The French Infantry Sprues Come Together From Perry Miniatures
August 17, 2015 by brennon
Perry Miniatures have shown off the 3-Ups for the new plastic sprues that make up the Agincourt French troops. The models cover soldiers from 1380-1430 and while they might not be out this year that's quite a nice surprise for 2016 and folks wanting to fight out this monumental battle...
The first set of models we're seeing include the likes of Crossbowmen and more regular Men-At-Arms types alongside those wielding deadly axes for reaching up at those knights charging towards them in an effort to cut them down.
As well as these neat looking foot troops with a range of different weapons there is still access to the good old fashioned spear for your troops.
I do love the look of a ranked up unit with spears all bristling before them. It makes for some epic moments on the tabletop when you have soldiers trying to fight their way through the spikes or cavalry getting impaled upon them.
What do you think?
"As well as these neat looking foot troops with a range of different weapons there is still access to the good old fashioned spear for your troops..."
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They seem to be missing one thing …. a great number of arrows in them 🙂
Looking great as always with those two gents
I can’t remember the last time the Perry’s made something I didn’t need five of. Good grief.
@rasmus Also missing the hoof marks on their backs of their own knights riding over them 🙂 … or was that Crecy? Or both? Only @huscarle can save me now lol.
Five boxes of Arrow fodder please
Crecy was where the French rode down the retreating Genoese crossbowmen. It had been raining heavily earlier in the day. the English Longbow men were able to take the strings off their bows to keep them dry, not something you could do with a crossbow. The strings stretched which decreased their range. So when they were then sent forward without cover from their pavises to soften up the English line they didn’t stand much of a chance against Longbows greater range and the shear amount of arrows they could loose. Incidentally at Agincourt most of the French attacks were made… Read more »
This is and instant 3 boxes buy!
So useful for multiple projects 🙂
Looks like they’ll have weapons attached to their hands. So happy to see the Perry brothers moving away from the crappy “industry standard” of “open hands”.