Håtunaleken – All the King's Men

Not much action here lately I'm afraid, but I've actually not been idle. Hopefully I can sort out some picture of the latest stuff some time soon. Here's a start anyway!

Even more men are rallying to the king Birger Magnusson's banner in the fight against his rebellious brothers. This time I have painted up some dismounted knights (foot men-at-arms) and some more serjeants.

After the first couple of games – read all about it here and here – I not only found I lacked in missile troops, but also that I wanted the king to lead from the front instead of sulking way back with the defensive serjeants. As befits his status, I have now put him and his closest man in a hard-hitting unit of foot men-at-arms!

This slight rejigging of the force was done by adding the two foot knights I had already painted to the new unit, meaning I had to paint up a total of four foot knights and two serjeants (to replace the king and his man). Here are the new recruits.

The miniatures are all from Gripping Beast with two head swaps for the serjeants (the two miniatures to the left) as I didn't want any duplicates in the force. The new heads are from Curtey's and fit perfectly.

As before, the lions on the shields are over painted transfers.

This force is now almost finished, just a small unit of bidowers to paint up and the full 24 points of Birger's host is finally ready to defend his crown. If I can get the time for some games that is!