The Tin Soldiers Show Of Queen Maud For Crisis 2016
September 14, 2016 by brennon
The Tin Soldiers of Antwerp have shown off their Queen Maud model which will be available to the first 1500 paying attendees at Crisis 2016 on November 5th.
Queen Maud used to be called Matilde of Flanders and was married to a certain William The Bastard. However after his conquest of England during 1066 she joined him to rule over the country as his Queen.
While she might not really fit into the kind of Dark Age narratives you have in mind for the battlefield I think she'd be a great miniature to paint up as you work on her dress and all the shading that's involved in making sure it doesn't look flat!
Maybe you could even work up an interesting diorama with her and William in England shortly after the invasion? Either way its a neat miniature you're never going to find anywhere else other than Crisis in Antwerp.
Will you be going to the event?
"I think she'd be a great miniature to paint up as you work on her dress and all the shading that's involved in making sure it doesn't look flat!"
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She could do with handmaidens/servants so that you could do an ambush of her on her way to meet William. Also, not to nitpick, but shouldn’t the headline be “…tin soldiers show *off* Queen Maud…” or do they have an entire show dedicated to her? 😉 My history of early Medieval English rulers isn’t very good, but iirc episodes of Cadfael correctly, wasn’t there another Queen Matilda a century or two later? If so you could possibly get away with using this for her too. (Although to be fair, it’s suitable for any early medieval European queen really or even… Read more »
Paul Hick’s handy work I presume. Lovely mini, shame I won’t be able to get one 🙁
Last year was my first Crisis. Was a very nice show/day. I probably go again this year.
I still have a lingering desire to paint a chess set of war game minis.