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Title: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 21 August 2013, 10:39:22 PM
I'm starting to think about the future: second daughter's going to school, the twins start preschool in the autumn and Colours on the horizon!  :D

Obviously I don't have enough projects on the back-burner at the moment, so to fill this void I have a couple of ideas for Hordes of the Things armies, one of which is centred around a peasant crusade theme.

Anyway, searching for "peasant" on the Pendraken site brings up a few of suitable codes, with EC8, ELM14 (and possibly ELM33) looking perfect.  There's also the monks of ELM37.

I've also seen LA13, but they look very static compared to the others. 

So question for the audience, any other codes that might fit the bill.

Cheers,

Meirion
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Ithoriel on 22 August 2013, 12:16:54 AM
How about some of the Beggar codes? Men, women and children and even some mule-riding cavalry.

You may or may not find a use for the gargoyles and pied piper!

Picture of half a dozen beggar types here:

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/pendraken/4511594185/in/photostream/)

Just a thought
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: get2grips on 22 August 2013, 07:12:09 AM
Can't see the picture Ithoriel  :(
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Ithoriel on 22 August 2013, 08:55:59 AM
Original of this is at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pendraken/4511594185/

Screenshot below (hopefully visible this time - b****y Flikr)




Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 22 August 2013, 09:12:21 AM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 22 August 2013, 12:16:54 AM
How about some of the Beggar codes? Men, women and children and even some mule-riding cavalry.

You may or may not find a use for the gargoyles and pied piper!

Picture of half a dozen beggar types here:

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/pendraken/4511594185/in/photostream/)

Just a thought

Good call there  :-bd 

They'd slipped my mind although I have my eye on them for "generic fantasy humans" for one of my other projects  ;)

Cheers,

Meirion
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Techno on 22 August 2013, 09:59:13 AM
The Mongolian 'camp followers' and 'citizens' might end up being useful for something similar to the above Meirion.
I'll send Leon some pics in the next day or so. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: get2grips on 22 August 2013, 12:55:11 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 22 August 2013, 08:55:59 AM
Original of this is at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pendraken/4511594185/



I thank you  :)
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Leon on 22 August 2013, 09:15:29 PM
They'll all be fine, plus the Beggars as mentioned above.  I wouldn't bother with the old LA13 code, as they're not really up to the standard of the newer sculpts.  You could possibly use the newer version of those figures, which is the scythemen in the LoA range?

Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 22 August 2013, 09:24:09 PM
Remember your goose general, the first crusade was led, in part, by a 'divinely inspired goose'!
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 03 September 2013, 04:27:03 PM
Quote from: Techno on 22 August 2013, 09:59:13 AM
The Mongolian 'camp followers' and 'citizens' might end up being useful for something similar to the above Meirion.
I'll send Leon some pics in the next day or so. ;)
Cheers - Phil.

Possibly Phil. A delegation from our Eastern Brothers would always be welcome ;)
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 03 September 2013, 04:29:54 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 22 August 2013, 09:24:09 PM
Remember your goose general, the first crusade was led, in part, by a 'divinely inspired goose'!

Cool  8)

Or possibly a 54mm GOOSE GOD to invoke  :d
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 03 September 2013, 04:53:30 PM
Great idea!
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: fsn on 03 September 2013, 05:02:34 PM
Apropos absolutely nothing, except for a tenuous avian connection, my favourite dictionary definition (yes, I have one) is "Kakapo. A large, almost flightless owl-like parrot from New Zealand."

Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 03 September 2013, 05:04:52 PM
Sea, a big, blue wobbly thing...
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: get2grips on 03 September 2013, 05:07:41 PM
Kakapo
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: get2grips on 03 September 2013, 05:08:41 PM
Po
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: get2grips on 03 September 2013, 05:09:39 PM
Kak
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 18 January 2014, 08:39:51 PM
Okay, so I bought the Beggar army pack in the sale and found the two chaps on the left in the photo below lurking in the pack. They're obviously conversions on the ELM37 monks (on the right), but which beggar codes do they belong to?

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l602/Meirion_Hopkins/10mm%20Minis/E26D69FF-12B1-4AB4-8548-D6843657E9E6.jpg)

Are they just part of FBG4 and FBG14? There are other chaps with spears and clubs in the range style (as shown in Ithoriel's post).

Cheers,

Meirion
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: Leon on 18 January 2014, 09:21:23 PM
Those are the two kids from the FBG10 Children code, they're wearing cloaks with improvised weapons.
Title: Re: A Question of Peasants...
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 19 January 2014, 10:47:01 AM
Quote from: Leon on 18 January 2014, 09:21:23 PM
Those are the two kids from the FBG10 Children code, they're wearing cloaks with improvised weapons.

Cool  8)

Cheers Leon, more believers to follow the Goose God's honk!  :D