25-28mm Ral Partha goblin well painted and based

Status: SOLD £9.99  on ebay.co.uk

Found this one knocking around my bits and bobs box, Ral Partha from the early 1980s gave it an efficient paint job , sculpting of these figures was very fine and  detailed to scale. 

Anglo-Saxon Mead Hall

Status: work in progress,repairs being made to chew damage from pointer puppy ! !

Started this model some time ago , decided to finish and put it up for sale on eBay

25-28mm Chronicle Black Orc sculpted by Nick Lund very early1980sfantasy figure, rare

Status: Sold for  £13.33 on eBay.co.uk

I have not painted a fantasy figure in years. I was digging about in a box of spares and odds and I found this figure  in a box, the last remnant of my large collection of Nick Lund's  very early 1980's Chronicle range before he started working with Citadel.  This find got me  remembering how a lot of my initial interest in miniatures was fired by early Fantasy figures; Citadel,Chronicle,Ral Partha, Minifigs,Black Baron all played there part in parting me from my pocket money.

 I sold many of them for  funds when I was a student and now wish I had not!

 Such is life, anyway I have decided to honour the last figure of this collection of wonderful Orcs by painting him properly,( none of the others ever got painted) and seeing as he has no mates to keep him company I shall sell him on Ebay and hope he is reunited with more of his kind!

Below shows the Orc in progress. It's quite enjoyable and liberating painting something from  fantasy.Although the sculpting is quite stylised, it works really well with Orcs, I feel these are a wonderful "lost range" with loads of character.

I have just got my hands on a standard bearer from this range, so maybe I  shall start painting up a unit, really enjoyed painting this guy, here he is below with his new friend and I have found three more of his kind to keep him company, early Warhammer  memories, good stuff !

And below three more of his kind. Await the same treatment !

And recently a Black Orc Shaman 21c was acquired  to take care of the rest of the orcs medical and religious needs !

Two Orcs riding wolves and another 8 Orc infantry have also been sourced from this range.

Here Orc one with a friend just finished and up for sale on eBay now.

28mm Perry Miniatures 1st Crusade Robert Curthose command group.

Status: Sold £ 80.00 privately

Just finished and sold this command group of Robert Curthose, son of  William the bastard of Normandy.I think they look really good, one of my favourites so far. I gave Robert a white horse and a  shield with a lion rampant,the style of the lion was copied from Henry II's  shield which is a few years after but the style has a good early primitive feel. The banner is based on the ancient flag of the duchy of Normandy which was probably in existence by this date, but with things of this antiquity I guess we will never know for sure?

 Other proto heraldic arms seem to have been in use at this date according to certain sources.

Raymond of Toulouse,Godfrey de Bouillion, Bohemond of Tarranto all seemed to have had personalised or Family banners.

Above these four figures are based individually on renedra bases 45mm x 20mm big. This tight basing gives flexibility in formations, allowing for the close shock(boot to boot) formations mentioned in contemporary  historical documents.

The figures are attached to a movement tray magnetically, giving an animated command group

 Nice figures !

And from other angles

And Robert Curthose close up

Obviously these figures can later be blended into larger units with different movement trays or kept as a group in their own right.

8 figures of Raymond Toulouse and Robert Curthose command group together gives you the idea of larger units

And above as separate command groups.

28mm Perry Miniatures 1st Crusade mounted Command Group of Raymond ofToulouse

Status: Sold £80.00 on eBay.co.uk

A command group of 4 mounted Knights, including Raymond,standard bearer and musician has just been completed. 

Above shows the command group on its movement tray. The banner is based on the cross of Toulouse, which according to "tradition" was carried by Raymond on the first crusade. The standard bearers shield is also based on the ancient cross.

Here a close up of Raymond

This photo clearly shows his armoured horn blower (a conversion)

Here the figures are shown without there movement tray and are suitable for use as individual figures or rebasing with a larger unit of knights( I will be painting more over the coming year).Below more pictures  from the rear and side.

28mm Perry miniatures 1st Crusade Norman Command Group of Bohemond (orMarc to his mum and dad !)

Status: Sold £80.00 on ebay.co.uk

 Here at  last is the first of several command groups and units from the perry miniatures first crusade range.
I have given Bohemond a dappled grey horse, his standard  is based on some research that seems to support his family may have carried a banner. The de Hauteville family expanded across southern Europe and the the near east from their home in Normandy.The family went on to conqueror huge territories in Italy,Sicily, Malta and Antioch. Malta and Antioch' s flag may originate from this red and white checkered pattern as they were both conquered by  Bohemond and his family.

All these figures are mounted individually on 20 x 45 mm base with steel paper on the base so they attach magnetically to to movement tray.

28mm Gripping Beast Saxon Thegns x 10

Status: Sold Privately £90.00

Below 10 Saxons Thegns  completed and based.Thats the last of that box set and the last Saxons I plan on doing for a while, but watch out for a Saxon thegns hall , scratch built and up for sale shortly !