Saxons

The latest project – some 1066-era Saxons. I have a whole horde of these primed and based, and waiting for paint, along with a bunch of Norman infantry. I've got a batch of eight Saxons done.

I'm basing them individually on 1x1 bases, with a strip of magnetic tape on the bottom. That way I can use them for skirmishes, or I can plunk them down on thin metal underbases like these...

...depending on whether I want to also use them for something like De Bellis Antiquitatis...

...or for games like Chronicles of Blood, or Neil Thomas' Ancient and Medieval Wargaming...

Also just arrived in the mail today – a couple of boxes of mounted knights.Technically they're not 1066-era Normans, but somewhat later Templars. However, nobody makes a decent set of plastic Norman knights. On the other hand, in Italeri's box of Templars, most of the models are wearing chainmail and Norman-style helmets, and carry kite shields. I'll just have to smooth the crusader cross emblems off and I should be set. With luck this should be the world's easiest conversion.

Photo from The Plastic Soldier Review

Between two boxes of these, I should have all the Norman knights I'll need for at a DBA-sized army.