(Remember: click on the pictures
for a bigger version):
Assorted Men-at-arms, The two on the left are from Wargames Foundry, the next fellow is an old Ral
Partha figure and the fellow on the right is either foundry again or an old Games Workshop
Brettonian.
Looking over the suggested retinues in Lion
Rampant I spotted the Medieval Irish one and immediately thought of
the horde of spare Dark Age “Irish” I have left over and an even larger pile of
Medieval Irish Kerns I got in a trade… so I busted them all out and prepared to
paint them all – I almost have enough for a complete retinue without even
having to buy anything! I got these Old
Glory Irish Axemen done first as they were already primed and needed
no assembling. This could be a unit of “Fierce Foot” but I think I’ll mix in
some of the Kerns for some variety.
The medieval Kerns require
drilling of hands and manufacturing of javelins and attaching of shields. Also
I’ve been having a hard time finding any reference to how their shields should
be painted. They’re oval and look like they’re made of wicker and possibly have
leather stretched over them – but I have no idea how they’re to be decorated –
if indeed they’d be decorated at all!?
A spare Dark age Irish figure
(as above) that I’d actually started earlier and just finished up. After our first
game of Mutants and Death Ray Guns I’d gone looking through unpainted
spares trying to find anything I could convert for use as post-apocalyptic
characters. I didn’t do much converting on this guy - I did glue on some mag-pouches
on his belt at the back – then tried to paint him to look as though he has a
bit of camo tarp draped over him…
An Hobbit. Old Citadel/Games Workshop
figure – I thought I’d finished them all. Then I found this one.
A few Games
Workshop Imperial Guard from different eras. Just… because…
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
It just occurred to me that I
never did post that game report from the last battle at John’s house… I shall
endeavor to rectify that this weekend.
A few parcels arrived this week
with goodies for me! First an order from North
Star Figures with a Lion Rampant deal (and a few other things) I
picked up. Second was an order from Brigade
Games I placed during their Clack Friday sale last weekend (Yes – it’s
already here!?) which was mostly some of their Great War British which I will
be suing for the units of the 9th Infantry Brigade, CEF.
I now have all the figures I
need for the 3rd Canadian Division. Half of them are already painted
– so I’m going to see if I can’t just finish off the Division by the end of the
year – then, next year, I’ll do the 2nd Division and get cracking on
some of the Germans!
Despite the fact that I’m trying
to stay focused on Great War and Ancient (Greek/Roman) subjects – and trying to
lay off the Medievals until summer... I have a feeling there may be some of
those rolling off the workbench in the neat future.
I also started clearing off the
Game Table – which has become utterly cluttered over the last couple months –
so I can get playing some actual GAMES here soon!!
Looking great...can't wait to see more of your CEF...I'm looking at either 10th or 49th battalion in 15mm...cheers.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking medieval figures, excellent job!
ReplyDeleteThose 'Kerns' look great :)
ReplyDeleteWouldn't look out of place across several centuries...
A nice mix of ranges - particulary like the Irish Axemen.
ReplyDeleteLove the halfling. Don't get to see too many of them. Thanks for sharing.
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