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Friday, February 21, 2025

Wargames Atlantic Serjeants 1150-1320 A review

 

Those busy folk at Wargames Atlantic not content with giving us Foot Knights and Peasant Levy have recruited Foot Serjeants to the cause and the loveliness continues with this equally versatile set of figures.


There are five frames in the box, four Serjeant frames and one “Long Weapons” sprue which is identical to the one in the Levy box- see previous post on Peasant Levy





The main frame is packed with goodies. There are 27 heads with various head coverings from acorn style helmets with short nasal bars to kettle helms with a few bare heads and some soft hats, and arming coifs.

There are three crossbows. There are a variety of arm positions with hands clutching falchions or short swords, one has a small horn another holds a standard pole and one has the very lovely pointing hand.

There are six sets of legs and eight torsos, four of which are designed to take a shield

There are six shields of the heater variety three of them are slightly longer



Lots of loveliness here! I particularly like the arm holding the kettle helm, destined for a Sergent of serjeants for sure

There are six scabbarded Falchions in total one for each completed figure


I do like a good kettle helm! And here there are ten! 


I like the shield strap. All three kits share the same body poses which makes kit bashing between the kits a breeze…


The rear view of the main frame 













There are 28 long weapons with a variety of arms of smooth linen, jacks and mail. There are 6 pole arms which I shall decline to define, after all,one man’s Volgue is another man’s Glaive, and the rest are spears, which seems appropriate.



What I did with them



first up, the Sergent of Serjeants! This set has come along with perfect timing for me to create the Sheriff of Nottingham’s Retinue for Ruckus. My aim is to present the final scenes of the 1938 film the Adventures of Robin Hood at Partizan in May and so I am tied to this livery…



rear view showing the heraldry that the soldiers in the film wear on their tunics









The clearest image I could get of the device













The more typical garb of the soldiers. Each tunic bears the heraldic device on its chest 







Baddies always use crossbows!










It was much easier to paint his shield on his back! 







The classic! You could make all 24 figures to look like this chap. If I was clever, I would have painted his torso before adding the arms, it would make painting the dragon much easier!






I imagine the bulk of medieval armies would look like this








A Bill or a Glaive or something…











“Who goes…?”








The Tunic is Citadel Steel Legion Drab highlighted with Tallarn Sand and Karak Stone.

  The sleeves are Citadel Skavenblight Dinge highlighted with Stormvermin Fur washed and glazed with Nuln Oil






A change of pace and over to the Crusades…

  This set is perfect for Crusaders



The rear view…










The tunic is done with Citadel Khemri Dust, Ushbati Bone and Screaming Skull. Washed and glazed with Seraphim Sepia






The metal is Army Colours Gunmetal washed with a mix of Agrax and Nuln Oil

  The cross is Citadel again, Mephiston Red highlighted with Evil Suns Scarlet and Wild Rider Red, washed and glazed with Berserker Bloodshade 




I hope he’s not thinking of loading his sword on that thing…

  Excuse the hair, you only see these things after the pic is taken!







The tunic is the Foundry Terracotta triad washed with Citadel Flesh Ink. The Jack is Citadel too, the Balor Brown group






That shield has a few tales to tell

  The scars are Khemri Dust and Karak Stone with a slash of thinly mixed black /brown paint





The blue is the Citadel Fang Triad washed and glazed with Tyran blue

 The red hose is done with the Foundry Terracotta triad washed and glazed with Citadel’s Berserker Bloodshade 




Rear view









I really like the pose of this one...en Guarde!








“Have at you…”








The old notched shield…








This chap has the upper body and helm of a Foot Knight and the lower half of a Serjeant. He may be a Squire in the SoN Retinue or possibly a Man at Arms







A menacing looking figure 








Sir Guy of Gisbourne 









I really like this …er… guy...ahem...I will get my coat...


The pointing finger…well…you have to have standards










The box art demonstrates quite nicely some of the many possibilities of this versatile and adaptable set. 

This is a golden age for our hobby and Wargames Atlantic are part of the reason with their ever-growing range of excellent affordable and adaptable plastics