Atheling's Early Byzantines- Made the Cover of "Slingshot"- Page 31. 23-04-2023

[Hincmar]

Superb as always.   The Footsore Goths are excellent.  I believe Wargames Atlantic are producing a plastic set of them which will be good for bulking out a force.

[Atheling]

Superb as always.   The Footsore Goths are excellent.

Thanks you 

They are. I really miss Bill's sculpts- I wish he would do more but sadly Bill seems to be out of the picture as far as his sculpting goes 

I believe Wargames Atlantic are producing a plastic set of them which will be good for bulking out a force.

They are. I will be buying a box when they are released and see how well they fit. The thing is, I have hundreds of Footsore Goths and probably won't need them. I will be buying quite a few the later Goths I mentioned as at present, at least, my focus is on Belisarius and the Ostrogothic Wars in Italy.

[HappyChappy439]

Excellent work (as usual  )! Thanks for sharing!

[Blackwolf]

Nice painting there Atheling
I’m intrigued and wondering if you will ever do the lesser known warriors for your Byzantines,such as Heruls,Swiss et cetera. However we do not really know if there was any significant difference from the rank and file,Heruls could look of course like proto-Vikings…
Guy

[Atheling]

Thanks guys, appreciated as always

Nice painting there Atheling
I’m intrigued and wondering if you will ever do the lesser known warriors for your Byzantines,such as Heruls,Swiss et cetera. However we do not really know if there was any significant difference from the rank and file,Heruls could look of course like proto-Vikings…

Basically I plan to do as much as I possibly can Guy by way of allies and enemies. The Heruls, living mainly in the marshy lands around the volga, thoigh there is some degree of mystery as to what their origins actually were. I have read that they appear to have originated in Scandinavia or possibly even Iran(!?) so the field is wide open for interpretation, though the general consensus appears to be that they were "Germanic" in origin. I personally lean more towards Scandinavia but I would certainly have to dig into more literature before. Like the Goths, their origin is somewhat obfuscated. 

[bluewillow]

Loving them mate

Cherrs
Matt

[Atheling]

Loving them mate

Cherrs
Matt

Thanks you kindly Matt 

[Atheling]

These fellows seem to be taking a while to pump out. The second batch out of four batches of six that will make up my first Goth unit for the planned display game.

A managed to avoid the pitfalls of being tempted into using the Foundry WWII set (as it is total pants!) and stick to the more reliable Vallejo Model and Game Colour with the usual sprinkling of Andrea and some of the older Foundry triads, though not used in the traditional triad manner.

I'm going to have a wee break with the next lot of miniatures as I made the schoolboy error of not calculating the number of Spanish Arquebusiers I needed for my first Spanish Italian Wars unit so I'm going to have to retreat a little and get those two miniatures painted up. In order to keep the impetus moving along with the Goths I will add a couple of Goth miniatures which I will use as a Command Base for the unit I am currently working on.

One more thing to add, the miniatures have not been varnished yet so are not as flat as they will be post varnishing process.

[Hu Rhu]

Very nice indeed. 

[Atheling]

Very nice indeed. 

Thanks mate

[James Morris]

Fabulous colours.  I like Bill’s sculpting style too but I suspect you won’t be seeing many new ones.

[Atheling]

Fabulous colours.

Cheers James

I like Bill’s sculpting style too but I suspect you won’t be seeing many new ones.

Yeah, it looks very much like it's going to be that way. A real shame on the part of fans of his sculpts.

[aphillathehun]

Those look really great.   When I saw "Goths added" I was hoping to see some new Aventine Goth sculpts.  But alas....

[Atheling]

Those look really great.   When I saw "Goths added" I was hoping to see some new Aventine Goth sculpts.  But alas....

As James suggested Bill is very unlikely to sculpt any more mini's for the range.

[Tonhel]

Great work!