Pulp Figures Anglo-Saxons

Last year, Bob Murch of Pulp Figures posted on Facebook an Anglo-Saxon spearman he had sculpted. It wasn't intended that it join his range, but he said he would send a pack of fourteen casts with variant heads to anyone who PayPalled him the required funds.

Monopose, but with 14 head variants. Very crisp castings.

They've been sitting around since last summer and I thought it was about time they got some paint. I also want to add cloaks to some of them, as I have in my mind the idea of a unit of grizzled veteran spearmen, and I think giving them bear and wolfskin cloaks would make them stand out a bit on the battlefield. Most of the helmets on these figures are a little earlier in style than C11th English would probably have worn, so although strictly speaking anachronistic it fits with the idea of older, more experienced warriors.

The only downside to the figures is the very thick shields they'e supplied with. Almost as unwieldy as the ones Foundry supply, but fortunately I have a pack of Crusader Miniatures spare shields to use.

The first cloaks go on. It's not that hard to do - I just rolled out some greenstuff to something approximating scale thickness and cut a cloak shape out of it. The animal skin texture is teased out with a toothpick. After doing the first two I realised it would be more sensible to add the animal fur section first. Adding it on top of an existing cloak will make the shoulder area absurdly thick. The other two might have to live with mere woolen cloaks. I'll accentuate the folds with more greenstuff once the first layer cures.