The DBMM Medieval Spanish list allows a few different types of skirmish troops among which are several elements of handgunners and slingers. The handgunners were particularly fun to paint:
The figures are again from Khurasan, and with all that armour have a distinctly late medieval feel about them. I'm not sure how quickly they would have moved in real life though and it will be amusing to to see them sprinting around the table at skirmish speed:
The slingers look much more skirmish-like, and look like peasants who have picked up a few rocks and joined the fray:
I have finished a couple more law subjects this semester, once of which was a double-weighted a honours research project, so now have a six week break before commencing my final two subjects during which I hope to ramp up my production output and really get stuck into this project. Next up will be some Spanish crossbowmen.
Excellent 15mm brushwork. Enjoy your study break. I expect painted figures will be flying out from your workbench. A six week break may be just enough time to start and complete a new project.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. I'm hoping the six weeks will almost be enough to complete these Spanish at least.
DeleteLooking good Lawrence. Sounds like it's going to be hard to keep up with your posts over the next few weeks.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. Hopefully that will be the case, especially if there are no surprises at work or on the home front.
DeleteAnother beautiful batch of Iberian warriors Lawrence - enjoy the study break and look forward to seeing this project advance in leaps and bounds!
ReplyDeleteCheers Keith. I expect the six-week break to fly by, but hope to make good use of the time.
DeleteKhurasan do make some fine looking figures, made all the better with your great paintjob!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. It appears they use a range of sculptors and some are better than others, but there are far more hits than misses. These handgunners were particularly nice to paint.
DeleteBoth types came out well, and could probably be used for just about any Late Medieval army.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. The handgunners were from a generic category in the Khurasan catalogue and will definitely be making an appearance elsewhere as I have a few other 15mm armies ahead of me in the pile.
DeleteLovely looking late medieval missile troops!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, they were an enjoyable bunch to paint.
DeleteThe variety and relatively small numbers would have made these especially attractive to paint! :-)
ReplyDeleteThey look excellent!
Cheers Peter. They were fun to paint for exactly for the reasons you have outlined.
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