Fireforge ALMUGHAVARS

 Fireforge have recently released a set of 24 multipart plastic models of the Mediaeval Spanish Almughavars infantry.

Supplied in a standard sized box, it contains four body sprues with six bodies each, and four shield and accessory sprues. It also has 24 20mm square bases.

I have to admit to having looked at them, but not really seen a use for them (short sleeves not being suitable for the cold setting of my Oathmark setting), that is until Joseph McCullough's blog post Mustering Dol Amroth showed them in use somewhere other than Spain.

Now I have a large number of Oathmark Human Infantry (some of which are assembled, if not painted), and that means a number of spare arms.

Here is the first two, one armed with a hand weapon (and a shield later), the other an archer.

Comparison between Fireforge Almughavars and North Star Oathamrk Human Infantry.

Empress M48A3 Patton MBT

 Some more WIP shots of the Empress M48A3

Another crewman

 Two of the crew I rolled up for the Five Parsecs from Home campaign have similar backgrounds, and I rolled up two identical weapons. So I decided that they were from the same world and would be dressed and equipped similarly.

Originally I wondered about using the Wargames Atlantic Cannon Fodder arms on Stargrave Crew bodies, but decided that I would try a vanilla Cannon Fodder figure but with a Stargrave Crew head.

There is still some filling and detailing to finish, before it joins the paint queue.

Heavy for a Stargrave/Five Parsecs Crew

 One of the characters I rolled up for a Five Parsecs From Home campaign is low-tech but armed with a "Shock Axe". So how would I represent that on the table?

I originally thought about using a Barbarian body with a two handed hammer, but thought that was a bit cliched.

I then had a look at the Ghost Archipelago Sailors, and thought one of them would look good.

The arms and the head come from the Barbarians set.

There is still some filling plus adding some details (and a scrap pistol).

I wonder about adding power cells for the hammer on the belt/sash.

Ship's Engineer for Stargrave and Five Parsecs

At SELWG I bought a box of the Wargames Atlantic Cannon Fodder figures.

They are boiler suit clad and come with a limited selection of weapons (lasguns and a support weapon).

I wondered how compatible they were with the Stargrave plastics (in the same way that the Great Escape Gunslingers are).

This figure is built from a Cannon Fodder body, two of the Stargrave Crew arms, and (inspired by a number of characters from the works of Miyazaki) a head from the Oathmark Human Infantry.

The mounting points for the arms are narrower (the body is slimmer overall than the Stargrave figures) so there isa slight overleapt the back.. The back panel will hide the Greenstuff/Milliput used to smooth the transition.

 

More Plague Zombies

 Another two plague zombies join the horde.

Bronze Age Arms and Armour from The World of Stonehenge Exhibition

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