Haggis Rampant Men at Arms on Foot (Taken from La Journee Blog)

I think that the converted straps for the shields have come out rather well overall which is very pleasing. I did want to sculpt straps to the models holding their shields and bucklers in their hands (Fierce Foot) but time constraints put the kibosh on that idea.

I've got another couple of units painted that just need the basing to be painted and some grass tufts applying. With all of the retinue I've got for a bit of heather on the bases as all the fighting will be taking place on the border region of England and Scotland (in the event that the title of the post hasn't given this away!). I do often wonder if there was any, wargaming miniature appearances aside, real difference in appearance between that of the the Scottish soldiers of the borders and English? The answer I suspect is very little if anything at all. There may well have been an appreciable difference in the quality and quantity of a soldier serving in the retinue of a Captain/Lord than that of a general levy but as a series of articles in Hobilar 103 and 104 have pointed out, this was often much more nuanced than we might imagine. For those not familiar with Hobilar journal, it is the journal run by the Lance and Longbow Society. you get six journals per annum and at £22 a year it is money well spent if you have more than a passing interest in Medieval Warfare.

And lastly a a group pic: