Author Topic: Victrix Dark Ages anyone?? (Read 70746 times)

Cubs · « **Reply #285 on:** November 21, 2019, 09:00:18 AM »

It was a common spear design of the time and is shown on a lot of contemporary illustrations and yes, it possibly did derive from the boar spear, with boar hunting being so popular in mainland Europe. I will probably snip the bars off half of them for variety though.

westwaller · « **Reply #286 on:** November 21, 2019, 09:12:36 AM »

Yeah I'd be tempted to do that too. I wouldn't have said it would be the most common type of spear although I guess it would be a very effective infantry weapon against horses.
The poses shown look a little less 'wild' than those offered by the Viking and Saxon sets

Captain Blood · « **Reply #287 on:** November 21, 2019, 09:33:21 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Zombie on November 21, 2019, 08:38:30 AM

Groan..

Do we really have to go through this exercise every time someone writes chainmail!?

Oddly enough you all knew what he was on about. It is a word in common usage. So can we please dispense with the etymological debate that leads to nowhere.

Well said Frede.

Please let’s not be prats about such things, eh?
Chainmail has been common usage since I was a very small boy, and that was now a very long time ago - certainly pre D&D by a long way. We all know chainmail is not made of chains. It’s just a term that has been used since goodness knows when, and that everyone understands - even if it’s a misnomer.
Let’s not make LAF home to the kind of gratuitous pedantry and nitpicking that bedevils certain other wargames sites. Thank you.

The figures look amazingly good, like all Victrix’s recent and upcoming releases. If only I had the time to make and paint them all

Silent Invader · « **Reply #288 on:** November 21, 2019, 09:39:33 AM »

Well said Richard

Munindk · « **Reply #289 on:** November 21, 2019, 10:09:32 AM »

Whatever they're wearing I like it!

Any news on Norman cavalry?

Atheling · « **Reply #290 on:** November 21, 2019, 10:24:23 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Zombie on November 21, 2019, 08:38:30 AM

Groan..

Do we really have to go through this exercise every time someone writes chainmail!?

Oddly enough you all knew what he was on about. It is a word in common usage. So can we please dispense with the etymological debate that leads to nowhere.

Sorry, it's the first time I've mentioned it

Dr. Zombie · « **Reply #291 on:** November 21, 2019, 10:31:40 AM »

Oh it wasn’t personal. But someone always does.

Anyways. Back to the regular scheduled program.

levied troop · « **Reply #292 on:** November 22, 2019, 08:12:59 AM »

This combined with Cubs thread is making me think that my old Norman’s in Italy project needs expanding.

Cubs · « **Reply #293 on:** November 23, 2019, 10:31:49 AM »

Quote from: levied troop on November 22, 2019, 08:12:59 AM

This combined with Cubs thread is making me think that my old Norman’s in Italy project needs expanding.

The Jack Ludlow books are a killer for the will power!

Duncan McDane · « **Reply #294 on:** November 26, 2019, 02:19:58 PM »

Quote from: westwaller on November 21, 2019, 08:52:48 AM

You don't fire a bow either...

. Never thought of it that way...
Really like the D.A. Victrix models, especially the dynamic posing. Got my fair share of D.A. metals, but those sets are a must.

Tonhel · « **Reply #295 on:** November 27, 2019, 05:45:43 PM »

So promising!

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PRODUCT UPDATE: NORMAN AND PERSIAN SKETCHES

The Norman has an Italo Norman helmet option with face mask. We will include more Italo Norman styles in the Norman cavalry set and some on the command frame.

Atheling · « **Reply #296 on:** November 27, 2019, 08:57:16 PM »

Much more of this sort of thing please!!

Antonio J Carrasco · « **Reply #297 on:** November 27, 2019, 09:01:21 PM »

I got my Late Saxons today (thanks to the chaps at La Flecha Negra, in Madrid). It is a very nice set, with a lot of variety and possibilities of "crossovers" with the Vikings set. Truth be told I didn't intend to buy it, as I have more than enough Vikings and Saxons, but when I saw them in the flesh, well... I was sold! Now my warbands will grow again, but at a fraction of the price I paid for the original!

Munindk · « **Reply #298 on:** November 28, 2019, 07:41:15 AM »

I know almost nothing about Italo-Normans, but it sounds niche enough to be interesting!

And a cavalry set, they've confirmed a cavalry set

Atheling · « **Reply #299 on:** November 28, 2019, 08:00:39 AM »

Quote from: Munindk on November 28, 2019, 07:41:15 AM

I know almost nothing about Italo-Normans, but it sounds niche enough to be interesting!

And a cavalry set, they've confirmed a cavalry set

This book is fantastic:

The Age of Robert Guiscard (The Medieval World)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Robert-Guiscard-Medieval-World/dp/0582045290/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=age+of+robert+guiscard&qid=1574927782&s=books&sr=1-1

Though since this was published there has been more literary interest, these books that I haven't read but look interesting:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creation-Kingdom-Manchester-Medieval-Sources/dp/0719082021/ref=pd_sim_14_3/258-1378316-0516954?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0719082021&pd_rd_r=969ff106-c49f-4ea6-a073-d9f67a1ae252&pd_rd_w=qyQ22&pd_rd_wg=1lEDi&pf_rd_p=6a30fab2-6ed5-4400-920a-f4b0f59e4ff9&pf_rd_r=QB718A9TMNAZ88JEXPNB&psc=1&refRID=QB718A9TMNAZ88JEXPNB

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Norman-Kingdom-Cambridge-Medieval-Textbooks/dp/0521269113/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/258-1378316-0516954?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0521269113&pd_rd_r=ecc42840-72c8-4e65-ad62-bbf9c0232432&pd_rd_w=OJsMv&pd_rd_wg=15sse&pf_rd_p=f4a31d1d-8f61-48f5-b6f4-a22ba06df575&pf_rd_r=Z9DBY9H087VXB4DY2ZGQ&psc=1&refRID=Z9DBY9H087VXB4DY2ZGQ

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