I have quite a few things almost finished, and as I'm on holiday next week, I have high hopes of actually completing a lot of the stuff. Until then, however, it's more Dwarfs from ye olden days.
As mentioned on more than one occasion, I have no gunpowder in my army, and the army is composed of single figures (with a few exceptions). This may cause a few problems ranking them up, but does give, in my opinion, a much more interesting visual spectacle.
Memory is a funny thing. If you had asked me how many Dwarf shortbows I had in the army, I would have said about fifteen. However, on searching through the drawer for them, it turns out I have eight. I suppose with a musician and standard bearer (and possibly a separate commander), it takes the unit size up to ten or eleven, but still fewer than I thought.
Anyway, the archers below are from Citadel and Grenadier, circa 1980s, possibly 1990s.
Some members of the unit
Some more members
In the final group shot, one of the dwarfs appears to be armed with a spear rather than a bow. The picture below shows be does, infact, have both
I'm not sure where and when I got the Robin Hood figure below. According to stunties.com, it was a promotional figure from the Nottingham store opening. I have never been to the Nottingham store, certainly not back however many years it was, so I don't know what route he took to my army.
Finally, the group shot.
Hello. I just discovered your blog and I am loving it! Your dwarves are a treat! Especially nice to see Dwarven Archers! And I really like how you mix and match dwarves from different manufacturers together. Is there a whole army group shot out there? Thanks for your site!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the comment. The one army shot in existence was taken several years ago with a very old camera and is extremely blurry.
ReplyDeleteIt hadn't actually occurred to me to do a new army picture, so I'll try and get all the figures together sometime this year - thanks for the suggestion.