Freebooters

The core component on any English Buccaneer army is likely to be the Freebooters. These men are adept with both ranged and melee weapons and also know how to handle a ship.

As a core unit I bought 12 of these fine fellow and again the sculpts have plenty of detail incorporated so a decent amount of variation can be brought out. For the English force I'm working with red as the main identifying colour so I could use the Militia in with these models to increase the number fielded.

The Freebooters come in both a Veteran and vanilla variety with the Veterans benefiting not only from being Veteran (as the name would suggest) but also a better ranged save. The vanilla choice can be updated to Veteran but do not gain the improved save.

As can be seen from the unit abilities these chaps are happy to keep the fight at range with the optimal range being below 12" so the potential for extra hits comes into play. They also benefit from a free reload when activated with a Spade.

It was also the annual Lincombe Barn tabletop sale today so we had a wonder up to see what was on offer. As usual there was a lot of Warhammer 40K and 28mm WW2 tanks on sale but also a good variety of other pieces. I managed to snag a Reaper Bones dragon from the latest Kickstarter for only £12. As usual you get a lot of model for your pennies and the material used seems to be harder than the previous Reaper Bones stuff I have bought.

I'm not sure what he will be used for yet but I'm certain something will come up.