"Fireforge sprues" Topic

Looking at their ranges, I'm guessing that the difference between the Mounted Sergeants and Sergeants at Arms is that they are basically the same riders, but with either barded or unbarded horse sprues.

Can anyone confirm (or contradict) this theory, as it;s not clear from the image searches I've done on Google?

Likewise the various types of Templar and Teutonic knighths and infantry….?

I *think* the Sergeants at Arms also come with crossbows where-as the regular Sergeants don't, though I don't own them and can't swear to this.

-Will

The sgt at arms are the same bodies as the the mtd knight figures, and come with crossbows, half of the horses are barded but they do not include flags as with the other mtd boxes. They are also full chain mail. The foot sgts also have crossbows but the arms are different from the mtd figures. The various arms are not chain mailed. I am currently working on boxes of both. The foot knights come with crossbows for half the figures and are full chain mailed.

One thing to add. All of the mounted figure boxes come half barded and half unbarded except the teutonic which come with all barded horses.

Having just bought Templar and Teutonic cavalry boxes the differences are:

Templar Calvary has six caparisoned horses and six uncaparasoned horses where the Teutonic cover he have 12 caparisoned horses. (Caparisons are the cloth cover that is put on a horse and usually has heraldic emblems on it. Barding is the metal horse armor. There is no visible metal armor on the horses, just the cloth.)

The main sprues in both boxes have the same bodies, cloaks, and weapons. The only difference is the heads/helmets and the shields. There are two of these main screws in each box with four figures on each sprue. The Teutonic helmets are mostly the closed great helm type, and their shields are the heater style. The Templar helmets are more open faced and Chain mail, and their shields are the kite style.

The command sprue is exactly the same in both boxes. It has the same heater style shields as in the Teutonic box. There are also four figures on the command sprue.

Interesting.

Based on my (extremely limited) knowledge of plastic moulding, having two near-identical rider sprues where only the helmets and shields are different seems rather profligate!

It sounds like the 2 sprues of sergeants are similarly near-identical, apart from swapping crossbows for flags.

You have that right, but I'm not the expert.

One last thing, on the sgt at arms sprues you only have enough crossbows to make six mounted crossbow figures.