...is this thing on?

It has been a full summer so far.  Between Annual Training, two family trips and a 204 mile bike ride, painting has fallen off.  (Except the 185mm House Project I have been painting.  That is taking longer than anticipated...)

To push my Impetus Norman and ersatz Spanish project forward, I went ahead and ordered a box each of Norman Knights and Foot Soldiers produces by Conquest Games.  This is my first foray into the new generation of hard plastics, and I find the experience overall favorable.  Assembly time is greater, and there is a lot of flash to clean, but they did turn out well.  The Norman knights box allowed me to produce two stand for Impetus.

I tried to maintain a color palette to make the units easier to identify.

The foot soldiers are nice as well, but there is a distinct lack of Missile troops, which to me is the first thing I would like in plastic.

I did several miniatures up as ax men to go along with some of my ax armed Black Tree Design figs.  The bases are 120mm x 60mm cut from scrap 1/4" plywood I had in the shop.  I normally use Litko bases, but in this case, the added thickness isn't as drastic looking for 28mm figs.

I rebased my Crossbowmen as well just to check the fit;

I am trying to create a simple basing style here, something that will work for Spain, Sardinia and the Holy Land.

I have enough figs now to complete another four infantry stands, and am planning to convert at least one set of plastics to Norman archers.  More to follow...