Paper Mini Inspiration

I should be packing but am procrastinating instead. I'm going to squeeze in one more post.

Earlier today I posted a picture of my Redgravian medieval army in paper. While doing a little surfing between chores, I came across the post of a paper mini game over at the Baron's Blog.

It looks really nice! I noticed a couple of things:

1. It looks like they colored the background sky blue. It looks much better than leaving it white like I did.
2. They used a cardboard exterior for a village, an experiment that I've seen on Bob Cordery's and Kaptain Kobold's pages. It looks nice, especially in combination with the paper figures. I may try it out at some point.
3. I can't tell for sure but it seems that the Baron's minis fold at the head. The ones I got from Junior General fold at the feet. In the future, I'd like to make them fold at the head. I think it would make basing easier by folding back the paper at their feet.

Anyway, I found the Baron's post very inspirational!

Quick Update - my army's paper strength

Before I head off on my excursions to DC and Disney, I have time for a couple of quick updates. I used some free time this morning to work on one of my medieval paper armies. Here is the result,

The Redgravian raiders

Leading the charge is a Lord with standard bearer. Following him are 5 warbands (swords = elite and spears = normal quality). Flanking are some knights (left) and archers (right). I plan to clean up the foamcore bases by painting the edges.

This is essentially a beginning Saxon force from the Dux Britanniarum with the addition of knights. When I went on my medieval kick a year ago, I mentioned the possibility of using Dux Brit for the campaign although I'm still looking for battle rules. I am currently considering some version of Command & Colors akin to the rules I'm using for Francesia. I'll be able to experiment in a couple of weeks.