I did a bit of modelling and painting during March which some of you may be interested in seeing.

The Army of Lancre



The army consists of just one man, Shaun Ogg. He has other jobs in Lancre and we catch him having just finished cleaning out the cess pits and doing a little heralding for the King before going on to be a footman. To keep him company there is Big Jim Beef the border guard at the river bridge on the only road into Lancre. It looks as if he's had a bit of bother with a Billy Goat. Finally the only other person who wears armour in Lancre is the King's falconer, Hodgesaargh, although he normally only wears it to protect himself from his birds.

The only other group of fighting men in the country are

The Lancre Morris Men

They didn't get to win the Fifteen Mountains All-Comers Morris Championship six times by dancing around like a bunch of pansies waving their hankies in the air.


Top row: Weaver, Tailor the Fool, Bestiality Carter the Piper, Jason Ogg the Squire and Obidiah Carpenter the Bagman.
Bottom Row: Thatcher the Hobby, The (real) Piper and The Standing Stone, Tinker and Baker.



As you can see they are equipped to undertake the infamous Stick and Bucket dance that they used to defeat the Elves after they had escaped from the stone circle.

The Stick and Bucket dance was invented by ….

Ankh-Morpork Assassin's Guild's Ninja Morris Team


They have send two members of their team to give instructions to the Lancre men. It is said that the Ninja Morris Team are able to do strange and terrible things with a simple handkerchief and a bell.


Together they make up a complete unit that can be treated as swordsmen in the game of Warhammer.

I believe one of the members of this forum is involved with the real Lancre Morris Men. Their web site was most useful for my research although in the end I felt a dark brown/cream gave a more country bumpkin look than pure black and white. This figure was done as an acknowledgement to them.

JAK

DISCWORLD IN MINIATURE

Brilliant modelling!

OMG that looks like Joculator himself!

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A +++++++

Brilliant crafting, JAK. And, yes there is certainly a lot of similar detail. Just for reference this is the outfit we wear for the Dark Morris in December. There's a lot more white for the Light Morris in June.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, just like grandpa. Not screaming and panicking like his passengers.
Don't drink and drive from The Lancre Tavern

Thanks for all your comments, hopefully there will be more in the future.

Joculator - if I'd seen your picture before I'd have made the beard grey, perhaps it is modelled on you in younger days. The costume colours were a mixture of yours and a side in the USA who also do the Dark Morris, but then changed to the brown tones to give a countrified look. I did red, yellow and black ribbons and flowers: Red and Yellow for Verance the Fool King and Black for the Dark Morris. I couldn't fit 6 horseshoes on their backs so just did the one. I was always told this way round to stop the luck falling out.

JAK

DISCWORLD IN MINIATURE

A grey beard? What cheek! I like to call it it 'white-blonde'

I was so engrossed in your pictures and the uncanny accuracy of the accordion colours, I didn't see your comment about visiting my site. Thank you for the acknowledgement.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, just like grandpa. Not screaming and panicking like his passengers.
Don't drink and drive from The Lancre Tavern

Great, I like the morris men and the assassins.

Dragon's Kingdom - Stop typing "alot" when you mean "a lot"! - Disappointed