Continuing on from my first set of 28mm Robin Hood miniatures from Conquest Games - the Ye Band of Merrie Men I pack - here's the next lot of figures to round out the Wolfsheads of Sherwood Forest.
The Ye Band of Merrie Men II pack includes excellent white metal renditions of four more characters, clearly based on their portrayals in the fantastic 1980s TV show Robin of Sherwood. The first of these is Robin's true love and fierce companion Marion, formerly the Lady Marion of Leaford and ward of the corrupt Abbot Hugo de Rainault, brother to the Sheriff of Nottingham. She is knocking an arrow to her bow and is clad in a forest green dress and a leather jerkin.
Next up is Robin's naïve young adoptive brother Much, the miller's son. He sports a thick sheeps-wool cloak and is preparing to hurl a rock from his sling. The posing here gives a great sense of movement, although it does leave the miniature a little unbalanced when gluing the tab into the slotta base. I had to prop it up with a paint pot to get it to set, but that's not really a problem.
Moving on, there is Nasir the tight-lipped but deadly Saracen assassin (and fomer bodyguard of Robin's first enemy, the sorcerer Simon de Bellême). He comes clad in a dark leather jerkin, brandishing twin scimitars and equipped with throwing daggers. RoS was the first adaptation of the Robin Hood legends to introduce a Saracen into the mix of Robin's group, and a character called Azeem featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves due to the writers assuming a Saracen had always been a part of the stories!
The final miniature is of the mystical forest shaman and/or pagan god Herne the Hunter. He is depicted here wearing long flowing robes of deerskin, crowned with the antlered head of the animal. The sculpting here is excellent, and the figure's pose is really evocative of the show's themes of ancient woodland powers at work.
Now for some pictures...
Marion of Leaford (modelled on Judi Trott)
Much the Miller's Son (modelled on Peter Llewellyn Williams)
Nasir the Saracen (modelled on Mark Ryan)
I hope you've enjoyed this post. Still to come are two sets of the Sheriff's men-at-arms, and his henchman, Sir Guy of Gisburne. Thanks for looking!
- The Kenilworth Knight.
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