DBMM New Zealand : A question about Franks - asked by Simon Dennan, 8 June 2025

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Tuesday, 10 June 2025

A question about Franks - asked by Simon Dennan, 8 June 2025

Hello All

I am looking for some advice. I am looking for suggestions for 28mm Fifth Century Franks.

I am a little confused if they are like the stereotypical hairy barbarians in AFL looking long tunics or if they are in more romanised kit with mature haircuts.

Any advice from more learned folk will be greatly appreciated.

Simon

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920 points

If it was me, I'd be looking at the Wargames Foundry range. A cheaper option might be Old Glory.

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Foundry's are nice. Wait till their Xmas sale and order enough to hit the 20% discount/free postage. Then they are only very rather than crazily expensive! https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collect.../franks-and-saxons

Franks And Saxons

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Franks And Saxons

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Vincent Cholewa

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Michael Stonyer, your opinion on hairiness, or not, of fifth century Franks?

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Alastair Duncan

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The OldGlory are gorgeous figures

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Price and variation I have gone for Victrix early saxons. Armoured and Unarmoured.

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Andrew Bennetts

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The Gallo-Romans called their new Frankish overlords “the Long Haired Kings”. Make of that what you will

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Andrew Bennetts

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Andrew Bennetts

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May be an image of text that says '44 The Lombards wore their beards extremely long derivation their hair cropped short the back but hung long onga front 45 6TH-T CENTURY MEROVINGIAN FRANK basedo late Roman beginning name Langobard or Lombard) while sides, parted the centre. Byzantine descriptions, only once The have prominent sourees, though 7th although Gregory body armour raTuy mentions helmets Gregor Tours Bows not cery, cavalry, though Agathias other century Myrna Sidonius Apollinaris, record thus they absence anyway. appeared though Agathias left which could mean describes Franks wearing many occasions. leather slung Agathias, incidentally, probably short- apparently bare. bare, shield hung was small.'

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