Here are a few more longbowmen constructed by mixing components from the various WOTR sets with the Agincourt to Orleans (A-O) set.
Truthfully, I prefer the longbow arms from the A-O set to those in the original WoTR set. The bows are a litle bit longer and more, um, shapely. They just look better on the figures. The A-O set also includes several different sheaves of arrows, which are all extremely nicely done.
Most of these figures haven't been cleaned up and filled yet, so they look a bit rough round the edges at the moment...
Longbowman with trumpet – using a pair of arms from the A-O set (also one of the new bundles of arrows on his belt) on one of the standard bodies and heads from the original WoTR bows and bills set. I’ve puffed out his cheeks a bit with Green Stuff so he looks more like he’s actually blowing…
Longbowman in hood, knocking. Again, A-O arms on a regular infantry body. Arrow sheaf from the A-O set, as is the head, which I’ve extended with Green Stuff to make more of a long hood. The overall effect might look a bit early for WoTR, so he may end up going towards the Game of Thrones collection. I’ll see how I feel when I paint him.
Longbowman loosing. Again, regular WoTR infantry body with A-O longbow arms, head, and arrow sheaf…
Longbowman reaching for arrows – this one is actually a standard build from the WoTR bills and bows box, except for his head, which is from the recent Foot Knights box, and the sheaf of arrows stuck in the ground which are from the A-O set (actually quite a bit nicer than the original version included in the WoTR infantry set).
Again, standard WoTR body with my favourite ‘shouting’ head in an open sallet, paired with a couple of arms from the A-O set, to portray a longbowman striding forward to finish off a downed enemy with his hand axe…
Similarly, A-O arms and buckler on a standard WoTR body, with a visored sallet from the Foot Knights set.
Finally, tried it the other way round… A pair of longbow arms from the WoTR bows and bills set, on a body and helmeted head from the A-O set. Unfortunately, I think the long, knee-length gambeson, really is too distinctively from an earlier period to pass for WoTR (even though I’m sure there were still some around in the 1460s – 1470s). So I’ve added a fur cape of Green Stuff, and this one will almost certainly be going off to join the Starks of Winterfell…
And now I have rather a lot of painting to do!