Following on from the pillage game I've been knocking up some additional bases for livestock and assembled a warbases mdf cart, married to the donkey from the Perry Russian cart as I just want that as dressing. The ox cart was modelled on the warbase one and made from scrap mdf, resin wheels, balsa wood, ho/oo plastic wattle, wire, a leftover hinchcliffe bar and a minifigs ox Ive had for something like 47 years!
Ive put together a number of swine bases, for Plunder and also as dressing, some of the pigs are finished all in black as Iberian's to go with my Italian wars Spanish but who knows might feature in a peninsular game too? The rest are in various versions of brown as befits middle age swine, like the Tamworth breed. The vast majority of the pigs are toys that my sister picked up for me from French charity shops over the years, together with some of the ( unfortunately no longer available) Pegasus pigs. The rest of the cattle,sheep and goats are from the Pegasus set, some donated by Des that hed already painted. Ive finished the goats so that they resemble dark age sheep, Soay sheep.
Pretty goat like Id say?
That gives me enough cattle and livestock I think? Once Ive added them to my existing livestock?
Ive got some more Pegasus donleys, which could pull a cart or be used for Spanish artillery and a couple of oxen for some more carts.
The carts will at least count towards Dave Stones summer of scenery.
Next up AARs or maybe some Napoleonics? Im getting a bit closer on my Ravenna war carts too!
All the best
Iain
Nice work on the carts and livestock. I have some primed for the Celts in 15mm. I went down a rabbit hole trying to work out what colour the cattle would be! Black and red brown mostly....
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to see how you tackle the Ravenna warwagons.
Neil
Thanks Neil, yes, I remember reading that post and thinking thats something Id probably do! I had an enjoyable chunk of time looking into medieval pigs,red brown and black seemed to be the answer there too!
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Yes, nice work! Always useful to have some livestock and carts for a variety of scenarios or backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteYou’re going to need a larger farm!
ReplyDeleteA whole army of pigs! The only thing missing is the command pig bases😁😁😁 Great miniatures, they will certainly decorate the gaming table!
ReplyDeleteExcellent cattle and carts Iain, they add a lot of atmosphere and character driven stories to your games.
ReplyDeleteLovely additions ...... your bits and bobs box would fascinate me :-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice modelling on the carts and a load of animal goodies too, lovely work on the livestock and plenty of them too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Ian. Very versatile vignettes. Has the potential to be the most utilised figures in your collection.
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