Back to the Arthurians

So we have a Midgard play test coming up I better get some more Arthurian painted right?

I hope to get a couple more units complete. My figures are aimed at Hail Caesar but fortunately two bases from a unit of 3 bases are the perfect frontage for Midgard so I just need to split units up to create more. 

A key gap is Hero's which is an important factor for Midgard.

Not surprisingly then my first addition is a Champion, this is Agravaine I think from Warlord, suitably Heroic figure and nice to paint. The Black cloak in Homage to a recent Arthurian Fiction novel by

I have a while bunch of Plastics to build, paint and mix in with my metal figures so here are a couple of Gripping Beast to mix in a unit. Very simple to paint so speeding things up for me and mix in quite well with the Foundry and Crusader metal figures.

As a Rich Warrior I have given this Pict fairly colourful gear.

I picked up a bunch of reasonably well painted Saxons and Franks from ebay, all Foundry figures. I have re-painted faces to match mine, the shields were the real concern, they have transfers that are too small for the shield so look odd, I have painted one of the below from scratch and tried painting over the other two to tidy them up with mixed results. Still a quick solution to more figures on table.

This pack of 8 Crusader Romano British have the same relaxed vibe as the Foundry ones already painted and whilst a bit chunkier fit in quite well on the bases. 

The three Leaders/Champions of the Romano British, two lovely old Foundry mounted leaders and a Warlord dismounted figure.

And here are the first lot of Romano British Spearmen completed, 3 bases makes a unit for Hail Ceasar and 2 bases works for Midgard.

Two more Pictish bases is another Midgard unit, a few more to do to complete it as a unit for Hail Caesar.

Last up a Pictish leader/Champion from Footsore. This image is a bit dodgy as the lights on the light box gave out.

A bit of messing about and the lights are fixed, here he is with proper lighting!

On table soon, thanks for stopping by.

A Bit More Arthurian Progress.

 The Christmas break has given me a head start with my new/old project breathing some life back into my Post Roman collection.

As an aside I am not entirely sure what the correct terminology is these days, clearly not Arthurian, but is it Post Roman, Sub Roman, Romano British? I guess as we are not academics it doesnt matter too much so bare with if I flick between them.

Most of the actual figures are here now, just a couple of packs from First Corps and Northstar/Crusader ordered over the break to arrive.

This time mainly we are looking at Picts with a small number of Romano British. These include the first of the Footsore miniatures. As previously its a fairly limited pallette which will be more extensive once mixed with the rest of the figures. I may start to incorporate more patterns for future figures, again to mix in the overall.

Breaking them into convenient groups the Romano British are two metal Footsore command figures, I particularly like the commander pointing with boiled leather cuirass. The chap at the back is a Gripping Beast plastic unarmoured late Roman who fits in well.

These four Picts are all Foundry, I have to say the range still holds up despite its age, love these.

This next lot a bit more mixed, the two Footsore crossbowmen came out very nice, you can see they are a little slighter than some other modern ranges so fit quite well with old Foundry. The chap with the knife is a Westwind figure and the horn blower Gripping beast. Both of these last have fancy cloaks with tufts of wool pulled through. I have chosen to interpret these as being the same colour as the rest of the garment. Hopefully right.

Meanwhile even more Picts invade the painting room from over the giants wall.

Mainly first Corps they are some lovely figures and horses match the size and build of the Footsore Irish horses perfectly.

Once it defrosts outside(Currently -5) I will finish varnishing the painted figures and get these primed. 

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