With the core of my Anglo Saxon army finished ( pictures here), I can turn my attention to various ancillary figures and terrain to round out my Dark ages collection. These will fall into five main groups:
- Additional Anglo Saxons - in particular another point each of Warriors and Levy to bring the force up to six points and allow for more flexibility in force selection. I would also like to acquire some form of cavalry and some early period Saxons.
- Opponents - I've acquired a dozen or so Romano-British and aim to expand this into a fully fledged army in time. I also plan on doing a Welsh or Scottish army in the (distant) future.
- Terrain - I already have a good deal of period neutral terrain either partly finished or in need of renovation, and I want to expand this with a village; church and burgh, which is already under construction. Longer term, a decent sized river with accompanying bridges, jetties and boats would be nice.
- Civilians and Accessories - to complement my armies, be used in RPGs and act as objectives and terrain for scenarios. As well as some more clergy, I need various civilian workers, livestock and baggage for the escort Saga mission.
- RPG specific figures - adventurers, monsters and other fun one offs.
These figures come from Gripping Beast's Arthurian Personalities pack, and were picked up on eBay along with an assortment of other Arthurian figures.
They will work nicely as civilians and NPCs, as well as extra models for my Romano British army if necessary.
I believe this figure is supposed to be Merlin, and will make a useful wizard model for RPGs in addition to the other uses already stated.
His fairly bright blue cloak, a colour which I avoided on my Saxons, makes him stand out on the table. My Romano British army will use mainly white and red, with blue and yellow accents to differentiate them from the Saxons who were all in white, red and green. This should also allow for some mixing of models between the two forces, particularly among the levies.
Basing is, as normal, done in my temperate scheme.
Like the last figure, this one can also be used as a female wizard, or perhaps as a more junior apprentice. She wears almost entirely neutral colours so could fit into just about any army.
The last figure in this set is a little more mysterious, and is perhaps better suited to being some kind of baddie.
The long brown cloak also makes her (or him, the model is a little unclear) suitable to be used as a monk or civilian in cold weather.
Coming soon, I have the next set of Eldar reinforcements in the form of a pair of War Walkers, followed by some more Dark Ages miniatures.