What could possibly go wrong?
Why on earth am I painting some vaguely Robin Hood themed miniatures?
Basically...I have them.
I was sent a pair of Norman Chest Bearers, along with some plastic outlaw-types as a 7TV Secret Santa gift and if you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, you'll know I'm nothing if not easily distracted.
The Norman Chest Bearers are really nice models from Crooked Dice which I would never otherwise have bought. They were remarkably easy to paint with only half a dozen base colours washed and highlighted.
I opted to go for a colour scheme inspired by the Lego Black Falcons (the baddies in the castle range) I had as a child. The idea for this came from this video from the Peachy Tips YouTube Channel - although I chickened out of trying to paint the heraldic falcon.
My only criticism of these miniatures was that the rods that support the box are far too chunky to go into the hand holes, even without the even wider metal caps on the end.
Using thinner metal rod was an easy fix, but I still don't know how they were supposed to work.
Currently leading this group of nefarious tax collectors is a model I got for free from one of the Partizan shows.
It is apparently Sir Walter D'Isigny, one of the Norman followers of William the Conqueror, who not only founded the village of Norton Disney, but also is apparently the ancestor of one What Disney.
I'm not going to grumble about the quality of a free model, but there is a nasty mold line in his helmet and the proportions are quite different to the Crooked Dice models.
I wasn't keen on the positioning and shape of his left hand and so opted to cover it with a spare kite shield I had knocking around.
I've opted to base these in the same manner as my Lord of the Rings miniatures as I plan to have the outlaws pull double duty when I get round to them, and I might even start basing all of my generic fantasy/medieval miniatures in this way to keep things consistent.
Acquired: 15
Painted: 101
Lead Mountain: 671
