"I hear their drums: let's set our men in order, And issue forth and bid them battle straight."

 With my sincere apologies to the Bard there! Now I'm back home, just a short blog entry today. As promised the base of Men At Arms to represent the King and his Household fighting on foot, having sent their horses to the rear, and ready to mix it down and dirty with the nobility and the rank and file. The base comprises six figures from Athena Miniatures 'MAA Attacking' pack, supplemented by a Perry Miniatures standard bearer and a Steel Fist Miniatures' body with plastic arms and head from the Perry Miniatures' Command frame. The Royal Banner {of Henry VI} is from Pete's Flags of course and the base from the ever reliable Warbases ~

These are the first figures I've painted for the project from Athena so I have a few thoughts on them to share with any interested reader. The posing and sculpting is a bit mixed, some figures being taller or bulkier than others, while not all meet my idea of 'attacking' poses. One figure was missing its sword scabard and one or two had some flash to deal with. They seem taller to the eye than Perry Miniatures figures but not so important on this base as the standard raises the smaller figure it seems. I'm currently working on a base of Bow for my third Retinue using Athena, Perry and Eureka figures and the height and bulk issues are more noticeable, especially in respect to the Eureka figures. Having said that, once painted and in action on the tabletop battlefield at playing distance I'm confident no one would even notice.