Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Off the painting table

 Finished some 28mm Border  Reivers and Towns folk/ Warden of the Marches men today.

I’ve been converting the metal figures with parts from Perry Plastics and other places.
The Reivers on the work table.
Dismounted Reivers and five foot loons- Reivers not processing a horse.
Figures based with red flower to aid identification on the games table.
Towns/Wardens folk - with green tufts to identify them. Officers and leaders have white flowers too to aid identification on the games table.


Pleased with the results. May do a few more and some highland cows and pack mules.


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8 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag21 January 2026 at 18:02

    Looking good, Alan. I especially like your metalwork.

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  2. Roger21 January 2026 at 21:34

    Quite a big lot too. Well done!

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  3. Graham Apperley21 January 2026 at 23:25

    Very industrious Alan! Excellent work.

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  4. Anonymous22 January 2026 at 00:19

    Well done! Are the Hummels up next?

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  5. Fitz-Badger22 January 2026 at 01:10

    Looking good! I like the use of different tufts to help identify different groups/types of figures. And got a chuckle out of the "five foot loons".

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  6. Mark, Man of TIN22 January 2026 at 06:42

    Loon is an interesting one for lower ranking foot soldiers, it crops up in Shakespeare Macbeth’s end battle scene where “loon” is a cursory insult, synonym for a coward or maybe just pale with fear?
    “Enter Servant. MACBETH: The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose-look?”

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  7. Duke of Baylen22 January 2026 at 08:35

    These are very nice from a period that tempts me but to which I've not yet succumbed. I'm considering flower identifiers for my next project.

    As for the loons just five-foot high who process horses - the mind boggles.
    Stephen

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  8. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com22 January 2026 at 17:55

    They're looking great. I'd better go count my herd of cattle!

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