Tuesday 13 October 2020

Border Reivers "Bastle Burners"

 

These are the four “Bastle Burner” figures from Col Bills Border Reivers range.

The first figure has made a previous appearance in a size comparison with the Hoka Hey miniatures, but as he is part of the pack of four figures, I thought it would be rude to leave him out of the team photo!

There is one image of each of the four figures, then a group shot of them engaged in their nefarious employment. I am sure they will add a certain something to any future Border Reivers games in which they are involved.

 



  


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17 comments:

  1. Delta Coy13 October 2020 at 22:17

    Talk about arson about! Cheers greg

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  2. Aly Morrison13 October 2020 at 23:39

    Looking good Keith...

    Not the kind of rowdies you would want crashing your barbie...😁

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 06:36

      Thanks Aly...they might be useful if you had run out of matches..?

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  3. Jonathan Freitag14 October 2020 at 00:17

    Today, these fellows would be labeled, “peaceful protesters.”

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 06:37

      I guess you could say they were pioneers of social activism Jonathan!

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  4. Steve J.14 October 2020 at 02:45

    Those are great additions Keith and you've done another fine job on them.

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 06:39

      Thanks Steve, once again, very nice figures to paint

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  5. Dmitry Svidlo14 October 2020 at 04:15

    Very nice work, Keith. Such a kind people :)

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 06:40

      Thank you Dmitry...not a lot of love lost between Scotland and England!

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  6. caveadsum147114 October 2020 at 10:43

    Great looking bunch of borderers! Be quite useful at an auto de fe too!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 18:50

      Thanks Iain - lacking your classical education, I had to Google that phrase! Yes I think these figures could be useful in all sorts of renaissance settings, including ECW sieges etc….

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  7. Lawrence H14 October 2020 at 12:20

    Nice work Keith and I like the way you have depicted the fire on the torches. I have recently tried the same with some Roman incendiary pigs, but it ended up looking like a bit like the German flag.

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    1. rross14 October 2020 at 18:52

      Thanks Lawrence - one worked better than the other I felt - so I redid the second one before I took the pics! A kind of manual photo shopping....

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    2. Jonathan Freitag15 October 2020 at 11:44

      Lawrence, very good I didn't have a mouthful of drink when reading your comment. The contents would have spewed all over my keyboard from laughter. Nice one!

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  8. Stuart S15 October 2020 at 08:28

    Those are lovely Keith perfect for those "burn them out" scenarios...
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. rross15 October 2020 at 20:14

      Thanks Stu - definitely - and as Iain pointed out, they could also do double duty as Witch Burners....or Catholic/Protestant heretic burners.... depending on which monarch was on the throne at the time - Henry, Mary, Elizabeth or James!

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