Warlords of Erehwon

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

I was patrolling the Warlord Games website to have a look at some Celtic miniatures when I stumbled upon the emergence of a new fantasy game they're doing:

Essentially the upcoming fantasy version of Beyond the Gates of Antares like KoW vs Warpath, Warhammer Fantasy/AoS vs 40K e.t.c, Warlords of Erehwon seems most similar to the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game in terms of the scale of forces and gameplay, with armies consisting of 'warbands' of 5-10 models along with heroes, monsters and other stuff, although it features an activation system more common in skirmish games like Gangs of Rome and In Her Majesty's Name, i.e. each player taking turns to activate a unit. Here's a list of the initial races in the game:

Barbarians - Axe-wielding Northmen, heroic chariot-riding Fianna, mounted hordes from the Steppe and even Mammoth riding Neanderthals.

Beastmen - Bestial furry masses in half-animal form, braying, snorting and grunting with mutant might.

Dwarfs - Who do you think you’re calling short? Sturdy axe wielding maniacs with a heady dose of dour and tempers even shorter than they are.

Elves - Touched by magic and faster than a flying arrow, the Sidhe of ancient legend and races of popular fiction - all reside herein.

Gnolls - Creatures of canine descent and dogged determination - fearsome fighters of monstrous appearance and insatiable taste for flesh.

Goblins - Undersized and mean-spirited critters dangerous in numbers. Just don’t turn your back. Not for a minute.

Halflings - Pint sized humanoid creatures in the tradition of ‘the wee folk’. Remarkably accurate with any missile and deceptively innocent in appearance.

Knight - A retinue of medieval style romance and popular fiction complete with armoured knights, brave yeomen, courtly wizards and sturdy peasants.

Olympian - The heroes and warriors of Greek legend together with their rivals and associates from myth and popular culture.

Orcs - Thuggish over-sized monsters, blessed with simple minded brutality, keen on large-unwieldy weapons, not too bright.

Undead - The walking dead, skeleton warriors, zombies and malevolent spirits led by Necromancers, Liches and Wraiths.

Monsters - our selector list provides for all the giants, dragons and other traditional fantasy monsters that can also be included as part of any warband.

Interesting to see Gnolls appear as a faction - as far as I can see that's the first time they've appeared in any game system that is larger in scale than RPGs and Skirmish games, so good to see them appear, along with the Olympians - looking forward to seeing the miniatures for those appear. Expect Hoplites aplenty with Greek heroes, monsters and gods supporting them!

So far they've released Orc and Skeleton warbands as part of their initial release, and the Skeletons look very much like the Ray Harryhausen ones from the old Jason and the Argonauts film, making them great potential enemies for the Olympians:

Even though I'm a lot more occupied with Warhammer of all stripes and Middle Earth at the moment, I'm interested to see how this develops.

 

[Killer Angel]

Cool minis! tnx for sharing, i tend look at warlord only for things as Bolt action or Black powder

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Cool minis! tnx for sharing, i tend look at warlord only for things as Bolt action or Black powder

You’re welcome - I thought because Beyond the Gates of Antares has become pretty popular with wargamers, Erehwon, which has the same rules in a fantasy setting, could well become similarly successful. If the minis have good sculpts and the factions have good lore behind them, it could end up rivalling AoS, KoW and Warhammer Fantasy in the not-so-distant future.

I’ll certainly continue to monitor this game and see if they come up with any especially good stuff.

 

[Warden]

Found a new expansion for this game that is branching out into a "new world" direction called Mythic Americas.

Factions are supposedly going to be:

• Tribal Nations
• Aztecs
• Incas
• Mayas

Here are two units of the Aztecs, the Tlalocan Bound Dead and the Jaguar Warriors.

https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/722211002-Tlalocan-Bound-Dead-1.jpg

I like how the Jaguar Warriors look, but am very curious how their Mayans are going to turn out

 

[Kilvakar]

I like how the Jaguar Warriors look, but am very curious how their Mayans are going to turn out

As Lizardmen conversion material?

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Found a new expansion for this game that is branching out into a "new world" direction called Mythic Americas.

Factions are supposedly going to be:

• Tribal Nations
• Aztecs
• Incas
• Mayas

Here are two units of the Aztecs, the Tlalocan Bound Dead and the Jaguar Warriors.

https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/722211002-Tlalocan-Bound-Dead-1.jpg

I like how the Jaguar Warriors look, but am very curious how their Mayans are going to turn out

I like this game idea, especially the fact that the factions will be purely different native tribes in this universe. I’m surprised they’ve put these into their own separate universe rather than adding them to the plethora of existing Erehwon factions as they did with Samurai, but otherwise I like the direction in which this is going, with different native troop units and creatures associated with their myths.

I’m surprised though that you missed this Coatl model:

Cut the spider legs off and it would look great in a Lizardman army!

 

[Imrahil]

Cut the spider legs off and it would look great in a Lizardman army!

O wow... That definitely confuses me. Those legs make no sense what so ever.
And ruin an otherwise gorgeous sculpt.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

O wow... That definitely confuses me. Those legs make no sense what so ever.
And ruin an otherwise gorgeous sculpt.

Grrr, Imrahil

You could cut them off and greenstuff over the cavities pretty easily to make a Coatl proper. No problem there

 

[Warden]

I like this game idea, especially the fact that the factions will be purely different native tribes in this universe. I’m surprised they’ve put these into their own separate universe rather than adding them to the plethora of existing Erehwon factions as they did with Samurai, but otherwise I like the direction in which this is going, with different native troop units and creatures associated with their myths.

I’m surprised though that you missed this Coatl model:

Cut the spider legs off and it would look great in a Lizardman army!

Yeah this sculpt didn't appeal to me as much as the straight up human Aztec warriors did (and the possibility of some plastic Mayans in the near future). I prefer the one I made myself a long while back, or the ones by @KobreRex HERE and especially the one by @Galen HERE. @Sudsinabucket also made a pretty epic one too.

I agree its probably the legs... but that would be an easy fix.

 

[Warden]

No Mayans yet, but they did show off this Sapa Inca on a jaguar with their pre-release: