The "Hot Trod"

Noun​    Hot Trod (plural hot trods)

1.(obsolete) The legal pursuit of Border Reivers across the English-Scottish border, in order to recover stolen goods.

These two mounted figures come in a pack with a couple of “sleuth – hounds” (Noun - sleuthhound (plural sleuthhounds) A bloodhound similar hound formerly used in Scotland) from Col Bills Reiver Range. The hounds are yet to be painted and shall join their human colleagues at a later point.

 

 

 

Again, you will notice the slightly unconvincing sculpting of the two horse, although the trumpet players is not too bad. That figure does have rather indistinct sculpting around the face where the trumpet connects to the “mouth” but overall, I am happy with the two figures. In case you have not researched the arcane details of the Borderers and their particular local judicial customs, a legal pursuit across the border in either direction had to be announced as such – two of the prescribed methods being to sound a horn and to carry a smouldering piece of peat on a lance tip….

 

 

Also completed are six foot figures by Col Bill – however, I have run out of old 10c coins to base them on, so these will have to wait until I obtain a resupply of this crucial element of my basing technique!