Hairy Barbarians

The next figures which endured their time under the brush here in GHQ are for my Late Roman collection. I hope that you may recall that the figures making up the two armies are from the venerable Wargames Foundry range, sculpted by the Perry twins almost it would seem back in the mists of time! They are from the various packs of Saxons/Franks in the range, but I see them as Goths in the army of Baldinus or Gornalus. There are three bases of eight figures each which complete this addition ~

The shield transfers are from LBMS, via Victrix, so I had the added task of punching out the holes for the shield bosses! Thankfully some figures don't have a shield added! A more pressing issue is that the transfers, despite being 'designed to fit', some are way too small for the metal shields. The shields themselves are difficult too as not every boss is central, which can make some designs difficult to utilize and blend in. I can't see any excuse for such a discrepancy, other than perhaps incompetence or indolence! The base is from Warbases of course and are always in my experience the size they say it is!

Painting progress though has been pretty lethargic this past month here in GHQ with only 52 figures completed, due to all sorts of factors like a holiday, two wargames shows, and kitchen upgrade stuff! I'm not sure what will be next up from the Lead Pimple. Some Dixon Miniatures ACW Pennsylvania Bucktails are currently prepped ready for painting while the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry are ready to spray undercoat, as are some Footsore Dark Age Welsh which were sculpted by Matt. I've utilised this spell of fine Spring weather for prepping and spray undercoating figures to give me some choice and variety I the coming weeks. Beyond these we shall have to see where the muse takes us...