Tuesday 12 February 2019

Norman Infantry Command 28mm - Battle of Hastings


Most of my Norman command stands are mounted. This one is the exception so far.  I thought it would be fun to have one commander ready to lead and stand with his men on foot.


The figures are from Gripping Beast and were again, very enjoyable and quite quick to paint up.


The standard is from 'Flags of War' and I selected this one just because it was large and colourful.


The shield transfers are from 'Little Big Men Studios' if I recall correctly.


This takes care of my immediate need for commanders for my Normans. I have built and undercoated lots more foot figures ready to take to the next stage, however, my interest is now firmly onto another two periods of history (two just to make it harder to paint everything quickly!).



So there will be a delay before I get onto to painting more Normans. It only took me 24 years to paint up commanders for my Normans, so I'm sure the new infantry don't mind a little wait! This is another reason why I'm moving into smaller scales...I actually want to have playable ranges...but I'll keep my existing 28mm figs and just add to them slowly.  I do enjoy painting the detail.  Anyway - there will be something different in my next post to follow soon.