Saxon Archers

These Saxon archers from Wargames Foundry are rather nice figures, although their having only two poses and no head or kit variants places them firmly back in the Golden Age of wargaming armies, before the bijou game in a box, plaaaaastic figures and '50 figure armies' beloved of the Goldfish Gamer entered into the hobby! Other differing views of these trends are available of course.😉 I added a Saxon looking command figure from Wargames Foundry's Arthur & Characters pack to vary the look of the bases just a little. Back in the mists of time wargamers would have thought nothing unusual in 24 figure units comprised of just these two figures, perhaps adding a command figure or element. How times have changed... for better or worse is of course down to your opinion. I certainly welcome the variety it has brought in recent years to my finished units.

I've been trying to add some suggestions of embroidery to the tunics of these figures, a fiddly task made no easier by the perennial eye and hand issues. I'm quite pleased with how the additions look on the finished figures, though you are free to differ of course. It adds something to the finished look of the bases compared to simple plain tunics in my opinion at any rate.

I hope to be at 'Ommer'ead on Saturday, having received a kind offer of a lift through Paul, with Phil being involved elsewhere on family matters. I have preordered more 3mm MDF bases from Warbases as I have rather depleted my stock thanks to the Wars of the Roses project! I've included some circular bases of various sizes in the order as I may be rebasing the Heart of Darkness collection in due course. Beyond this minor purchase I have no List of intended purchases, though I hope to cast an eye over West Wind and Wargames Foundry with a view to bolstering the Arthurians and Early Saxons in the Lead Pimple.