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Post by goragrad on Oct 2, 2019 20:19:42 GMT
Getting ready to add some HD for my Feudal English and other Book IV armies and was wondering which figures would be most appropriate?
My Dark Age HD are mixed peasantry, but not sure that that covers the later Medievals.
At this point was thinking of mixing some figures equipped with spears, helmets, and shields in with misc peasants.
Similar to the planned mix for the Sui which has unarmored a mix of spear, sword, and crossbow armed troops up front on the base with the peasantry behind.
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Post by Les1964 on Oct 2, 2019 20:45:15 GMT
From Essex XMED3 Generic Eastern European: Peasants .  |
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Post by Baldie on Oct 2, 2019 20:58:33 GMT
Medus miniatures do some good peasant types.
They may be a bit too peasant if you are looking for more fight looking chaps.
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Post by martin on Oct 3, 2019 2:37:01 GMT
I used ‘normal’ spearmen types, a good mix, with a few archers rear rank for my Feudal English army, as I think the horde in this army represent poorly motivated types, rather than peasants dragged to service from the fields (?). However, it’s whatever you fancy 👍.
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Post by paddy649 on Oct 3, 2019 6:33:45 GMT
Another vote for medus peasants - but also sprinkle in the scruffier spearman, Bow etc. Plus medus also has a lovely axeman with a shield that I use as a squire or chief rabble rouser - i.e. my Scots have him as William Wallace - no woade there - sorry Mel but I read history books!
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Post by goragrad on Oct 5, 2019 17:21:29 GMT
Good suggestions all. Those Essex are nice and I like the Ochmann Feudals. The Mirliton levy are also interesting.
Baldie - the Medus peasants are currently the bulk of my Dark Age HD.
Martin - that is an option I was thinking of for the English in particular. Perhaps a few of the Medus peasant spearmen at the back of an element to represent the less well equipped with the unarmored spearmen up front.
I like that axeman as well paddy649. Just wish they had a similarly harnessed swordsman for some variety in an element of BD.
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Post by Haardrada on Oct 5, 2019 18:01:57 GMT
I don't know if these figures are comparable in size and are a little different to what you are looking for but they may be useful to you? www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/feudals-1148-c.asp FEO30 and FEO31 are armed peasantry in the Feudal range. |
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Post by vodnik on Oct 6, 2019 7:29:10 GMT
...the moulds of the medieval peasants sold by Venexia & that one sold by Gladiator(Black Hat) as feudals are the old German Metal Magic made by Hobby Products...
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Post by goragrad on Oct 6, 2019 8:25:10 GMT
I believe Haardrada that they might be a bit larger than the Medus which are close to true 15s. I can check though - your post reminded me that I have a number of unopened packs of Historical Heroes by Metal Magic (as vodnik just posted) who were the original manufacturers of many of the Gladiator lines). When I checked my spreadsheet listing I 're-discovered' a pack each of P-2030 and P-2031s.
As Historical Heroes packs that I have are unopened and the figures are from the original molds I have held off opening them until I felt my painting was a bit better.
Might be time to break into the lot.
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