Your favorite faction, and why?
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That was my poll - I didn't want the actual sets interfering with the poll, it was strictly about the minifigs themselves. My personal favorites are the Black Falcons, Wolf Pack, and Forestmen. My least favorites are usually predictable: anything with yellow/red/blue (or black) as their color scheme is a candidate for a sticker.
As to the poll results itself, I figured that the Forestmen and Black Falcons would be at the top. It was no surprise to find them there. However, I expected the Dragon Masters to be at the bottom. They are truly ugly. The Fright Knights have a number of rather useful, if generic, figures. But that's why I ran the poll - I was curious to see how others viewed the various factions.
I suppose it is all rather moot for me in some ways - I use the figs for gaming (Fantasy Rules! or it's specific medieval variant, Days of Knights) and I find myself using the more generic figures rather than specific liveried ones. I'm also up to about 40 different shield stickers, so I'm pretty much creating my own factions.
As to the poll results itself, I figured that the Forestmen and Black Falcons would be at the top. It was no surprise to find them there. However, I expected the Dragon Masters to be at the bottom. They are truly ugly. The Fright Knights have a number of rather useful, if generic, figures. But that's why I ran the poll - I was curious to see how others viewed the various factions.
I suppose it is all rather moot for me in some ways - I use the figs for gaming (Fantasy Rules! or it's specific medieval variant, Days of Knights) and I find myself using the more generic figures rather than specific liveried ones. I'm also up to about 40 different shield stickers, so I'm pretty much creating my own factions.
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Re: Your favorite faction, and why?
My favorite is the knight's procession (677) guys too. They were my first castle set, so they hold a special place in my lego heart. I think I have about twelve of them, but I'm adding to them fairly consistently. My second favorite is the Falcons. I also have to say that the fright knights do have some really good figs. Leave out the witch, of course. I avoided them until recently but "discovered" them at a Shell station. Not to bad, really.
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Mine woulds have to be the Black Knights, and Black Falcons.Black Knights because they just had a lot of nice castles and castle walls. And a couple of sets with fully armored knights(Black Knight, Black Monarchs Ghost, Black Knights Castle). Black Falcons, because they also had good castles and wall sections. Think Knights Castle:
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It has as many figs as BFF, and all sorts of good parts.(And green flags)
Sorry if my reasons are kind of no-duh, but I had to have somthing.
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It has as many figs as BFF, and all sorts of good parts.(And green flags)
Sorry if my reasons are kind of no-duh, but I had to have somthing.
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FORESTMEN ALL THE WAY!!
I also like Wolfpack and Dark Forest, but those tree-hugging Forestmen kicked the %#$@!* out of the Crusaders
I loved to build tons of booby traps into my creations, almost all my Forestmen camps had pits or falling trees or axes that swung out of nowhere. Secret entrances were also a must!
Sighhhhhhhh.......those were the days....
I also like Wolfpack and Dark Forest, but those tree-hugging Forestmen kicked the %#$@!* out of the Crusaders
I loved to build tons of booby traps into my creations, almost all my Forestmen camps had pits or falling trees or axes that swung out of nowhere. Secret entrances were also a must!
Sighhhhhhhh.......those were the days....
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I always preferred the Black Falcons, personally. I just recently (three days ago) separated all my old castle figs from their helmets and weapons so I could make more uniform armies. I was surprised to find that I had 1 more Black Falcon than Crusader!
That leads me to a question for you all. What is everyone's opinion of combining Crusaders and Falcons into one royal army? Is it better to leave them separate?
I would also say that the original Forestmen are really high on my list. thanks.
That leads me to a question for you all. What is everyone's opinion of combining Crusaders and Falcons into one royal army? Is it better to leave them separate?
I would also say that the original Forestmen are really high on my list. thanks.
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It depends on what scale you are approaching your army. If it's an individual lord's army, then they should be a single livery. If it's a national or coalition army of some kind, then that would be a collection of lords' troops and combining the factions makes more sense than a single faction.That leads me to a question for you all. What is everyone's opinion of combining Crusaders and Falcons into one royal army? Is it better to leave them separate?
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I have always been partial to the Crusaders. They were what I had mostly when I was a kid. I also really like that they use primary colours...red, yellow and blue just look so great together. IMHO, you don't get any more "LEGOish" than that.
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Actually, my tastes change. Right now I still like the Falcons, but the Black Knights (none shall pass) are rising in favor. Sometimes I like the Royal Knights. I like previous Knight's Kingdom for the Bulls and the Lions, who are corrupted, and I like the new K.K. because of the sweet colored Knights: good for leaders.
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they really don't count as a faction but my favorite is the crossed axes. They were my first castle minifigs, even before I had any castle sets I had those minifigs (and a few crusadors) I inherated them from my cousons when they "outgrew" lego. and I LOVED the design. then out comes the guarded inn legend set... Yeah, crossed axes are my fovorite
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Hi, I guess I'm the new guy here. I like a good discussion, and this is a good discussion! I think my some of my favorites are the Black Falcons, but I like the Forestmen too. I also like the look of the Royal Knights and the Crusaders. What I like best, however, is custom designs. After all, if you think about it, each knight had his individual coat-of-arms. I think that there was the regular army, though, and they would wear the insignia of the king or lord that they were fighting under. Could somebody help me out; were there cavalry other than knights? Thanks. By the way, DM, I like you defence of you favorite faction. I tend to think of the Dragon Masters as villains or mercianarys, but I think this somewhat because, in storys, the job of a knight was to slay the dragon. In the Dragon Masters line, you have guys that use the dragons for there own ends instead of killing them. So, they seem like bad-guys to a lot of people. However, that's not to say that the Dragon Masters could be using the dragons to defeat evil instead of good, making them underdogs (because most people are afraid of dragons and assume that those who partner with them are bad as well), but not villains.
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