My first batch of English Archers for my Hundred Years War
English Army that I am building specifically to recreate the English Army of
Agincourt. The bases comprise Corvus Belli (Old metal figures), Donnington NE,
Khurasan, with Peter Pig Stakes. There’s also some figures from a manufacturer
I can’t recall included on the Stake bases. Anyone know who the manufacturer
is?
I’m really pleased with the mix of figures and how they all
worked together. Initially I had reservations about how they would look mixed
on the same base as some of the Khurasan figures seemed larger than their Corvus
Belli and Donnington counterparts, but I am very happy with the end results. They
all share the same look and feel which helped.
I’ve got some more Donnington, and Khurasan archers and
knights waiting in the wings to be painted and I’ve ordered the newly
rereleased Corvus Belli/Ultracast English starter army, and will be working
through the rest of the army in future posts. I only bought a few packs of the
metal Corvus belli figures before they went out of production, so am pretty
excited by their rerelease. Never painted 15mm plastic figures though, so we’ll
see how that works out.
The command base is depicting Sir Thomas Erpingham. I tried
to emulate the figure and paint job from one of Osprey’s HYW books, and think
he looks the part. Interestingly he was born in my home town of Norwich in the
UK, and is buried in the Norwich Cathedral grounds. Nice to see a local lad do
well.
