Warlord Games Black Powder Epic Battles ACW Unboxing & Review
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Epic Battles ACW Unboxing & Review
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thank you sir you are a great painter indeed
😊 Thank you
As a Civil War buff, and living historian I love the video, please do not jump on the "historically accurate" band wagon. The union soldiers were issued bummers, not kepis(these were private purchase) slouch hats were used in great quantities on both sides, and so where blanket rolls. The issued knapsack was uncomfortable, and cumbersome.
Thank you Josh, it’s nice to hear people less critical of the accuracy of these miniatures. I love them myself, and am not personally worried either way, they do a great job of representing what I need for the game, I just wanted to provide a rounded review and mention some of the criticisms within the community.
I’d be interested in your thoughts on the Wave 2 releases, they were criticised a bit as well, but when I reviewed them I found them pretty good myself.
Thank you for watching.
My starter set is in the post! Will be opening it up tomorrow evening and getting started! Cant wait to get dug in and painting!
That’s awesome, hope you have loads of fun working on it. The starter sets are now way better than when I got mine as well.
@@MiniatureRealms I actually was able to snag up the same box as in the video! So I'm super excited to see how it goes as an entry to historical war gaming!
Really enjoyed that thanks Stu, lots of interesting points! Excited to get into this game, seems like a great avenue into historicals.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours Harry
@@MiniatureRealms yes hopefully it all gets some layers of paint! Will be keen for games when we can meet up again 😁😁
Yes absolutely, we should definitely do that.
Nicely put together Stu, look forward to more especially when you get round to painted these - 2400 muskets , 2399 muskets to go.....we all will go stir crazy.
As a few already have pointed out and more will the real downside to this venture is the massive extra outlay needed if you go for the warlord wave 2 and 3 releases. I would have stumped up for the zouave box if they had offered a bit of variety, unit in Kepi, unit in fez, or turban or straw hats (go Wheat Louisiana lads) but £40 for all one type is a non starter. Likewise cavalry, mounted , dismounted and horse holders is another £100, no thanks. Skirmishers look nice but cost the earth and as for the commander models....
As soon as I had the sprue from WI, I broke out the kallistra minis I had on hand and put together a few trial bases, even without a thin shim they are a good match. Next up the pendraken 10mm minis, yes they are smaller but not as bulky as kallistra, so with a shim look okay, but if based together and not mixed, they are unnoticeable amongst the other bases. So its elsewhere to fill in the gaps methinks,.
You also need to add the cost of the Glory Hallelujah book if you did not go all in and want to use BP rules, the little booklet is just a taster not enough.
It will be interesting if this price model (very GW) of a great value starter but relatively high priced expansions will take off enough to see if warlord expand into other periods. I suspect that like so many of their products of late, that poor follow up sales will see them quietly dropping back to pure 28mm
Totally agree with you on the price thing, and I think I agree more and more on that when I think about it. It’s been a very long time since I’ve purchased lots of models at smaller scalers from the ‘smaller manufacturers’, so I was probably a little more numb to the higher prices than some (I’ve got very used to Forgeworld prices in recent years, so anything seems cheap 😂). Saying that I’ve not really got any regrets with my wave 2&3 pre-orders, but I did use a lot of points/vouchers on them, otherwise I’d be looking at FLGS 20% discounts to make them more palatable.
I’m glad that alternatives exist, hope Kalistra get a nice chunk of this action as well. I’ll definitely be ordering a few more bits from them. I’ve got a handful of Pendraken Napoleonics that I ordered for samples, they did seem very small to me, but then again I don’t have any of their ACW range, and I can totally see how it wouldn’t matter once based and painted. I’m looking forward to Pendraken’s Peninsular Brits, looks like they got their master sculpts today.
It will be interesting to see if once the hype dies down interest will fade, especially with the prices of supporting stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s it now as well, they could easily get away with leaving the release like this for a while.
Really nice review. I didn’t know this was out there and I’m thinking already of freeing up some money to get the starter…
Thank you. It’s a great set, the subsequent releases for it a nice as well. I’m up to my neck in the Napoleonic version that was just released.
I wonder just how many of these large box sets have been opened, then put on a shelf and just haven’t been partially painted?
A huge amount, much as is the same with any big wargaming starter set 😅😂
really enjoyed the video bud really good information.
Cheer Ken, I enjoyed doing it. Funnily enough I’m just watching you talk about Bolt Action from your stream last night. Definitely a 2022 project for me.
@@MiniatureRealms loved the sound quailty what mic do u use
It’s a really cheap lapel mic with single earphone from Amazon (about £10), the name on the little pouch in comes in is IGOKU, it’s got split mic and earphone jacks, so I just plug the mic in and ignore the rest.
I’m using a LUMIX DMC G7K, the internal mic is fine, but I found when recording stuff for my middle channel, when I moved around I didn’t like the change in volume. I honestly thought it might be a waste of £10, but I didn’t want to spend more at that time. I’m normally a bit funny on kit, I’ve spent money to get decent sound on the podcast I do, so thought I’d have to spend more.
Good video, thanks. I am using black powder for small battles(well small for the ACW), Fire and fury for medium sized battles and Alter of freedom for the big big battles like gettysburg.
Thank you. I may well look at trying out some different rule sets in the future.
I'm going to use Fire and Fury Regimental rules. I love playing BP but it does not really leng itself to ACW
I’ve definitely got that on my list to try out depending on how I find BP.
If the size of frontage is in scale with the buildings which would be a first, then I can see the use for the large regiments/battalion’s. However as a building is the same scale as the figures or there about, then it would have to be a skirmish game with a 6feet long table having a scale length of around 250 yards so care should be taken when designing scenario’s.
Absolutely, good observations.
My only gripe is that the union and Confederate infantry are the same, while the slouch hats were used by the union I would have perfered an all keppi look since I'm to lazy to clip all the heads lol
I think many people share your opinion on this. I don’t mind too much, but two separate sprues would have amazing.
12 mounted Generals per side seems excessive (mind you I'm new to historical epic scale) would've been nicer to see cavalry regiments
They released cavalry afterwards, along with loads of other bits. This release was a bit of a test in the new scale for them, and with the cost of tooling and set up for a new plastic frame, they only invested in the one, so it’s very multi-use. Much of what they’ve learnt has gone into the Epic Waterloo release.
I was so excited when this Line of minis came out. Then I found out that there is no difference in Uniforms between the two sides. And, each unit contains a mix of headgear rather than just one type. That made me hesitate to committ.
It’s a concern a few people have, it’s definitely not for all as quite understandably some want a more extensive range of infantry uniforms (especially in the headgear). It was a cost thing, ACW was used to test out the format and the scale. It was successful, the Waterloo range has seen the benefits of the success, and now they’ve even added to the ACW range in plastic. I’d love them to do a frame with all Kepi/Forage hats, I think it would really balance out the range a bit more. I can live with it as it is, but I appreciate it will stop some people from purchasing.
So I share that issue with the same sprue - especially around headgear. What I will say is, the design of the slouch hats is such that with a couple of simple clipper cuts and some rounding-off with a knife, you can make every single one into a Kepi. I have done that for my Union side, and it took no time at all to do. I still would prefer not having to do this of course, but don't let that be a deal-breaker.
I am using one base to a regiment to refight big battles including Gettysburg. Using three or more bases gives the same frontage as a 28 mm regiment negating the size advantage for big battles on the same size table. I wont be buying wave two or three items due to the insane pricing. Much cheaper metals available from Kallistra in 12mm. I just add a thin shim to the base and you can't tell any difference on the table.
Great idea using them that way for larger battles, might even try that one day. You’re definitely not alone on the pricing thing, I think Kalistra will be doing some nice business.
Have a look at the Peter pig 15mms they are on the small side and may fit it.
Thank you. I’ve actually picked some up, mostly from their range of Generals and Commanders/officers. They’re pretty good for mounted stuff, I’m definitely a fan, slightly larger but work great for commanders. I think they’re too big for infantry, but looks like anything horse related they can work.
I’ve done a review video where I compare the sizes, and I use some to compare to the Warlord Epic Scale Cavalry in a more recent video. If that might interest you check out the Epic Battles playlists, one is just a Vlog series on the game, the other is a ‘catch all’ with all related epic ACW content.
@@MiniatureRealms Yep I know that now been working my way through your epic acw back catalogue. Me and a friend just got a starter box each. Really enjoying the series :)
Thank you, glad you’re enjoying it and thanks for watching. Those starter sets are great value.
Why can’t I find the iron brigade the warlord games site?
I think they might be out of production at the moment, the plan was to do them in resin I think, as they were moving away from metal, but maybe they had issues (and have brought out other metal epic since). I’d drop them a email if I were you, they might have more info.
@@MiniatureRealms yes please can you email them. Of course I was going to buy the iron brigade and of course they’re not there.
You can find their customer service email and contact links on their website, they’re always super helpful. I’m afraid I wasn’t offering to do this for you, I’m quite busy right now and it will be better for you to get any answers directly.
One. You just gave me the urge to compulsive buy this set. I hate you. 😆 Two. You're making me want to turn my attention from finishing my website, and break out all my 28mm Confederate Perry's to finish up my Alabama Brigade. I hate you again. 😆🤣 And three. Thanks for putting this unboxing video out. It was drool worthy. I'd hate you a third time but I have to wipe up the drool on my chest. 🤣🤣🤣
I’m sorry 😂🤣
Thank you for watching, and I’m glad that it’s made you think about the game, it’s great. You’ve probably already noticed, but there are loads of related videos on the channel that might interest you, reviews of supported products, guides and a Vlog series of my own project.
@@MiniatureRealms I'm supposed to be hating you. Now I'm gonna go Subscribe to you so I can watch those videos. 😆 Thanks, bro! 😆
Thank you 😊
those dismounted cavalry thats a joke for £40
Yeah it’s a bit of a shame isn’t it, they probably should have at least been £25 like the Skirmishers. Oh well I preordered them anyway 😂