Antediluvian’s War Of The Bruce’s Spearmen Hold The Line
December 11, 2019 by brennon
Antediluvian Miniatures has added another set of Spearmen into the mix for their War Of The Bruce's collection. This set gives you another band of grizzled folk from the North with spears at the ready to stop a charge by the enemy in its tracks.
These models are great for those that want to get stuck into the Medieval period and fight out the clashes between the Scottish and the English. This is the period that I like the most in terms of aesthetics where everything is a bit heavier, grimier and dirty. All of the soldiers and even their leaders feel a bit more brutal and dangerous and it was a fascinating time of backstabbing, betrayal and people valiantly fighting to carve out just a little bit of freedom.
These models join a growing range of figures, all of which have been sculpted very well indeed. There's so much animation and dynamism in the sculpts and they have been designed to look like they are in the midst of a battle rather than idly waiting or watching from the sidelines.
I think it would be great to see some big games played out using these models on the tabletop. Fluttering banners, mud and snow on the battlefield and plenty of blood for extra measure. Anything that allows you to let the Dürer Galloglass off the chain is good in my book!
It is well worth going to explore more of the Antediluvian range to see what else they have for you to check out. It will most likely do what it has done to me and make me consider delving in and playing out something Medieval on the tabletop.
What do you make of the models and this time period?
"Fluttering banners, mud and snow on the battlefield and plenty of blood for extra measure..."
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Lovely figures. Wonder how Durer would feel that his drawing has been transformed into 4 tiny fighty men? (Yes, still dead is the obvious answer).
The gallowglass is why I picked them up in the first place. Down the line I may go for a 3 kingdoms war force down the line. Not sure for what system mind you
Nice soldiers for william Wallace to command/kill.
Why do I get the feeling I’m slowly and quietly being drawn towards another hobby project?… Those are some amazing sculpts and are spectacularly well painted too.
beautiful miniatures i bought some of their bowmen and the galloglass, the one thing i would gripe about is the galloglass were slightly less chunky than the other miniatures which is a shame, they looked a bit ‘thin’ compared to some others i got from the same range
However that being said I will be using them… I guess just not together…
The two i bought were galloglass and the pict bowmen, the bowmen were much chunkier.