Some Hasslefree Characters

I think Hasslefree sculpts are among the best available, so I regularly buy a few during their sales. Here's a small collection of them which were, I think, not showcased yet on the blog. The majority are female characters, something most 28mm boxed sets lack.

 

Northern Barbarians

 

Continuing with the influx of 28mm figures, this time I present you some GB Dark Age Warriors and a pair of ladies made by Hasslefree. The former are leftovers from a bunch I gave away, and the latter were actually shown some time before, I just gave them a better paint job and a layer of varnish. 

Renaissance Stuff

To get back in the saddle, I chose to paint a few 28mm bods. These take longer to paint, so the more comfortable pace did good.
As the order in which they are placed from left to right is quite random, here's a list of what's what instead:

• a Perry horse archer from the light cavalry set, 
• two Hasslefree ladies bought on their Black Friday sale,
• two Pro Gloria (now Warlord) landsknecht captains.

I bet the pictures are still too grainy, sooner or later I'll fix the flash, for now I'm working with natural light and the flash of my telephone, which is obviously not enough.

Two Hasslefree girls

These two were purchased during the extended Black Friday sale, thinking they could be useful for some fantasy or Dark Ages games. Hasslefree figures are very nice, especially compared to the Gripping Beast guys I was painting, which was reason enough in itself to buy them. As with most 28mm figures, it took me a lot of time to complete both.

Their basing is rather different, too. The slotted bases allow a nice flat surface, and I felt that the basing should suit the figures' attire a bit, so Henn of Gar's on the left has some baking powder fake snow, and Boudi's on the right some tea leaves for a mossy or woodland terrain effect.

Hasslefree Maika von Ostwald

She's the resin version - right after I ordered the figure the HF newsletter told the metal figure will be available. Too late for regrets.

The short version of the cause of this purchase is that I'd like to paint Landsknecht stuff, but as my budget is low, they will be a Mordheim warband instead and she will be their leader.