Spear tips and standard bearers

I seem to be on a bit of a roll, which makes me happy. I have a lot of figures ready for painting and I assembled a few more this week.

Ready for undercoating are a pair of horses, a holder, and a standard bearer for Clifford’s Flower of Craven dismounted archers, and standard bearers for Wenlock’s bill men and archers. I made a couple of short spear armed fellows too.

I have never liked the shape of the tips of wire spears, so I have been cutting the tips off of plastic flag staffs, drilling them and glueing them to carefully shaped wire tips.

Needing more than were on the sprues of the Perry Miniatures sets that I have, I ordered North Star’s plastic spears (NSS 111). A set of 40, these are perfect; I am also using them complete.

North Star’s very useful set of plastic spears, which I am using intact and just the tips.