1/72 Zvezda 100 Years War French

[crafty]

There appears to be a lot of wonderful and excellent 28mm figures on this board but not much 1/72, so I thought I'd fly my low-budget-freak-flag... Here are some of the Zvezda '100 Years War French Infantry' I've been working on over the past few weeks.

To be sure, there are slim-pickings at this scale, so I can understand why 28mm is so popular. I just can't really afford to splurge that much on the hobby at the moment, and 1/72 hits the sweet spot for me. A few months ago, I dipped my toe into wargaming beyond WW2 and I painted up some Airfix 'Sheriff of Nottingham' just for shits & giggles, but now I'm kind of hooked.

My painting is never going to get to a diorama-level of perfection, but these Zvezda figures look pretty cool using the old '3ft from the table' standard.

I started playing Lion Rampant this year so these figures will be used for that ruleset. These French will be facing off against my 'Sheriff of Nottingham' for the time being.

I tried to give these figures some kind of accuracy but truth be told...I'm still learning so I'm sure there's a fair bit that's not accurate. I put photos of the rest of the box up on my hobby-blog-diary (another thing that's very new to me...likewise posting pictures haha always seem to stuff something up...).

All the best, take care.

[Mr. White]

I’m a fan of 1/72 and I love those Zvezda 100 yrs war figs. Nice get and great looking paint jobs.

How’re you enjoying Lion Rampant? I assume well enough.

Thanks for sharing…I’m gonna check out the blog.

[Thew2]

Good job! They are nice, dynamic figures. The painting looks good, and your basing is very effective.

[Mr. White]

I’m also liking the way 1/72 retinues look on the table. It gives the conflict a more ‘scaled out’ or epic feel than 28mms ‘zoom in’.

Also, this paragraph on your blog is perfect:

“ I could have been loafing around, comfort-streaming shows I've already seen, and generally frittering away the small moments that make up my extremely busy, but ultimately dull days.”

I’d bet a lot of us are living that life….

[crafty]

Thanks for the encouragement...painting this era is a different set of challenges and has me thinking much more about complimentary colour schemes & heraldry...

All of the amazing painting here on this site has guided me a lot.

We've had a lock down here in Darwin last week. I was stuck at home, with kids on school holidays, I had an online course to complete, so it hasn't quite been the chilled-out-tropical-dry-season I'd like. Painting has helped me soothe my nerves a little I won't lie...haha

As for Lion Rampant, I've only played it a few times so far. It's great, I love it and hopefully once restrictions are lifted again I can get back to my local club for a game.