"...We are fortunate that our lord and thegn, Eadric, is a man of uncommon vigor in our defence, and demands service in the shieldwall from all who are able. Look you, here, and you will see some stout fellows recently arrived and willing to give battle to our enemies. Let us refresh these fine exemplars of English valour with ale for their troubles on our behalf...but what's this? One impudent wretch has relieved his bowels beside the sacristy! And he laughs! Apostate! Loathsome abomination! I'll take this shaft of ash to your hide...aye..run, so you should, another dozen strokes await you...dare attend mass here at your immortal peril!"
I ordered a single sprue of the recently released Victrix plastic 28mm Anglo-Saxons to see what they were like. I'm not really keen on plastic figures; I find building them a hassle as is cleaning off the mouldlines. The much vaunted "advantage" of wide-ranging poseability is rubbish as usually only one or two combinations of torsos and limbs will look natural, and most poses will look like clothing mannequins with arms and legs splayed all over the place.
The detail looks very good. I notice that two of the torsos have their legs positioned too widely to fit on the 20mm bases I use. They may squeeze onto a larger command base, but with 25% of the figures not really useable getting a whole box is looking less likely.
Spearheads are nicely done but the shafts are very thin and likely to snap. I'll probably cut them off, drill out the hands and replace them with my usual wire spears.
I stuck one together; fiddly, but they're certainly much more refined than the Gripping Beast plastic Saxons. I'll bump these to the top of the painting queue to see how they fair once they're baptised with paint.
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