In today's post, I am 'show & telling', I am posting about a batch of Wargames Atlantic, plastic 28mm Irish Kerns. The set is marketed as Dark Ages / Medieval period figures but these generic fighting times remained largely unchanged in Ireland for centuries - thus I am calling them out as Elizabethans.
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| The completed batch |
These figures are simple to build, coming as a frames of six figures which typically ae full torsos plus an arm. Thus when building these you just need to add a weapon arm, a head and a shield.
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| Another view |
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| And another... |
There are many other detailed parts to opt (or not) to apply to the figures, including cloaks, knives, swords etc. Once built I glued them to 20mm round bases and undercoated in white.
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| A close up of five of the little guys. |
Overall a quick way to bulk out any Irish Army at a reasonable cost.
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| Five more |
I used an old pot of Citadel Bubonic Brown for the distinctive ochre coloured dress that these guys wore and then added a random number of coloured jackets. Flash was then added and then spear-staff and Shields were coloured in.
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| Five more, the guy in the red jacket would likely be a higher status individual |
When painting completed and mistakes rectified, I gave the skin areas a watered down Army Painter Flesh wash and then the rest of the figure a watered down Strong Tone wash.
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| Final close-up batch, seven figures with the leader in a cloak out front. |
Figures were completed with a Matt varnish and the bases were covered with fine sand and electro-static grass.
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| How they started, I nearly forgot to take a photo - so here undercoated and a couple with initial paint applied |
