Robin Hood Project: The Hooded Man

The final installment of my Robin Hood project features the man himself! I began this project in fall 2025 spurred by the release of a Robin Hood guide by Crooked Dice for their 7TV rules.  While waiting for my copy, I read Pyle's "Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, watched various movies and tv series, and thought about what I could do with the setting.

As I mentioned in the Norman leaders post, I wanted to be able to run multiple scenarios simultaneously so would need plenty of rank-and-file as well as multiples of many of the characters. I started with a set of the characters from Crooked Dice that I bought at the same time as the guide. Then I looked around at other options. Footsore and Conquest both have suitable ranges.  The downside was that Badger Games was out of stock of most of the miniatures I wanted, and ordering direct from both companies to the US has gotten very expensive.  I put off making a decision as long as possible, then by chance Wargames Atlantic released a digital set of Outlaws in early April. I had several sets 3D printed byJohn Leahy at Wargamer Printing, who is great to deal with.

Robin of Locksley, Robert of Huntingdon, the Hooded Man, Robin Hood.  By whatever name you choose, he is the main character.  I ended up painting 5 versions just because I could. These 3 are all from the Wargames Atlantic digital set, which has a lot of arm and head options.

Two more Robins. The one on the left is from Crooked Dice. The one on the right is from WA Digital and based on the classic Errol Flynn version of Robin.

Maid Marian presented a problem. I had one from Crooked Dice and made another from the Wargames Atlantic Fantasy Villagers set, using WA Peasant Levy arms. I wanted to make a third but unfortunately I found the WA digital print very underwhelming once printed. The head in particular is terrible and I didn't have any other female heads to substitute so I gave up on them.

Three versions of Little John with the required staff. The one on the left is from Crooked Dice, the other two from the Wargames Atlantic digital set. I used the same set of colors on all of them just changing which piece of clothing was which color.  They are sufficiently taller than the other miniatures.

Three versions of Friar Tuck. The one on the left is from Crooked Dice, the other two from Wargames Atlantic.

Two versions of Will Scarlet. The one on the left is from Crooked Dice; the one on the right was made from the Wargames Atlantic 3D prints.

Alan-a-Dale, who first appears as a wandering minstel in the tales and later joins the Merry Men. Three versions using the Wargames Atlantic digital set.  I wasn't planning on making him, but once I saw the arms holding a lyre I couldn't resist.

Much the Miller's Son and the Moor, both from Crooked Dice and resembling the Robin of Sherwood characters.  Much appears in the tales, while apparently RoS is the origin of the Moorish characters who have appeared in several subsequent versions since the 1980s.

Bonus content, 2 boar from Company D that may appear in one of my games.

The outlaws assembled. Nobles & bishops guard your purses! I still have some extra parts left from the WA 3D prints, so may go back and add a few more in the future.