Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

I toyed with the idea of titling this review "Who Needs Foundry, Part Deux",
but everyone seems to be tired of Foundry-bashing, and besides Foundry
already has an Assyrian range. Besides, that title is reserved for my review
of the Newline Biblicals, which _still_ have not arrived, due to their
unfortunately well-documented troubles.

I "needed" an Assyrian army to play Fast Warrior.
The army consists of 2 units of 2 4-horse chariots, one unit of 6 cavalry,
one unit of 16 heavy infantry, and 2 units of 16 light infantry. This is
equivalent to 12 Foundry packs, or $216 (US). This cost me from Australia
$256 (Australian) which equates to roughly $125 to $135, depending on the
current exchange rate. I will know for sure when my VISA bill comes in, but
still not bad. BTW, that _includes_ shipping costs, and I got it in a week!
Anyone worrying about only buying from shops or retailers in the USA should
consider this. It took me 5 weeks to get a figure manufactured in Vestal New
York (60 miles from my home) from a distributor in New Jersey (100 miles).
The review:
Chariots. Very cleanly cast. It took me only 10 minutes to clean all flash
and mold lines off all the pieces in the King's chariot, using a file and
X-acto knife. I know, kids today expect no flash or mold lines at all, but
this is the real world.
There is a discussion running on ancmed now about accurate chariot models in
25mm. There are precious few, apparently, according to Nigel Tallis of
Armies of the Ancient Near East.. This model is an exact copy of the chariot
on the cover of AANE, by NT.
The model is superbly thought out for ease of assembly, with tabs, grooves,
locating pins, etc. The front of the cab almost snapped into place. It
assembled as easily as a plastic model. I looked at all the pieces and
wondered what the tire iron was for. Oh. It's the ribs for the royal
parasol/standard! Cool.
Guess what. The crew fit in the cab! They even have pegs on the feet to fit
into holes in the floor. No bases, no sprues which make you have to drill
out your own holes in the floor. This a very well thought out model.

Infantry. The figures are cast with slotta tabs on the feet. You have a
choice of slotta bases, with the standard one coming at no extra charge.
There is also a choice of shields and weapons (spear or sword). Archers must
have the bow, with a peegged hand cast on, glued to the arm. Sword scabbards
and quivers must be glued on. One grouse: the slotta tab is too long. It
must be trimmed down to make it flush with the ground.
There are only line troops and officers. Musick and standards must be
improvised, which is easy enough with open handed figures. I have some
trumpets from Castaway Arts coming in, so no problem.

Cavalry. Horses as in AANE, with all the furniture, pads, bridles, whatnots
and gee-gaws. Weapons as per infantry.

All figures with spears come with very slim, and I guess accurate cast lead
spears. They won't last. Do the usual thing with brass or steel wire.

Figure sculpting? 28mm, slim build. I would rate them an A+ in sculpting
quality.
I am very pleased with this army and figures. Anyone think I can stop at 600
points? Neither do I.

John the OFM