I saw a great unit of Bretonnian Grail Reliquae using additional figures from the Bretonnian trebuchet crew and the old Mordheim Frenzied mob to add a bit of character to the unit.
Even though they are limited to a unit of 30, I started thinking of what 28mm yeoman, peasants and townsfolk were out there. Since they get the blessing, they make a better tarpit unit that just pure Men-at-Arms
Reaper Miniatures makes several packs of townsfolk, but surely there's more, right?
Here's what I found:
Games Workshop's Bertrand the Brigand, Hugo le Petit and Gui le Gros, which now sell for crazy money on ebay
Games Workshop makes three packs of Battle Pilgrims to go with the basic Grail Reliquae boxed set, they are $17.25 USD for three figures and have to be ordered direct.
Reaper makes #2249 – FRODERICK WILHELM, but he is hard to find.
Reaper makes 03228 Connor Yeoman Archer Warrior w/ Bow Ranger
Reaper makes Dark Heaven 28mm David Williams – Yeoman Archer
Reaper makes 77141 Bones Townsfolk Oswald the Overladen
Games Workshop's Mordheim Frenzied mob pack – now sadly OOP, and goes for crazy prices on ebay
crew from the latest Bretonnian trebuchet
Reaper Miniatures Townsfolk XII – Pillory & Kids Pack MINT
Reaper Miniatures – Dark Heaven Legends – Townsfolk V, Commoners 02825
Reaper Miniatures – Dark Heaven Legends – Townsfolk IV: Bandits (4) 02677
Reaper Miniatures – Dark Heaven 28mm Townsfolk VIII – Angry Mob Pack
Townsfolk II #02584 28mm scale Reaper Miniature
REAPER Dark Heaven Legends – Townsfolk – Children 03233
Townsfolk V Commoners – Reaper Miniature #02825
Reaper Dark Heaven 28mm Townsfolk IX – Town Guard Pack
Old Glory makes two large packs of villagers:
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Mega Miniatures used to make packs of townsfolk, but they are true 25mm, very small, and not that well detailed. And of course they shut down not too long ago.
Arabic Trader; link
The older generation of Bretonnian Peasant Bowmen that came in the Brets vs. Lizardmen box set are cheap as hell.
Gamezone makes a pack of Feudal Knights Bowmen
Ral Partha makes a unit of 01-051 Peasant Archers Warriors w/ Bows
Ral Partha DF-632 Stonemason Building Wall (peasant building wall)
Heritage makes various peasants. Search ebay.
Ral Partha made a Yeoman Archer
Ral Partha also made 01-051 Peasant Archers Warriors w/ Bows
Citadel made peasants long ago, but they are close to impossible to get nowadays. Search ebay
Blue Moon supposedly makes peasants, but I cannot find them.
Hasslefree makes and old knight that would work well for a Bretonnian; HFH008 Sebastian and a praying knight HFH003 Tiriel (b)
Hasslefree also makes a nude dancer HFH009 Harem Dancer that would be a good camp follower
Hassle free makes some various villagers; HFH044 Medieval Kids, HFV008 Village Kiddies, HFV009 Minstrel, HFV010 Narg the torturer, HFV011 Village idiot
Hasslefree also makes two figures HFH067 Marina and HFH080 Old Holvand that might make good camp followers.
Heresy makes human heroes, many of which would work well as camp followers; link
Games Workshop's older range of metal Bretonnians probably have a few good figures in there.
Essex Miniatures makes a 25mm CR41 Crusades: Sicilian / Italian Medium Spearman, but he is very small.
Essex Miniatures F21x Early Medieval: Assorted Peasants, but again very small.
I'm not too familiar with historical ranges.
Naloomi's Workshop makes various barrels, buckets, grain sacks, and crates
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Itar's Workshop makes all sorts of crates, barrels, and treasure chests
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The chickens from the townfolk pack are available separately;
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Furniture is beyond the scope of this article, but a starter list is available here: link
remembers to report on the Amazon Project.
