I am doing these more for relaxation than actual need for an army. I am also enjoying actually getting figures off the lead mountain and ready for action.
Too many is not enough, more are required!
These are very much intended to be generic Dark Age figures, but also, I just painted what felt right.
I am continuing to work on a heap of mainly Tin Soldier Dark Ages figures that I've been gifted or rescued. I have enough to keep me busy all next year. They do paint up fairly easily though the challenge is getting enough variety.
First up five Norman Heavy Crossbowmen DNA3 (that's what the catalogue calls them). I've done them as crossbow armed skirmishers that will suit a few Basic Impetus armies.
Two models, one purchased a while back and another constructed from bits.
These were a distraction after I started work on adapting siege rules from the Kingdom of Heaven boardgame for use with Basic Impetus, which I really need to get back to and finish.
I am sure I purchased these in England in 1986. I was excited about the expanded Tin Solider range that I had found in a shop (which I think was Gamers in Exile in London) while on holiday in the mother country. However, I was disappointed that they were not up to the same standard as the Tin Soldier hoplites (single pose, but also noticeable mould lines). That disappointment has lasted for close on 40 years, but no more. They have been painted and based to join my Seleucid army as imitation legionnaires. The code on the base is RR2 and RR6 for the officer but I see them in the current catalogue as ITA5 Latin Infantry with the officer as ITA7 (as well as seeing a much-expanded range from the time I was actively collecting or rather accumulating them).
I don't know how long I've had these Tin Soldier figures, but it would be measured in decades. I also couldn't decide between photos with or without flash, so presenting both.
Normally I hand paint shields, but after seeing what some guys at the club had done with transfers and paper, I decided to give it ago.
One of these I had for decades and one I've had for years. There was a steep increase in price and I was unmotivated to do them up until now. They were fiddly.
