As I’d also like to be able to field my Normans as Early Crusaders, I decided to add a couple of units of pilgrims to the mix.

The best I could see on offer were those from Khurasan. They do a pack of ten ‘standard’ pilgrims along with another pack of three unique extras: a monk with crucifix held high, a woman brandishing a frying pan, and an urchin throwing a rock.

I needed sixteen figures for each “mobs” base, so a pack of each plus half a pack of unarmoured Norman infantry nicely fitted the bill.

Plus points first: great figures with loads of character that paint up easily.

The only negative is that they are heroic scale i.e. a little larger than even a large 15mm figure.

So how noticeable is the difference?

Well, it’s a little noticeable: in that if you are looking for it, it’s obviously there, but under game conditions I don’t think it will be noticeable at all. Here’s a couple of comparison phots with some Museum Miniatures’ Norman foot infantry from their CAD-designed Z range of Normans:

You’ll have to make your own minds up, but I’m not sure the difference is significant enough to matter.

It would matter less, of course, if your whole Norman army was taken from Khuarsan’s Heroic 15mm MILLENNIUM -- 1000AD to 1150AD range…something I might have done if I hadn’t already got Museum’s Normans: they are both lovely ranges of figures.