Ogrob's medievals for SAGA. Double update 3D printed 14th century spanish 15/9

[anevilgiraffe]

great colours...

[Ogrob]

We've had a heatwave for the last few weeks, so I found it hard to paint much, but I did finally manage to finish two sets from V&V miniatures. These are their English Infantry and French Knights, but painted of course for the Spanish-themed 14th century force. Hopefully they will get along despite their origins....



I already had two V&V french knights painted in this scheme, who did not get a group photo last page. You might find them in the big group of foot knights though. For completness, here are all the V&V knights:


And finally I also painted up this lovely sculpt from Claymore Castings. I had stripped it earlier but never got around to painting it:


What do you think?

[Basementboy]

Love it! That Claymore sculpt is gorgeous, very dynamic- and your paintscheme looks great on it.

[Digits]

Nice!  Great looking minis those and nice paint job.

[Ogrob]

One more and then it looks like I am heading back to Lithuania for a bit before I have more additions for Age of Chivalry.

So this is a pack of levy archers. I have a decent amount of English Longbowmen from Claymore, but it feels a bit silly to use those figures as bow levy in Saga. I think I mentioned that I prefer the Breton battleboard to the Castillian. Both have a similar mobile play style, but Castille feels undercooked. They also lack access to foot knights and warriors, which can cause issues with terrain. The Bretons however only get bow levy, no crossbows, and you do really want some shooting.

To that end I purchased a set of Reconquer archers from Stronghold Terrain. They do a 12-man unit ideal for SAGA, I think pulled from a few different sets that Reconquer has labeled Spanish levy. Technically, they are more 12th or 13th century than 14th, but I think this is fine for a bunch of peasants with hunting bows. The one guy with a helmet surely dug out an heirloom from his great grandfather.

I decided to give these a bit more muted version of the red and yellow scheme too.



What do you think?

[has.been]

Nice.

[pixelgeek]

Very nice. Quite like how you deepened the colours to make them look distinct

[Little Odo]

Agree with all the others - very nice. I do especially like the way the archers turned out.

[Basementboy]

Very nice! Good to have some more chaff to go alongside that mountain of knights

[Ogrob]

Thanks everyone! Quite happy with how the muted colour scheme worked on the archers, I think it's a good way to go with still having them match the army but not be unreasonably bright for what is really just peasants. For sure I have far too many knights and not enough chaff, especially for SAGA. Will be looking to expand this force with some infantry, some crossbows and some more light cavalry. Only issue is Reconquer keeps sculpting cool knights that I want...

[Knight-Captain Tyr]

I'd always wondered what those Reconquer archers looked like. Solid work, they fit your guys very well and the colours are great.

[Ogrob]

Thank you!

As temperatures have continued to cooperate through the week, I also managed to finish another Lithuanian unit. These are also V&V, their Mounted Rus Warriors pack. I just kind of like how the look, so they will join my Black Knight 3D prints as Lithuanian hearthguard. Having worked on other projects for most of the summer, it is a little strange to go back to the limited palette on these.


What do you think?

[Ogrob]

For the SAGA Thorsday warband challenge I had opted to finish my Perry late 15th century force. In June I painted the barded version of the Warlord and his knights, plus a first 8 light cavalry. In July I finished the remaining 16 light cavalry. That left only pikemen to finish in August, and here they are completed. All the painting was done earlier in July to be fair, but I did the basing now.



And with that, the green and yellow army is complete as originally planned. I think later I will try and take a picture of the whole project.

[Basementboy]

Great as always! Love the Perry mercenaries, really versatile kit- and you've crushed it with the painting as always, the dark green and yellow is really striking

[Koyote]

Nice work on those pikemen. You never disappoint.

Depending upon the 2026 Adepticon line up, my next project will include either Scottish pikemen or Macedonian pikemen (sarissa).

I really like your Spanish. The purple foliage is a nice touch.

The water feature on your warlord’s base is brilliant! Love the cattails.