I have already got the Loyal Half Elves finished, and have sourced the centaurs from Garrison Miniatures.
I was hoping to use Ral Partha centaurs, but the figure I like seems to be pretty rare and usually sell on ebay for upwards of £5, more than I am willing to pay, old skinflint that I am. The Garrison ones however are £1.80 each, and should paint up pretty well.
Back in the early 80's , I had visions of serried ranks of Ral Partha historicals to act as the human troops, and spent hours looking at the small pictures of them in the Citadel Yellow and Blue Catalogues. These very nice figures are still available from Iron Wind in the medieval range and retail about £1.60 each, which is rather a lot when you add postage from the States, plus a likely tax walloped onto them at this end, they are very nice however, and I am trying to convince myself to buy some to satisfy the lust for them I had in 1983 when I was 14.
Another much cheaper alternative would be to use Garrison medival figures like these
which at 75p each seem very attractive, and definitely old school. The army has 20 pikemen (I interpret this as halberds or bills, rather than long spears), 20 swordsmen and 20 macemen, with the option to arm a percentage with missile weapons. I will probably give the swordsmen bows. The 10 Royal Guard will be this figure from Garrison, part of their old Armies of Hyboria range, these are Conan's Aquilonian Black Dragons 85p each.
Baron Galen's cavalry are 30 in number, and I already have 20 Minifigs Valley of the Four Winds Gondemarian cavalry figures (picture from Lost Minis), which look suitably different from standard western medievals to be provincial troops
, and will make up the other 10 as more traditional knights again from Garrison £1.80 each(I like cheap)
So far so good, jsut need to buy and paint them now.
You are beginning to convince me to go really old school now, grrr, even at cheap yet another collection. They are so charming in their simplicity though. I'll try to remain strong.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to start too many new projects, and I am really disciplining myself (id that legal) to stick to pre-slotta (or very cheap) stuff, which was what I was weaned on back in the days. Should be intersting painting these simple sculpts up and seeing how the turn out. I have just ordered the Garrison Thoth-Amon carried on a litter by 8 slaves (not listed on their page, but still available)so that should be a blast to paint.
DeleteYes! These figs are fantastic! They will suit Thistlewood perfectly. I look forward to watching your Thistlewood project unfold. I have been obsessed with this battle too. I just can't seem to squint at the old photos anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnd your blog is wonderful. I have been visiting it for a while and I love your classic minis and the way you have presented them. Also, thanks for your dead-on music recommendations too! I have discovered a couple of new things to enjoy.
Thanks Private W. really glad you are popping in to have a look-see. I will have a shufty round your blogs in a minute, they look fun.
ReplyDeleteAgree with P.W. Very keen to see your Thistlewood project develop. I need to get that issue of WD! The Garrison and Minifigs will look great, I'm sure! Old School goodness...
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