Back to the 54mm lead figures of Marcus Hinton. This week his magnificent middle to high era medieval figures. This is an era where his expertise and skills really shone and the scope of his output is wonderful; as would be expected lots of mounted and foot knight in correct armour for each transitional point, usually famous battles covering the 100 years war through to the Wars of the Roses and many other battles and wars of the western european world. But it ‘s his depiction of foot soldiers that capture my imagination. Stadden produced a few to support his many knights but Marcus seemed devoted to this aspect of medieval armies. His figures are chunky, each individually posed, wielding every type of weapon; yes, often a bit oversized but this fits the rugged, brief lives these men lived. First though, on the right lets see his magnificent depiction of a mounted knight, I have painted this one as John of Gaunt, one of the greatest of the medieval English lords. All these figures are painted by me, except for the foot knight; this one was painted by Ken Kearsley, a painter who worked closely with Marcus Hinton, so it’s only fair to show his work, the visor on this figure can be raised or lowered.

For my collection I’ve concentrated on marching armoured and unarmoured infantry with pole weapons. I still haven’t found all the figures with pole weapons that Hinton produced; as with many of my themes, it’s ongoing. Then there are the excellent crossbowmen with their large pavise shields and finally the bowmen. Over the years I must have painted and sold dozens, but now I do so mostly for myself. If you have one with Wars of the Roses livery, it could well be one I’ve painted. These are Hundred Year War types.

These images will give you a taste of the variety of figures that Marcus Hinton produced, each was individually posed and mostly sold primed, ready to paint. They are all 54mm.