Victrix Limited delivers a highly versatile ranged detachment for historical medieval armies with this 28mm scale plastic box set of 30 Medieval Crossbowmen & Archers. Masterfully engineered in premium gray polystyrene, these multi-part miniatures provide an incredibly modular building system to accurately recreate Western European and Crusader missile blocks spanning the late 12th to late 13th centuries. For the dedicated hobbyist, this enthusiast-grade set offers an array of hyper-detailed heads, helmets, and weapon arms, ensuring every single rank-and-file model can be uniquely assembled with true anatomical precision.
This high-fidelity set includes 30 detailed figures distributed across six identical frames, allowing collectors to build a historically balanced support company featuring 20 crossbowmen and 10 archers. The sprues showcase fine, textile-accurate representations of classic gambesons, chainmail hauberks, and late-period weapon developments. Whether you are fielding English longbowmen under the Assize of Arms or elite Gascon, Catalan, and Genoese mercenary crossbow sections, these multi-part plastic figures provide a seamless assembly process for competitive wargaming and museum-quality displays.
Features & Specifications
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Brand: Victrix Ltd
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Scale: 28mm (1:56)
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Category: Western Medieval Range
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Product Type: Multi-part Plastic Miniatures
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Material: High-Detail Gray Polystyrene
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Contents: 30 Highly detailed figures total (20 Crossbowmen and 10 Archers) spread across 6 identical multi-option frames.
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Weapons & Design Upgrades: Includes historically accurate crossbows featuring the advanced front-mounted loading stirrup, alongside traditional longbows, separate bolts, sword scabbards, arrow quivers, and bucklers.
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Armor Options: Models feature realistic protective gear, including padded gambesons, armored sergeants' chainmail, iron kettle hats, and cervelliere helmets.
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Packaging: Heavy-duty cardstock header combined with a clear plastic pouch to guarantee safe, damage-free online-only delivery.
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Dimensions: Overall package measures 9.8” W x 15.5” H x 1.5” D.
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Use Cases: Developed for Pillage, Saga, Hail Caesar, Barons' War, and historically accurate battlefield dioramas.
Tip: When assembling the crossbowmen anchoring their weapons, use a premium liquid Plastic Cement. The advanced chemical-weld bond provides exceptional physical strength to the fine points of contact where the loading stirrup meets the stock, protecting your miniatures during intense, high-stakes tabletop skirmishes.
Recommended Essentials
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The Shield Wall Link: Deploy these ranged blocks directly behind your Victrix Medieval Foot Sergeants or Foot Knights to shield your missile lines between dynamic cavalry charges.
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Ultimate Customization: Mix the unarmored archer heads and gambeson bodies with components from the Victrix Dark Age Archers kit to inject infinite variety into your peasant levy and longbow units.
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Speed Painting Path: Apply a Mid-Tone Brown Primer over the entire sprue. This creates a solid, ready-made shadow layer for leather straps, wooden bows, and padded cloth, allowing metallic chainmail trim and steel helmets to instantly pop under a simple drybrush.
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Maintenance & Care: Use a sharp, dual-blade Precision Hobby Knife to trim the delicate release gates from the thin bowstrings and long arrows to prevent flexing or structural stress before priming.
