Going Medieval

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I’ve worked on a few medieval sites over the last couple of years, including digging up part of the old medieval part of Ayr’s town centre and putting trenches through the early 13th century motte site called the Mote of Troqueer, which was in the middle of a housing estate in Dumfries. Because of this, and also I stupidly bought a truckload of Barons War miniatures from Footsore and Wargames Atlantic (and also Robin of Sherwood miniatures from Crooked Dice), I’ve decided to paint up an army or two and try to build a small village for them to fight it out in. I’ve probably left this way too late to finish by the end of the Spring Clean Challenge, but it would make me sad to at least not give it a go, as I’ve really enjoyed having a go on previous challenges.

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Bunch of Outlaws

Jun 7 2026

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The first miniatures that sent me down the medieval rabbit hole were getting the ‘not’ Robin of Sherwood miniatures from Crooked Dice. I was obsessed with that show when I was a kid, and definitely wanted to create a Robin Hood Outlaw army. I filled in his ranks with the metal Footsore Outlaw miniatures and set about painting them. I think I had to repaint these a few times as I didn’t just want them to be ‘green’ but lots of earthy tans, browns and greens, to give a more mottled and diverse look to them. Not sure I pulled it off, but I had to make myself stop painting them so I could move on to another army. I still might try to pick up the Sheriff of Nottingham miniature from Crooked Dice, but I did manage to paint a few of the baddies from the show, who I’ll hopefully be able to attach to some knights and foot sergeants for the baddie force.