Join the Vanguard in June
Hello friends!
You are invited to turn on the audio and click play in the trailer above!
Next month, in june be prepared for a massive set of incredible fighters, featuring tons of weapon options and amazing mounts.
It's since long time that I wanted to bring some new knights to your table.
The Fighters Guild, Better than Ever
Inspired by the legacy Fighters Guild set, published in 2019, the Vanguard Fighters Guild is a totally new set of modular proud warrior clad in medieval armor whose quality is even better, suited for the now more advanced 3d printers, capable of printing minis much more detailed.
Flying Wyverns...
But as the threat of Mundus have grown, this Fighter's Guild needs something more than horses and blades. After an expeditions in the unforgiving Dragonpeaks, the Fighters Guild of Vanguard will ride Wyverns!
As requested many many times, we did for the first time ever flight stand for three of the wyverns, which come as standalone beasts useful as monsters or beastly compaions, or fierce mounts compatible with any other set.
...and Horses
We know that horses are staple in these kind of set, so we decided to bring the horses of the Fighters Guild back as free throwback extra minis. We want to remember you that any other horses made by us (Northmen Saga horses, Thieves Guilds steed, Requiem Warhorses or even unded horses from Oldburg Fallen Ones) are totally compatible with them.
Two Epic Bosses
As I announced in our Discord channel, this month I couldn't decide which Epic Mount make for the epic boss slot. Unicorn, Pegasus, a mix of both, or even a Wyvern Queen would be great options... so I ended up making both!
The terrible Wyvern Queen is coming in multypart to fit your printer, both with and without saddle, so you can use it as epic boss monstruosities or colossal mount for your generals.
And what about the Pegacorn...Unisus... well that thing?
The Pinup of the Month
While we wanted to have a carismatic Battlemage for one of the heroes, I wanted to sculpt a powerful veteran warrior for the heroine of the month. So we had a perfect fitting role for the beauty of the month, Genevieve: a charming enchantress, Lady of the Lake.
But I felt that she would be great riding... an unicorn... or a pegasus?
Meet Lady Genevieve of the Enchaned lake in all its beauty, coming in two version (regular, with an elegant enchantress dress, and pinup), and also coing separated from the Celestial Steed, so you can actually place her anywhere.
But on day 25 I realized that some of you would surely want a standing version of her too, in both regular and pinup version. So I actually made a standing version of Genevieve, perfect for your wargames, including GUILDS, where mount and knight comes in different cards and you can decide whenever to ride the war beasts.
a work in progress of the first sculpt, where all started.
This has been an amazing month, and I hope you'll like what I sculpted so far.
I can't wait to see how you'll paint the new Vanguard Fighters, coming 2nd June!
Cheers!
Andrea
Vanguard Fighters - Artisan Guild Set of June 2024 (YouTube)
Comments (79)
Honestly love your work, been an on and off sub for years now
Human rangers when? 👀
Just finished the Pegasus Pin-up. Absolutely love it. I plan to mix her with another mount to make an interesting one. I love how versatile all your stuff is!
Amazing work as always but some supports for those models are a pain in the a** to remove without breaking weapon and minis. Compared to other releases the supports on this Set are not that great. My observation was that at least no offense.
This is one of my favorite releases! It perfectly fits a need I had which was to increase unit diversity for a faction I was using the original fighter's guild to fulfill! Thanks so much! Unrelated: do you have a plan to do more giants in the future? I'd love to see the core giant types from DnD all done in your style. I'm also curious if you'll ever do more Final Fantasy inspired releases. More races from Ivalice like Seeq and Viera, more classic summons like Shiva and Ramuh, and chocobo-like mounts all come to mind.
Thank you!!
They're amazing, I was in need of something I could use as Templar order in my campain, and these are absolutely stuning. You've done a great job !
Amazing! I'm happy to hear that :)
i just joined to get the files i dont know how to get them, pls help
the files are not available yet, they should be in a couple of days.
Yas - dragons! I'll take more of those for upcoming rewards, please!
As an idea, it would be nice to make each month a topic: for example, in your birthday month, dwarves (always!!), in June, humans, after that elves, orcs, monsters, and so on and so forth...
I love the busts. If you keep going with them, I'm definitely going to build a dragon chess set with them. With this set we are half way done already :D the only piece you have not yet modelled as an actual miniature is an Oliphant type of creature.
Thanks! True with the Oliphant, the most similiar thing I did was a Mammoth in April :)
I can already tell this is going to be an amazing release
Thank you so much! Can't wait to see the paintjobs!
Holy crap! You've absolutely smashed it out of the park again! That battlemage is cool! Those wyvern! This is fantastic, thank you!
Thank you so much!
Simply awesome!
Great set. But it seems to me that making horses with only one small point of attachment to the base is a very bad idea. They will not be able to survive any transportation.
You are right Viacheslav, and often choosing the best balance between dynamism to rapresent an idea and strenght is not easy. The Horses are a "throwback" mount extra kit that has been done several years ago, when I was less experienced.
The wyvern rider is just AWESOME
Thanks Markus!
You struggled to include all of it in a single image... this set is simply amazing. And i'll reiterate : i love the fact that you are including scatter terrain regularly in your sets.
Thank you François! Ani, who do the presentation pictures, spent hours to find a way to fit them all without making them too small! :)
You outdid yourself, great job.
Thank you so much for your comment!
Andrea, this is truly amazing. Best set ever!!! Just one question... This set is huge, how many hours did you slept this month??? Take care of yourself!!!
Enough Bernat! Thank you :)
Woaw ! Awesome set ! Thank you !!
Thanks Matthieu!
O.M.G !!! favourites ever?
Thank you Mansonian!
I love it when the mounts double as amazing monsters. I'm not sure about the flight stands with the resin I'm using because it can be a bit brittle, but I'm sure I'll find a solution for that.
We are testing it now, if something can be improved we do that right away :)
These are awesome!! I’m a fan of the original Fighters Guild, and always like getting human minis. I don’t play D&D, and get a lot more use out of “low fantasy” minis. Wyverns and feathered unicorn are fantastic, though!
That's amazing, thanks for your comment :)
That looks amazing! I have to ask though, is there a version of Marika without the headgear, as there is for all the other units? If not, I understand. Regardless, I can't wait!
Thanks Brian! There's not a version without hat, however there are 3+ ladies in the modular with similiar heavy armor.
Great work as always, though I'm hoping soon you guys turn your attention to monsters mote than just regular people. You can only do it for so long before you got dups of each race.
Thank you! We often make monsters, it's great to sculpt them :) But humans are also staple in fantasy settings.
My wife collects dice, I collect Minis. I need all of these! Recently printed and painted the first set. Well done, just amazing.
Thanks Andrew! I'm happy you both enjoy the hobby together!
These look great! Keep up the amazing work =)
Thanks Ryan!
Great looking set, but oh how I wish one of them had a big two handed flail as a weapon. Is there a previous set with that that I can weapon swap?
There's a decent flail in release 56 Rodburg Cultist of Melmora. You could adapt it into a bigger 2h flail pretty easily.
Amazing!!
Ty!
Awesome, great set, so many uses.
Thanks John!
Guys I can’t afford all this damn resin… keep it up, please! 🙌🏻
It would be great if we could recycle resin! Thank you :)
Want... Now... PLS!!! lol Great looking set!
Almost out :)
You can never have enough humans while running adventures at the sword coast and this set ist stunning. Can't wait to start printing and painting.
That's my thought, humans are very prominent in most fantasy settings :)
This set looks epic
Thank you :)
This looks amazing. Saw some potential characters for my future games and some airborne raiders with the wyverns. Great release
That's fantastic, Santi!
Holy crap, these models are awesome! I'm excited to print and paint these.
Amazing Jeff! Post some pictures of your painted minis
This was the second edition I was looking forward too! Cant believe the quantity of models in this release while still being at your amazing quality - and perfect throwback bust! Love how you've expanded the busts to include the monsters/creatures and standard units too! Awesome awesome stuff, all I can say is, thank you!! Great to see those horses come back but with the updated riders, the wyverns were a surprise, as was the mounted pinup (which btw is awesome standalone hero character let alone pinup) so much to say, such a great set :D!
Thank you Mini!
I absolutely love it!!! Also the halberd welder in the first batch is exactly my D&d fighter so you also magic! Awesome set!!!
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Another month of terrific models that will take way more than a month to print and paint. You are spoiling us with quality AND quantity.
Thank you Patrick! I always try my best in the short amount of time.
I've been a member since the original fighters guild set was released. I'm excited to see this new take on them and possibly mixing the sets.
Thank you Eric!
Look terrific. The pinup dressed version works really well as a general character model (if only she had shoes) and the rest look pretty cool.
Thanks Mercurius! She's an enigmatic character, a sort of witch of the wild, that's why she don't use shoes :)
Tremenda release madre mía! Deseando imprimirlos 😊
Gracias, Erik! Falta poquito!
Outstanding set man! As always you do great work! Can't wait to get these on the table and beat the.... errrr.. . I mean... to introduce them to the party. 😄
hahaha, I don't envy your party :)
Human fighters are pretty neat and always useful ... But all those mounts! Gorgeous!
Thank you, Jess!