One of those games I have lying around ever since their release (when was it, 2013 or such?) is By Fire and Sword from the polish company Wargamer.
Taking place in the 17th century, this game back then was a bit of a big "coming in" in western european wargame midsts, as it focussed on the conflicts in eastern europe, a theatre not much was available for.
Produced in 15mm, and sporting what looks like a Flames of War style of organisatorial charts, these metal models always took my fancy, and from the outset I chose the Cossacks as force to build, because Wagon Train...
And now I finally am beginning to unbox and paint up the forces, starting with a blister of Skirmishers. A specialised unit, and basically a melee version of their scouts, these can only be taken in the bigger sized battles, but it is a good little pack to give an idea of what it is all about.
In the blister are 12 metal models, and 6 plastic bases, so if you buy the boxes and blisters you are certain they are always correctly based for the game.
The sculpts themselves are clean and crisp, and on the 12 models, there where 6 variant poses. Mind you, they didn`t come at a 2 of each ratio though, so I guess there is some randomness in the packing of the blisters. The models themselves had barely any cleanup to do, only two of them had a bit of molding flash on one of their arms.
And there we have it, a nice tidy unit of skirmishers, divided over 6 bases and ready to go to war on the frozen tundra of mother Russia...
I know back then quite a few of fellow TSA members hauled out boxes for the game, and for those intrested to start playing (Andy? Guy?) the rulebook and army list book are for free to download on their website whom I linked at the top of this post.
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