A Robin Hood game needs Norman oppressors. Or the defenders of law & order if you side with the Sheriff of Nottingham. Either way, Normans are an essential part of a Robin Hood game. I chose to use the Wargames Atlantic plastic sets Foot Serjeants & Foot Knights from their Barons' War range. Each box has 24 miniatures and plenty of variety. The legs and torsos come separate but were easy to assemble and the parts are interchangeable between sets.
I painted all of the serjeants first. I used a variety of colors but no green as I wanted to reserve it for Robin Hood's troops. I waited to paint the shields while I debated how to organize them for the 7TV rules I am using for this project. Eventually I split them into 6 groups of 3 or 4 serjeants each. I added a knight to each group and gave the groups identical shields so I had the option of using them in small units. It would also make it easier for players to differentiate their models. I used the excellent decals made by DestroyCarthage. I went with an animal theme, selecting designs with animals such as fox, ram, lion, deer, & boar.
After using 6 knights in the units, and 3 as characters (to been seen in a future post), I had 15 of the box of 24 left. So of course I painted them too. I am not sure what I will do with all of them. I could use them as elite foot in a Dragon Rampant army, or I might sell some of them at the upcoming Historicon flea market.
I already had 8 Crossbowmen that I painted in early 2025. I wanted 8 more, so made 3 from the WA serjeants and added 5 metal Footsore crossbowmen from my lead pile.
These are plastic WA crossbowmen, except for the one loading in the rear right, which is from Footsore.
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