New retinue finished...

another large retinue completed..... 

 

Heraldry for shields....

 Added some animal heraldic devices shield transfers to two of my 40mm retinues shields. Lion for one and a Wyvern of the other.

First Samples....painted

Fisrt samples from initial castings painted.... 

Sculpt & Cast - first metal

Test castings from recently made Medieval moulds, basic mounted and foot figures with a try at weapons, shield and separate heads.

A few problems with some slopping casting technique and a few things to fix in the moulds (more air vents). Otherwise pleased with the result. I can cast shield, sword and hand axe OK - longer pole arms not coimg out so well.

Foot Figures sculpted...

 Masters finished for generic man at arms and archer...

Trouble at Dinkeldorf... ...

A knight and some men at arms arrive to search the village of Dinkeldorf for miscreants and rebels...

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An armed peasant watches the soldiers as they arrive at the edge of the village....

the soldiers move into the village....

and spread out to search the buildings...

Some peasants burst out of a building and attack.....

A couple of men-at-arms are killed, one peasant down as well.

More peasants arrive .....

some peasants attack from the woods....

Both sides take a breather, as the Knight and his men form a sort of defensive circle

With more peasants coming up the road from the church, the Knight leads his men forward in a charge to try to break through the encirclement...

They are pushed back and the peasants get ready to try and finish them off....

Almost back to back the Knight and his men fight the peasants...

A breakthrough... the Knight and his men close to him have despatched their attackers....

With a clear path ahead they leg it as quick as they can to safety, the archer lets loose a few arrows to keep the peasants at bay.....

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Forces and casualties...

• The Peasants: 21 including one archer;  11 casualties
• The 1 Knight on foot,  11 men at arms (including 1 crossbowman & 1 archer); 7 casualties (MAA)

The collection so far ..

 Put out all the medieval figures on the table to see where I'd got too. Two large retinues, two small retinues, some questing knights, civilians, armed peasants and 'Robin Hood' group.

There is another 30+ figures on the painting table...