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More Strelets 1/72 Anglo Saxons painted

So I have progressed my Saxons which will make two elements using my 80mm x 60mm IMPETUS style bases. I had used a colour theme from an article about the battle of Vlaardingen in Medieval Warfare (vol 8 issue 3). I then decided to add to the red/green/yellow mix by using a few shield transfers.

the red/white and green/white shields in the centre are two examples of the shield transfers.

I used “Little Big Man Transfers” and followed the instructions about fitting to shields with large bosses. Because I am working in 1/72 or 20/25mm I had to choose to cut down 28mm transfers or use some 15mm ones. I think I got lucky because there are some small shield 28mm saxon transfers in the range that just about matched what I needed.

A mixture of transfers on the round shields and straight painted on the kite shields

In the event some transfers were a great fit like the figure with axe and shield raised. Others like the soldier with the whirly black and white design at bottom left (above photo) needed the transfer extending as there was too much unused shield at the rim.

The grounded shield was a handpaint while the black and red whirl shield to the right was a little big man transfer

For some of the designs I ended up overcoating with the nearest colour I could match. Yes I lost some of the dirt and sword cut markings but compromise was required.

Overall I am pleased with the result.

These guys are mainly well armed and protected so represent the sort of troops a signficant leader would be able to arm and mobilise

I just need to add some vegetation and then its on with another batch of these saxons.