Medbury Miniatures adds Saxon reinforcements and new goblin figures

Medbury Miniatures’ May drop split the choice cleanly between disciplined Saxon reinforcements and a rougher goblin wave, and the better buy depended on what you wanted under the brush. The Australian-based producer, which designs and makes its 28mm historical and fantasy miniatures in-house on the Central Coast of New South Wales, said the figures were set to go up for download and on the store on the 5th of the month.

On the historical side, Andrew Medbury packed in some of the most useful pieces for a painter who wants an army that looks finished fast. The release added some of the last Saxon infantry, plus armoured archers, command stand figures, banner bearers and historical banners sized for 1mm brass rods. That is the kind of range that rewards clean colour blocking and repetitive batch work: shields, tunics, layered armour and cloth all sit in the same visual lane, with the banner work and command figures giving painters obvious places to push heraldry, weathering and contrast.

That Saxon push also fits Medbury’s broader Dark Age plan. The studio has described the line as a bridge between its Vendel-era range and later medieval releases, starting with Saxons and Normans, and the shop already lists Saxon and Vendel-era kits such as armoured Saxon archers, Saxon warriors and Vendel-era units. Medbury also said the historical line was nearly finished with foot troops for Saxons, before moving on to characters and cavalry and then turning to Normans. For anyone building a shelf army, that matters: the May pieces look like the final glue that makes the force read properly on the table.

The goblin side took a different tack, and for painters it is the messier, more flexible buy. Medbury added nine goblin warriors to bring that subrange to 18 total, along with more unarmoured goblins carrying whatever they had at hand, including tree-log clubs, stones and broken bones. The set also included shield packs for builders and painters who want to mix parts around. Compared with the Saxons, these figures offer less repetition and more conversion potential, which makes them a stronger fit if you want ragged skirmishers, loot-hauling oddballs or a force that looks different from base to base without much extra effort.

The month’s update was not just about new figures. Medbury said the historical set had to be redone after file saves were lost during a storage clean-out, a reminder of how much manual work sits behind these small-batch releases. That kind of production hiccup helps explain why the May post mattered: it showed a studio pushing both lanes forward at once, with the Saxons offering the cleaner tabletop finish and the goblins offering the rougher, more playful build.