This is a mixture of heavy cavalry, seen here in the front rank, which can also double as 'knights' as per the Northern Welsh option in the DBMM army lists:
The lighter or ordinary cavalry are arranged here in the second rank:
These included some quite characterful figures with a fair bit of variety:
I again used Little Big Man Studio decals on those figures carrying shields:
The only minor quibble is that some of the figures sit awkwardly on their mounts, an issue I have found before with the otherwise excellent Forged in Battle figures. This therefore requires a bit of manipulation to get them to sit straight and with enough of a contact point for the glue:
I also completed fifteen elements of auxiliary troops and a dozen elements of light skirmish infantry:
The Welsh light infantry is classified as inferior. This usually means they aren't carrying shields so I primarily used those sculpted without to represent skirmishers, albeit with a couple carrying shields mixed in for variety:
The remainder have been based as auxiliary infantry:
This is all the actual Welsh figures for the army now finished. All that remains is to complete another twenty elements or eighty figures of Viking allies to complete the army.
That's a good number of boys from the valleys there Lawrence.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is! Nice work, Lawrence, and done in your usual, fine style.
DeleteThanks Mark and Jonathan. This project involved a lot more figures than I had initially estimated and will top out at around 600 figures once I have completed the Viking allies.
DeleteBeautiful collection sir!
ReplyDeleteCheers Michal, it is coming together slowly.
Deletegreat work on these, Lawrence bach!
ReplyDeleteI'm on a roll with them now Keith having worked out what colours to use in earlier batches, so this lot only took a few weeks to do.
DeleteGreat work Lawrence a sizeable force of cavalry now đ
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt. It looks impressive although I fear that it still won't be enough to match many of their potential opponents, but there is an option for some French allies which will increase the numbers.
DeleteThey are really nicely done Lawrence. Beautifully painted, fab looking figures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. Lovely figures, if a little frustrating to get the horsemen to sit on their mounts properly.
DeleteThey look great, super work on them, shame about the faffing about to get them to sit right but looks like it was well worth the effort, very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. Yes, it took me a good hour of gluing and regluing with paint touch ups, but they came out OK in the end.
DeleteSplendid cavalry and skirmishers, lovely colour palette!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. I decided to concentrate mainly on greens, browns and grey for he Welsh but will put a bit more colour into the Vikings.
DeleteSuper painting as usual Lawrence. Particularly fine work on the shields. The knnnnights get all the glory, but your 'ordinary' cavalry are anything but!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Thanks James. I can't take full credit for the shields as they are Little Big Man Studio transfers, although I was pleased with the way I managed to blend them in as they weren't designed for these figures and didn't fit seamlessly.
DeleteSomehow I don't tend to think of Welsh and cavalry or knights in the same sentence! My maternal Grandfather was Welsh and emigrated from the UK (my middle name is Lloyd); quite an interesting history to him. I am considering getting some (later) Welshmen for the newer Test of Resolve Scenarios.
ReplyDeleteYes, Knights is a generic DBMM term for heavy cavalry, so they are not the traditional knights. I lived in Northern Wales for two years and my paternal grandmother Gwyneth was from there. A lovely part of the world.
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