Dark Age Lard

[LeadAsbestos]

I'm very interested in this and a friend has some Arthurian-Romano-Brit-Whatchamacalits already painted. Who should I be looking at for evil Saxon baddie types in 28mm?

Gripping Beast and Musketeer should fit the bill nicely!

[Aaron]

Thanks. I have a load of GB Normans and I like their style. I haven't seen any of the Musketeer stuff, but I'll check them out also.

[Marine0846]

I love this period.
Add me too, in being interested in your rules.
I like the look of your battles that you have posted.
Will be bring out my figures to have them march forth to battle.
One question, I see that most of your figures are mounted on single bases.
Will it make a difference if there are more than one figure on a base?

[Christian]

This is a period I would like to wargame... probably at a skirmish level to begin with, but some larger games look like a lot of fun!

[Poiter50]

My PMC games buildings arrived today - now for either the Lardies rules or Dux Bellorum!!

[Arlequín]

This is a period I would like to wargame... probably at a skirmish level to begin with, but some larger games look like a lot of fun!

This is the appeal of this to me, your forces increase progressively from the 40 figure starting point. Even I could paint 40 figures up... maybe.

 

[Christian]

I have also been eyeing off a box of the Gripping Beast plastic Thengs.

Are these too late for the Saxon advent and other Romano-British scuffles towards the end of the 5th century?

[LeadAsbestos]

I have also been eyeing off a box of the Gripping Beast plastic Thengs.

Are these too late for the Saxon advent and other Romano-British scuffles towards the end of the 5th century?

Too late, yes. Good for SAGA though!

[guitarheroandy]

I have also been eyeing off a box of the Gripping Beast plastic Thengs.

Are these too late for the Saxon advent and other Romano-British scuffles towards the end of the 5th century?

Well, as LeadAsbestos says, in theory they are too late, but if you were to stand over a wargame table with those facing off against my Romano-British, I would not worry in the slightest...
Most Saga players also use GB Welsh, which are 6th/7th Century when playing against 11th Century Vikings and Normans and nobody really cares about that... 

[Arlequín]

It depends on how accurate you want to be, or how anal your opponent is. Viking 'spectacle' helms, or Norman style conical helmets and 'Danish axes' might look out of place, but otherwise I wouldn't think they would look that different from their earlier counterparts.

[LeadAsbestos]

I've got a few Franks in my Vikings that sub for Saxons in my WAB Age of Arthur armies  , so I agree heartily about not caring too much, but the man asked if they were the wrong era, so yes is the answer!

[Christian]

So, wrong era: yes. Will I still buy them? Most probably Thanks for the help guys! Maybe some weapon/head swaps are in order?

[Arlequín]

Having had a look at them here, I'd say that you could use most of them. You could of course just set your games outside of that period and the problems disappear.

[Lardy Rich]

I think that some of the bottom end Levy would probably look pretty much the same in 900 as they do in 450.  The actual warriors less so, but essentially it's a load of hairy blokes with a stick and a shield. 

Rich

[Christian]

Thanks a lot for the assistance everyone. I've just ordered about 20 Romano-British to get started. Definitely not enough for a game but really keen to see how the Dark Age rules pan out. Furt (and others) can't stop raving about Sharpe's Practice, so I'm quite excited about the whole thing really.