Dan Becker's Fireforge Games Mongol Warrior 28mm Figures

This article describes 28mm figures from Fireforge Games medieval Mongol Cavalry and Steppe Warrior historical figures. Like much of the Fireforge medieval figures, these are designed for use with the Deus Vult rules, but can be played with any army or skirmish type miniatures games.

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Fireforge Games Mongol Warriors

This photo shows all 36 Mongol Warriors built and painted from one box of Steppe Warriors (24 figures) and one box of Mongol Cavalry (12 figures). There are enough heads and body types to make a good mix of lightly armored figures with either bows, spears, or blades as weapons.

This photo shows all the Mongol Warriors from the right.

In general the Fireforge figures are excellent, flexible, and highly detailed 28mm miniatures. They are close to true 28mm, about the same heights as Gripping Beast plastics, but a little smaller than the heroic 28mm size of Victrix plastics.

In a previous article I did paint Fireforge Byzantine Horse Archers and on the table Fireforge it is difficult to distinguish Fireforge from other makes. They mix well.

This photo shows the Mongol Warriors from the left. The rectangular woven rattan shields and the round horse leather shields have great details.

This photo shows the first group of Mongol Archers. They all wear similar cloth coats. The heads have good variation with some hoods, some hats, and some dramatic hair styles.

This photo shows the Mongol Archers, group 1, from the right. All figures are base painted with Army Painter Speedpaints and then highlighted and detailed with Army Painter Fanatic Warpaint acrylics.

This photo shows the Mongol Archers, group 1, from their left. The bases are done with 20mm metallic washers, some lightweight spackle for texture, and then dusted with small gravel and grass flock. Bits of lichen and grass clumps are added as small plants. I tried to make the colors light for terrain that you might see on the Mongolian Steppe or in the Middle East.

This photo shows the second group of Mongol Archers, I tried to keep most of the coats muted or natural colors. However, I usually paint one figure with a very bright coat to represent a noble or other leader for the group.

This photo shows the Mongol Archers, group 2, from the right. The sprues for these Mongol Warriors have 4 body types and 6 sprues for a total of 24 figures per box. The torsos are separate from the legs. These way you can make figures aim straight or to the right or left.

There are also many heads to choose from. Originally I had the group 1 archers with hoods and the group 2 archers with big hair, but the two head styles got mixed for these photos.

Here are the group 2 Mongol Archers from the left. The scabbards are molded onto these legs, but the arrow quivers are an optional item that you glue wherever you like.

This photo shows a group of Mongol Spears. Like the heads, the arms and weapons give you the ability to make all one style or many varied units. I made these six with spears and rattan shields. The large horse tail standard is a cool option so the Mongols can rally around the horse tails.

Mongol Spears, left — Mongol Spears, right

Here are the Mongol Spears from the right. Note that there are more horse tails on the spear heads.

Mongol Spears, right — Mongol Spears, left

The Mongol Spears, left side. Speedpaints make the details of the shields really pop. It's easy: a base coat of yellowy beige and then a brown Speedpaint to bring out the texture.

Here is the final infantry unit of this article, the Mongol Blades. The weapons include swords, hatchets, and a very cool heavy mace. These warriors were done with round shields and fancy hats to distinguish them from the spears.

Here are the Mongol Blades from the right. I love the different helmets, Some have leather, some have fur lining, and I used the optional horse hair tops.

The left side of the Mongol Blades.

Sorry for some blurriness in the depth of field. My mobile phone camera does not let you control the aperture. I did not have enough light for this photo shoot to make a greater depth of field to have all the faces in focus.

This photo shows the first six of twelve Mongol Cavalry. Like the foot soldiers, the torsos are separate from the legs so you can aim the archers in any direction. I have opted for three forward and three backward aims.

The Mongol skill of riding and shooting was one reason why they swept over the Middle East and beyond. Imagine an large circle of horse archers firing as they approach and retreat - an endless stream of fast moving horses firing arrows continually.

This photo shows Mongol Archer Cavalry from the right. These legs have no sword scabbards. They are just bare coats. The spare bow and quiver are optional parts glued to the bodies.

Here is the left side of the Mongol Archer Cavalry. The green coated man with the red horse hair tassle top would be the fancy leader.

Here is the final group of this article, the Mongol Blade Cavalry. Like the foot soldiers, these fighters were made with spears and swords, and the armored round shields.

The red coated rider with red mohawk would be the special leader of this group.

Here are the Mongol Blade Cavalry, right side. There are four types of horse bodies in this set.

Typically, Mongol cavalry art shows many small dun-colored horses. I looked at many modern day Mongol horse archer photos, and you do see many larger horses and many colors.

I have painted the horses brown, chestnut, dun, and spotted grays.

Here is the Mongol Blade Cavalry from the left. The one spear man has a tall standard bearing spear with nine horse tails.

These figures were enjoyable to build. I am contemplating doubling the size of this war band with another two boxes. The Mongol Empire was huge in its heyday, but under-represented in the historical miniature figure hobby. It is a shame because historically the Mongols were either fighting or allying with every nation from western Europe, eastern Europe, the Middle East, and all the way out to east Asia .