Medieval wargames figures

The hand-painted standard was about 40mm or 1.5" square. Please see the album notes for the background to this set of figures.

Many of the individual figures in this set have been uploaded, but, rather than overload my opening page with 16 photos of 28mm wargaming knights, I have kept them private. If there is interest in them I can switch them to public view. For a few years in the 70's & early '80s I painted figures for one of the country's leading figure painters, Bill Brewer. I often painted the 'one-off' figures that he would have found uneconomical to paint himself. So medieval knights, with their shields, standards and horse caparisons, often came my way. Standards for all periods were another subject that he entrusted to me. The staffs were made from piano wire, with the ends hammered and shaped into spearpoints. The flag or standard's fabric was usually made from a slice of aluminium drink can. The maximum length of a standard was about three inches - the square ones were about 1.25" square. I thought I would scan the photos that I made to record our work and upload them, at this time, to demonstrate that I have had an interest in heraldry for some time. I am however no expert. I cannot, in most cases, remember the nobles whose standards I painted. I sold a number of my military books when I moved south and also took up photography as my main hobby. Several key heraldry books were among them. So many of the photos have rather vague descriptions. This set was to be a desk ornament for a customer, of Bill Brewer, who lived in the USA.

Medieval Knights painted by me for Bill Brewer. I painted dozens of these knights - Essex Miniatures 25mm wargaming figures. 25mm was the approximate height of a foot figure.

The group of figures on the left were part of a set of 20+ figures mounted loose on a base for someone to have on his desk.