28mm Alternative Brettonians - Gamezone Miniatures

Although Games Workshop produce a huge variety of miniatures for their two main games systems (Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy Battle), it's always good to have even more choice / variety.  This is easy with WFB, as it doesn't have much in it that can't be found elsewhere in the fantasy wargaming world - or indeed in historical conflicts.  The following pictures are of some miniatures I've been painting for a client for use in fantasy gaming, which strongly resemble the 'high medieval' look of the Brettonian faction;

The miniatures are by Gamezone - they are in metal, and come with separate hands / weapons, and lovely sculpted shields.  The red / blue colour scheme was specified by the client - which I've hopefully interpreted as he imagined it!

The nature of the poses on these figures is such that the shields can be placed held in front with the above picture), or just as convincingly slung across the back.  For this reason, for the purposes of these pictures, the shields are temporarily held in place with small blobs of blu tack.

I was supplied with two basic poses - the 'guard' (at right) and the 'charge' (the other three).  Within each basic pose, there were different armour styles and slightly different arm angles.  Added to this, the 'guard' stance came with a separate right hand, and a separate weapon (he could have been armed with a sword instead of a halberd - supplied in the kit).  With this flexibility, it would be easy to arm him with almost anything - pikes or flags spring immediately to mind, or any kind of pole weapon.

The three at 'charge' have their pairs of hands moulded onto the halberd, but with separate hands supplied (along with swords) they too could be sword / shield equipped.  As with the 'guard' posture, they'd look just as good with pikes / spears etc., or even handguns.

The three basic styles of body are (left to right) with long surcoat, scale armoured, and with short surcoat.  With the same colour scheme applied to each style in different ways, it was easy to make them obviously part of the same unit, without them looking like clones.  I used the same techniques for these as I use for most historical miniatures - and the deep sculpting makes the metal effect look better than ever.  The shields were easy to paint too - again, mostly thanks to the deep sculpting, which helps to guide the brush.

They're all based on Games Workshop 25mm round bases - as per the client's requirements - though I think they'd look pretty amazing all ranked up on square bases too.  I wasn't familiar with this manufacturer before receiving this commission, but having seen the models now, I can see that they are a pretty good fit for WFB.  Many other ranges look a bit puny compared to the mightily-proportioned Games Workshop figures, but these are as compatible as any I've seen.