Dan Becker's Wargames Atlantic Peasant Levy 28mm Figures

This photo shows all 30 Peasant Levy figures built and painted from one box of medieval Peasant Levy (30 figures). There are enough heads and body types to make a good mix of lightly armored figures with either bows, slings, spears, blades, or farm tools for weapons.

The model scenery in the background comes from WizKids Medieval Farmer scenery set. The farm buildings and animals make a good set if you need a village to pillage or a town to defend.

This photo shows the Peasant Levy from the right.

The photo set up is a simple green felt cloth on a folding table top. The medium gren felt has been sprayed with some dark green and brown to provide some variation. I think this looks great in photos and for miniature gaming.

The background screen is a dark kelly green that I have also mottled with green and brown spray paints. However, I have rubber stamped some tree patterns on the cloth. It is not my favorite look. Perhaps I need to find a nicer photographer's backdrop.

The photographs were taken with lots of LED continuous lighting. This allows the photograph to be taken with a very small aperture of f22 or f32. This allows the depth of focus to reach from the front miniatures to the back and also gives a hint of the scenery in the background.

This photo shows the Peasant Levy from the left.

With regard to scale, I think these 28mm figures will fit in with many brands and lines of miniatures.

They are a bit on the taller side, so they would fit in very well with recent Victrix and Fireforge plastics. Some of the older Perry and Gripping Beast plastics and many metal 28mm minis are a bit shorter: close enough to equalize with a double base and hard to recognize the difference if they are in their own unit.

This photo shows the Peasant Levy bows and slings.

I have painted these figures all with the same formula. First I paint the leggings, footwear, and hoods with Vallejo XPress Paints also known as contrast/speed/ink paints. These are low viscosity paints that pool up into crevasses as they dry and give an easy shading effect.

Next, the highlights and the details are painted with ordinary Vallejo Model Color. Finally they are clear coated and protected with Krylon Matte Finish (1311).

This photo shows Peasant Levy bows and slings from the right.

Bases are made with ferrous metallic 20 mm (3/4") washers. The metal has weight which keeps the lightweight plastic allows them to be grouped on vinyl magnet sheets, so you can make units of 4/6/8 or more figures. The washer is hidden with spackle, painted, and flocked with static grass and grass clumps.

This photo shows Peasant Levy bows and slings from the left.

The one bowman with the blue tunic has an interesting arm option. He is giving the British archer derogatory salute, the two finger curse. Captured bowman often had their fingers removed so they could no longer shoot arrows. This salute in effect says "I still have my bow fingers and can shoot at you!" Sadly there is only one of this option per sprue.

This photo shows the Peasant Levy first squad with farm weapons.

This is probably my favorite group of the bunch. The farm weapons are wonderul and unlikely to be found in other models. There are wooden pitch forks, flail threshers, and some pruning hooks. This is what you would expect to see if the farmers have to defend their village.

This photo shows Peasant Levy first squad with farm weapons from the right.

This photo shows Peasant Levy first squad with farm weapons from the left.

This photo shows the Peasant Levy blade weapons. Here we have more village people with cool weapons: axes, curved blades, sword, and club. I think the sword would be a rare heirloom in a farm village, but the other items would be quite common.

This photo shows Peasant Levy blade weapons from the right.

This photo shows Peasant Levy blade weapons from the left.

This photo shows Peasant Levy second squad with farm weapons.

There certainly were enough options to make this squad any of the group options. I opted for more farming weapons. I thought they would be more common in a village defense scenario.

This photo shows Peasant Levy second squad with farm weapons from the right.

This photo shows Peasant Levy second squad with farm weapons from the left.

This photo shows Peasant Levy with pole weapons.

These pole weapon warriors would be the heavy troops of the Levy. They have spears and some brutal looking pole axes. The weapon and arm options also have some sleeves of metal mail. I think these would be the best armed of the village.

This photo shows Peasant Levy with pole weapons from the right.

This photo shows Peasant Levy with pole weapons from the left.