These figures are more of the Medieval troops I acquired from the estate of the late Bill McHugh following his untimely death six years ago.
They required a pretty major repaint, but I retained the wonderful shield patterns Bill had done. I am not sure of the manufacturer; possibly Essex like many of Bill's other Medievals.
They are a bit reminiscent of the Knights of St John in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades.
The crosses are more of a cross Moline than the "Maltese" cross usually associated with that Order.
Speaking Orders, "May the Force be with you!", it being May the Fourth, International Star Wars Day.
These figures are from the collection of the late Bill McHugh. I acquired them in the Spring of 2019, shortly after his rather sudden and untimrly death
The process of shipping them across the country was not kind to these figures, particularly resulting in many of the lances becoming detached or occasionally, broken. I considered replacing them all with wire versions, but decided against it in the end.
Much epoxy was deployed, and with a bit of repainting and rebasing, and they are ready for the table. I chose larger, 60 x 50 mm deep bases for these troops, in attempt to protect the some what fragile (and bendy) lances. I think these guys will get magnetic basing as well!
Next are quite a few Late Medieval (? Crecy, 1346) era) Knights in chainmail and pieces of plate.
The Knight are probably the best painted of all of the troops I acquired from Bill's collection.
Like the bulk of Bill's Late Medieval figures, these appear to be Essex figures.
The paint jobs on the barding are especially impressive. There quite a few more of these Essex Knights yet to come as well.
Before we get to the figures, last month I made a pair of new table coverings; just need to add the dots to make the grid one 6" boxes (150 cm) and the other 8" boxes (200 cm).
A unit of Men at Arms drawn from Bill's figures.
These don' seem to have "Hinchliffe Noses"!
Good work with Shield transfers (not mine!).
Very limited touch up and basing were all these needed.
A few polearms had to be replaced; fortunately there were several in the "Bits Box".
As best I can tell this next unit is mostly composed of Custom Cast figures - Duke's first miniature figure company.
The night of the round Table (note Pi on his shield!) is one of several given to me by Joe 15 or 20 years ago, and added to fill out the ranks.
Teacher: "Pi R squared..."
Littler Johnny: No, no teacher, Cake are square, Pie are round!"
The Knight with the Maltese cross is another add on from Joe. From the style and detail, I am pretty sure this figure (and probably the other, too) was painted by an old freind from our UConn days, Steve Gallagher.
This group required substantial touch up and weapon repairs.
More troops from the collection of the late and certainly lamented Bill McHugh.
These figures required rebasing and minor touch up and paint conversions.
Evidently the broad noses mark them as Essex Medievals; they are certainly not found on their Renaisance era figures.
Their polearms are a bit thick, but they are sturdy, and for Wargames figures I think that's preferable.
With their green and white theme, perhaps they are the Irish Brigade!
Quite nice figures, really, and the bulk of the paint job is Bill's
Here's the second unit of Bill's Bills.
Once again, rebasing, a little touch up, and some minor paint conversions were all that was needed,
The Yellow and Blur theme surely marks these fellows as the Ukranian Brigade!
Shield transfers!
We will likely press at least some of these chaps into service for the various Test of Resolve Wars of the Roses games Tim and David will be running at Historicon.
I think this is my favorite unit of the three.
The Third and final unit of Bills from Bill's collection.
These figures sport a dark red theme.
Let us them term them the Burgundian Brigade.
Once again, only rebasing and minor touch up and paint conversions were needed.
The two figures in the left r3ar were equipped with Polearms from the proverbial "Bits Box".
