Victrix Dark Ages anyone??

[Cubs]

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]

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]

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]

Well said Richard

[Munindk]

Whatever they're wearing I like it!

Any news on Norman cavalry?

[Atheling]

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]

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

Anyways. Back to the regular scheduled program.

[levied troop]

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

[Cubs]

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]

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]

So promising!

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]

Much more of this sort of thing please!! 

[Antonio J Carrasco]

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]

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]

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