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Re: The Babylonian & Colin T. are both correct.

TheBabylonian109
My ideal 1066 set would be something like 3 sprues from STRM003 with one third of a sprue consisting only of the standard bearer, main commander, and hornblower poses from STRM141. This holds true for cavalry as well, which seems to be where the biggest problem with pre-1789 command figures is.



As I think you'll agree, Ancient & Medieval sets generally have too many figures wearing armour & not enough carrying spears.

I will have to confess to Minuteman, though, that I dearly love a standard, banner and flag & probably have too many, too big in all my armies, shy of the C20th.

donald

Re: The Babylonian & Colin T. are both correct.

Yes, indeed. For 1066 it is technically possible (although not ideal) to get away with this because so many of the characters involved were high ranking elites that did have quite large armoured retinues, but for virtually every other realism based scenario it problematic. A set of unarmoured Vikings (no helmets even!) and/or civilians in the future would be most welcome to balance things out a little, but for now I am making do with the Eagles Games Norse villagers and dwarves.