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| English Longbowmen in Burgundian livery |
My brother passed away a few months ago, unexpectedly and his wife gave my son all his minis. Mostly old Gamesworkshop Bretonnians from when we were kids. I had sold all mine, but since my son won Most Valuable Gamer at Historicon Cog Wars (and consequently an Old Glory Cog)...we are delving back into late medieval gaming. On to the Bargain basement and the vendors! I picked up about thirty of the old plastic Bretonnian archers (two poses) and a box of Perry Bros. European Infantry.
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| Notice the hoods made of blue/yellow modelling putty. |
I dislike the Gamesworkshop figures in general because they are so chunky, but 30 figs for $3.50...not complaining. I hacked off the heads and replaced with various heads from Perry, Games Workshop Empire (Mordheim) Militia, and Hammer of the Gods. Adding a few recycled swords and such from my bits box, as well as modelling some hoods out of blue/yellow putty makes them seem less like Bretonnians.
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| A little work with a knife, pin vise, leftover parts, and putty... |
I am painting these as English Archers in the service of Charles the Bold. Most Burgundian troops were crossbowmen and hand gunners, but the English did support Charles against his European foes (the enemy of my enemy...).
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| Finished hoods add variety to the once bland Bretonnians. |
Matte sealer by Testors and flocking finish them off. By the way, I've started using small wooden disks from the craft store for my bases. I get about 50 for $3.00...a lot better that the plastic bases or laser cut bases on the market! Just need to put the flags on my Burgundian Infantry (hand gunners, halberdiers) and the army is complete.
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