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...

A few more....

Some more armed peasants...

and some archers....

Latest ....

A job lot of 120 medieval figures acquired a couple of months ago have been gone through and the best 40 or so of them saved for use. A large batch awaits painting

Generic siege mantlets and pavises....

my existing scaling ladders are just right for the wall sections I'll be using.

Sculpt & cast : Initial masters...

 While adding to my collection using 40mm commercial figures, I usually have a go at sculpting some of my own for the period (so I can drop-cast additional figures).

Initially I've done a mounted man at arms, mounted knight and some sort of levy foot. I will have to make up accessories,- swords, shields etc.... After that I'll probably do another levy foot pose and an archer plus some alternate heads.