilted leather to give some variation between figures. No heads on this sprue but theyre found on the standard sprue. As you can see some shields come with arms and some don't so you may have to do some minor converting. This is the standard sprue. You get your 3 horses again, 4 torsos this time, same amount of shields and arms and now also the heads.

The heads do look quite Norman-ish but they will do as Saxons too. Mixture of three torsos again. The arms on most, if not all, join just below the elbow.