New commissioned miniatures

As mentioned in the last post, I commissioned another set of infantry figures from Yannis of Talos Miniatures. This time it was a collaboration with another hobbyist with similar interests - Nelson of the Fantastic Legions blog, who is working on a 15th century French and Breton project. Like me he is keen to see more figures sculpted for this period to incorporate into his Perry Miniatures collection.

We had six infantry figures made, and split the cost evenly between us. So three of these are my designs, and three are Nelson's. They have all been cast in very high quality resin.

We also treated ourselves to a couple of new heads, which both came out beautifully. Yannis' sculpting is so clean, and the details on the faces are closer to those on Perry plastics rather than their metals - if you don't know, the plastics are actually first sculpted in a much larger scale and the moulds are then made at the correct size as part of the mysterious process of producing plastic miniatures. So the fact that Yannis' sculpts compare favourably when actually sculpted in 'true' 28mm scale is very impressive.

Here's a look at all six of them. As before, they came without heads or weapons, intended to combine with plastic Perry parts, or any other spare heads and weapons that are compatible. All the dark grey parts you can see in these pictures are from the Perry Miniatures late medieval plastic sets.

First up are two soldiers in livery jackets, suitable for both French or Burgundians. One has tall riding boots, so could represent a dismounted archer or coutillier. They have both been given the resin glaives I had made as part of the first commission. The metal head is from Steel Fist Miniatures, and was actually also sculpted by Yannis!

Next up are two men without livery jackets, which could be used for all sorts of things, and I'm thinking will make good Swiss or Germans. The spears are cut down from the pike arms in the Perry 'mercenaries' plastic set. The metal sword is from Steel Fist.

The last two are more heavily armoured. The left-hand man-at-arms wears a sleeveless livery jacket and will be used on both the French and Burgundian sides. The right-hand one could really be used for anything - a well-equipped infantrymen, a man-at-arms in half-armour, or a heavily armoured Swiss pikeman. The metal parts are again from Steel Fist, the head being another of Yannis' sculpts.

And here's some alternative builds of the same two figures, one featuring one of the two heads which were part of this set. The heavy poleaxe is from Front Rank (or Gripping Beast who now sells the Front Rank ranges).

I can't wait to get some paint of these guys, and they will all be turning up in various infantry units going forward!