The (Grail) Pilgrim's Progress

 It's time for a quick update on the Bretonnian project. I've reached the first milestone, in that I've painted ten soldiers from each of the main groups.

There will be three principal infantry units: archers, foot knights and men at arms. I'm expecting to end up with about 20 archers, 15 knights and 20 men at arms, which should provide some solid and nice-looking blocks of troops. I'm also hoping to do some squires (which I plan to paint green, in a homage to the old Bowmen of Bergerac unit from the Stillman codex) and maybe even some mounted yeomen, but that remains very much to be seen. 

Anyway, for now I've made 10 of each of the main groups. My main thought is how good these ancient metal models are. I think they were sculpted by the Perry twins, and they're full of excellent details. I think the men at arms are particularly varied and dramatic, with loads of good poses and as much of a sense of movement that old models in a packed-in unit could be expected to provide.

So, here are the men at arms:

And here are the knights:

And, finally, here are the archers:

To be honest, I don't think these photos do them all that much justice, but you get the idea. We're slowly getting there. I really like them as units.

Also, as a bonus, here is the first model that I have sculpted from scratch. He started off as an alien egg, but at the last minute I turned him into a Ghibli-type creature. Sculpting is difficult!