Monday 27 February 2017

More Colonial Types MartinC (325 pts)

This year most of my posts have been colonial based. So I will  continue in  an unexpected fashion,
In 449 AD, according to the Venerable Bede the Angles and Saxons invaded Britain in a colonial expansion. This colonisation was so successful that we are ever to to known as Anglo-Saxons.

Essex Miniatures Saxon Infantry - I've had these in the lead mountain since 1986 - 31 years. Time I painted them

Archers - Northstar Lucky bag figs and not strictly all Saxons but close enough

Saxon Spearmen. I won these in a raffle carried out by the extremely generous RayR or this parish. Very old school but really interesting

More Northstar lucky bag types

More of Ray's interesting pressie

Yet more Northstar lucky bag figs

The Saxons just about held off the colonial expansion of the Vikings but come 1066 the new rising power in the Europe came and stomped all over them

These are Foundry Normans and are fabulous figures. They were sent in error and Foundry didn't want them back.

Overall that is 64 figures - 310 points (MilesR: actually its 320)

MilesR Hmmm Colonial Saxons - yeah I guess I can wrap my head around that.  Wonderfully painted figured and I threw in 5 bonus points for the shields for a grand total of 325 pointeroonies.

27 comments:

  1. Great work Martin. Awesome to see figures getting paint after 30+ years!

    How come with Foundry they forget to send me things when they make a mistake...

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    1. Cheers, little rushed as mojo a little off but I do like the figs, esp the normans

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  3. Nice work Martin. I like the shield work.

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  4. Now, that wasn't what I was expecting when I saw "Colonial" in the title!

    Great work Martin :)

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  5. Nice, that first lost are older than my leadpile! But only just....

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  6. Categories are all a mater of perspective. These guys look great!

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  7. Lovely looking dark age types.
    Best Iain

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  8. Very nice Martin. Glad you've made use of the figures you won. I'd never have got them painted.

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  9. Cheers mate, I like them, they have personality

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  10. 31 years is a nice amount of seasoning and 86 was a admirable vintage (and a time in which I had great locks and tresses). Great job Martin - love the shields.

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    1. I was at university and starting to go bald.

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    2. Ah, you were improving yourself in all respects then. :)

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    3. Not paid for a haircut since 1992. It's never a mess and only the weather is a draw back - hail really hurts. The joy of hats. Mentally it's been a downward spiral since I memorised all the animals in my parents giant animal book at age 5. Although Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll was a fair trade off I think

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  11. Those are some wonderful troopers,Martin! I quite like those shields you painted on those Normans! Very nice of that company to send you those freebies, they obviously knew they were going to capable hands! ;)

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  12. Cheers, they are great figs with the best faces ever

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  13. See what happens when you don't put up a Yuge wall to keep the immigrants out! Great work Martin!

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