The maker of my Norman miniatures are a combination of Footsore, Crusader, and Foundry which I combine and mix freely together. These pics are slightly on the dark side and I may brighten and repost its such a battle for us non photographers to avoid both being too dark (hides separation of the colors) and brightness (which over contrasts the color on the miniatures) so I keep looking for a balance. I might also highlight some of the faces in the next round of pictures as the Foundry faces and the detail of expressions I found well done (I should add they are the most expensive of the bunch and on the table top for large forces the individual faces go unnoticed so for some its a mute point).
Regarding the composition of the Norman armies most are familiar with their mounted forces and the noted ferocity of their charge. Sometimes which is forgotten is they can contain a fair amount of foot for their forces. Regarding the invasion of Saxon England my opinion is a fair amount of foot accompanied the army due to 1) Lack of transportation for additional horses so perhaps a larger percent had to fight on foot. 2) It is equally plausible that William anticipated a possible confrontation on the initial landing by the Saxons on the coast/beach and to gain a beach head would require dismounted infantry to secure and why a greater concentration of infantry forces.
On those notes (hopefully at a later time I will post more info on composition, fighting style and choice of colors for the Normans) here is the first batch of their infantry...most shields I just hand painted as the Norman choice of designs are fairly simple to replicate.
