Sunday, December 05, 2021

Excalibur 28mm - Songs of Arthur and Merlin.

Now for something completely different.

Back in February I was tempted to put together a bunch of knights to play out John Boorman's Excalibur an 80's classic. The package arrived and there they sat in the draw whilst other projects came along, while having almost finished the Pony Wars projects thought I would revisit these.

I wanted a shiny vs dark feel, with plenty of plate and some great big swords. 


Forlorn Hope do some lovely castings which are perfect for what I had in mind.
First up the good guys.....



Several layers of silver gave me that glistening feel that I was after. With Royal Blue and White to give them a righteous feel.




I am not sure I will go as far as naming the knights of the Round Table, but some most definitely have a Lancelot and Gawain feel to them....
Not sure which one should be King Arthur.
 

I thought I would give Songs of Blades - Songs of Arthur and Merlin a run out, very low level with around 10 figures a side, this version has some nice touches including a nice mechanism for chivalry, penalising knights if they gang up on opponents or use missile weapons.  


What legend of Arthur could be complete without Merlin, I picked up this fine fellow from Studio Miniatures.



After months of 6mm these guys were a pleasure to paint and were so BIG.... so easy to put paint to metal.

Next up the bad guys.
Anyone know where I can get a Modred in 28mm?

16 comments:

  1. I have just about assembled the figures for Songs of Arthur and Merlin but based on the Dark Age mythic version. I expect to be playing it early 2022

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    1. Great shout David, looking forward to pulling the sword from the stone :-)

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  2. Splendid...really captures the look of the film.

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    1. Thanks Jim, really pleased with how they turned out.

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  3. There was a Salute Miniature a few years ago of Mordred, sculpted by Copplestone. http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Image:SLW2006.jpg

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    1. Thanks TWD had a look a little to Roman for my project but a lovely cast.

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  4. Looks like another cool little project there Stu. If you have no luck finding a genuine Mordred, take a look at Reaper Miniature, they are bound to have a figure you can use!

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    1. Thanks Keith... the wargames community has come up trumps :-)

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  5. Good to see your latest Project Stuart. I've a rather large pewter statue of King Arthur - which I bought at Glastonberry way back in 2015 when we visited the UK- a delightful figure...always liked the legend of King Arthur. Cheers. KEV.

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  6. Gripping Beast used to do a Roman cavalryman in a ceremonial helmet very close to that

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    1. Thanks Scarlet, tracked one down. Stay tuned :-)

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  7. http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/images/catalogue/RSF%20161.jpg Mordred on foot

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    1. Thanks Carl duly ordered and a good match to the figures above.

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  8. I love that movie since I first saw it back in the early 80s. Along with Krull, Dragonslayer, and Beastmaster, it's my favorite from that era. Happy new year to you!

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    1. And you Bryon - Good news I should have the characters finished this weekend :-)

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