Wargames Atlantic Conquistadors - WIP

Finished Minwax staining two boxes of these. One unit of swordsmen and one of arquebusiers. Kept the colors simple with mostly red and yellow - à la Estalia.

Below, block painted before staining. Quite a versatile kit, as it comes with enough arm options to build them as pikemen, crossbowmen, or halberdiers as well. 

On the gaming front, I am scheduled to host my Imjin War Siege of Ulsan game at a game day on Saturday. It'll be a scaled down version of the one I'm hosting at Enfilade next month. This will be the first playtest for the game, although the rules are similar to the one used for my Siege of Haengju game some years ago - which worked well enough.

Wargames Atlantic Renaissance Heavy Cavalry

These are painted up as Spanish (maybe a bit WHFB Estalian).

The set comes with a lot of head/helmet options, including closed burgonets which I didn't use as those are a bit later than what I intend these for - early-mid 16th C.

There are only four riders in full plate armor (greaves), as well as only four left arms in full plate. There are four "extra" rider bodies in half armor, and plenty of lance and sword arm options.

The horses have separate neck/heads, and there are enough for all 12 to have the armored neck and face, as well as 12 chest plates. Oddly, there are only enough rear barding straps for 8 of the 12 horses. Otherwise, it's still a good set with a lot of optional parts, as well as 8 war dogs.

Everything went together well, however, I would advise to glue on the saddles before adding the barding straps. I glued the straps on first and some were not allowing the saddles to fully seat onto the horse. I ended up carving the insides of the saddles to let them fit. If you glue the saddles on first, you can position the straps afterwards.

Below is a comparison shot, left to right - GW Empire Knight, Wargames Atlantic, and Perry WotR. The GW is much larger than the other two. Wargames Atlantic and Perry match up pretty well - the former might look slightly bulkier overall.

Next up are two boxes of Wargames Atlantic Conquistador foot. Until next time, thanks again for stopping by the blog, and wishing you well.