Celtic rabble
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:42 pm
Salutations, gentlefolk !
Acquired, cheaply, earlier this year, a pile of Essex 15mm figures - Gauls, Ancient Brits, Picts, other Dark Ages era - and am painting up a few Triumph armies.
Am thinking that The Men Who Wrote The Rules meant this yout as the archtypical Rabble figure
https://image.ibb.co/egt8Tc/Herit_Skrm_2.png
https://image.ibb.co/dQkYuH/Herit_Skrm_4.png
https://image.ibb.co/mP0Bgx/Herit_Skrm_3.png
https://image.ibb.co/dyuREH/Herit_Skrm_1.png
somewhat undersize, shirtless, short trousers, small shield and javelin. The Heritage models were pretty good figures for 1990, I seriously doubt you'll find any more for sale.
https://image.ibb.co/gEaBgx/EsxRab_3.png
https://image.ibb.co/cWaYuH/EsxRab_2.png
https://image.ibb.co/h5NeZH/EsxRab_1.png
These Essex figures look like 'peasants called up to man the walls or guard the camp'; not 'the guys who make things happen' or even 'the guys waiting for things to happen', but 'the guys standing around asking "What happened?"' So I have painted a bunch up, mounted 3 to a deep stand...
Anyway, would like more of the 'shirtless young'uns' to join the ranks (Thot of doing the full Scots-Irish list, keep telling myself 'I ain't that crazy...'). Thinking of converting some of the Essex AncBrit slingers. But if there are any "We were born a rabble" figures out there, that fit with Essex in size and 'presence', please let me know.
Thanks very much, John
PS - Apologies for picture quality, should've waited for daylight, shot them outside.
Acquired, cheaply, earlier this year, a pile of Essex 15mm figures - Gauls, Ancient Brits, Picts, other Dark Ages era - and am painting up a few Triumph armies.
Am thinking that The Men Who Wrote The Rules meant this yout as the archtypical Rabble figure
https://image.ibb.co/egt8Tc/Herit_Skrm_2.png
https://image.ibb.co/dQkYuH/Herit_Skrm_4.png
https://image.ibb.co/mP0Bgx/Herit_Skrm_3.png
https://image.ibb.co/dyuREH/Herit_Skrm_1.png
somewhat undersize, shirtless, short trousers, small shield and javelin. The Heritage models were pretty good figures for 1990, I seriously doubt you'll find any more for sale.
https://image.ibb.co/gEaBgx/EsxRab_3.png
https://image.ibb.co/cWaYuH/EsxRab_2.png
https://image.ibb.co/h5NeZH/EsxRab_1.png
These Essex figures look like 'peasants called up to man the walls or guard the camp'; not 'the guys who make things happen' or even 'the guys waiting for things to happen', but 'the guys standing around asking "What happened?"' So I have painted a bunch up, mounted 3 to a deep stand...
Anyway, would like more of the 'shirtless young'uns' to join the ranks (Thot of doing the full Scots-Irish list, keep telling myself 'I ain't that crazy...'). Thinking of converting some of the Essex AncBrit slingers. But if there are any "We were born a rabble" figures out there, that fit with Essex in size and 'presence', please let me know.
Thanks very much, John
PS - Apologies for picture quality, should've waited for daylight, shot them outside.