Monday, 30 November 2020

All The Queens Horses and All the Queens Men.....

Tonight's presentation is the first three of my recently arrived TAG (The Assault Group) 28mm Renaissance Miniatures - Queen Elizabeth the First, a noble advisor and a standard bearer. I have sourced a few potential coats of arms for 1580's Scotland via Google for the latter and have them printed off in colour but forgot to bring them home from work with me.

I think the TAG figures have come out well and I have already started on the next three, the Border Reiver/Militia mounted command. A bonus was when I went on line yesterday to check something on their website and found they had a SALE on - four foot for £5.65 rather than the usual £7 - plus free postage over £57 - so I have "invested" in one pack each of Reivers on foot plus a unit builder pack of 20 Calivermen and two packs of Calivermen firing - this will make up a nice substantial force of around thirty "government" troops to pursue the skallywag Reivers!

These are the three figures that come together in the "Faerie Queene" pack
The titular lady herself
The royal standard bearer
A senior advisor to the Queen

Very nice crisp sculpts which were easy to paint and I particularly like the style of the horses in this range - looking forward to getting some more of these done over the next few days!
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22 comments:

  1. Steve J.1 December 2020 at 01:09

    Very nice work Keith and the Good Queen Bess(?) figures looks really good with the splash of bright colour.

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 05:37

      Thanks Steve, she probably won't be playing her intended role but she has turned out well

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  2. DeanM1 December 2020 at 03:33

    Lovely brushwork on these nice sculpts, Keith. TAG really has some interesting ranges.

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 05:39

      Thanks Dean, yes, TAG seem to have concentrated a lot of effort on a couple of niche era's, but the quality of the figures is very high

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  3. Jonathan Freitag1 December 2020 at 04:16

    Very good work! Thanks for the tip on TAG sale.

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 05:42

      Thanks Jonathan and re the tip off, you are most welcome... I hope you got enough to qualify for the free postage!

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    2. Jonathan Freitag1 December 2020 at 10:30

      But of course!

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  4. Norm1 December 2020 at 05:47

    Nicely done, the senior advisor is a nice figure for bring out his finery.

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 15:57

      Thanks Norm, yes I agree, that is a a very nice figure

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  5. Aly Morrison1 December 2020 at 12:28

    They’ve turned out well Keith...
    There is indeed lots of lovely toys in the Assault ranges...
    I’ve found myself looking at the Thirty Years War stuff recently...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 15:59

      Cheers Aly, the TAG stuff has always impressed me but its quite pricey in comparison to other ranges and until the Reivers project came along, a bit outside my range of interests..

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  6. Lawrence H1 December 2020 at 14:17

    Very nice Keith, they have come up beautifully. Thanks from me also for the tip on the sale. It's the first time I have seen Peter do this.

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    1. rross1 December 2020 at 16:04

      Thanks Lawrence, yes, definitely very nice figures and I am pleased if I was able to assist in some small way in getting army number 41 underway!

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    2. Lawrence H1 December 2020 at 18:09

      Yes, I definitely didn't need another unpainted army but have just placed an order for some renaissance Tartars.

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    3. rross1 December 2020 at 22:34

      Lol...glad to be of service sir!

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  7. KEV. Robertson.2 December 2020 at 00:13

    Hi Kieth- These are superb figures you've painted up - well done indeed.

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    1. rross2 December 2020 at 06:09

      Thanks Kev, they are very nice figures so easy to do a reasonable painting job on them.

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  8. Dmitry Svidlo2 December 2020 at 09:41

    Nicely done, Keith!
    It’s good to start working on miniatures as they arrived. I usually delay painting due to a big line of previous acquisitions.

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    1. rross2 December 2020 at 16:32

      Thanks you Dmitry - I do not have the vast store of lead and plastic that many gamers seem to accumulate so yes, as soon as they arrive, I start work on them!

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    2. Dmitry Svidlo2 December 2020 at 22:15

      It's a wise approach :)

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  9. caveadsum14715 December 2020 at 22:54

    Splendid looking queen Elizabeth and support! The TAG figures are very tempting!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross6 December 2020 at 09:39

      Cheers Iain, and given your fascination with the Renaissance period, I would think TAG would have much to tempt you!

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