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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: matakishi on January 14, 2020, 11:15:27 PM
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So we're embarking on a fantasy/ECW role-playing campaign soon using the Clockwork and Chivalry rules.
Obviously I need some miniatures for when the fighting starts so I bought a bunch of border reivers from Hoka Hey miniatures. Wrong period, don't care, I like the miniatures.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-8193_orig.jpg)
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(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-8913_orig.jpg)
Then I needed some player character miniatures so I turned to Reaper (and GW for my Luther Arkwright miniature).
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-8991_orig.jpg)
Then I decided I needed some Landsknechts because...Landsknechts! So I bought some GW Empire chaps off eBay.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-8983_orig.jpg)
I've got some general-purpose medieval/renaissance buildings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQRkY_n5nag
But I needed a church so I decided to get the original Hovels one (in both happy and ruined).
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9039_orig.jpg)
Currently, I'm painting the cavalry. More soon.
Follow along here:
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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Looks good Paul 8)
Wrong period, don't care, I like the miniatures.
lol
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"Wrong period, don't care, I like the miniatures."
Now, that's my kind of attitude!
Nice looking collection.
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A really nice collection, I have a bunch of those reivers and they are nice figures.
Period accuracy is over rated! Besides it's a FANTASY/ECW rpg!!!! :D
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looks great
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Great stuff, good to see you back at it!
I have that Hovels ruined church, I think I purchased it around 1985 lol
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Nice work Paul. Lovely work on the miniatures.
Cheers,
Helen
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Nice start to the project. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
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Looks great,will follow with interest :)
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Cavalry awaits basing tomorrow.
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Looks nice & I think you will have fun with it.
I have the church & it very useful (from Pike & Musket through to Zombies)
and I used to have the ruin, but sold that on as it didn't get many outings.
(Too many things & to little storage).
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Wrong period, don't care, I like the miniatures.
Certainly an excuse I've used a lot, too. By the looks of things you're off to a good start with this project. I really like the church and ruins piece of terrain you have as well. I'm interested to see what direction you take all of this.
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Love your figures.
Will be interested in following what you do next.
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Cavalry look great :)
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Miniatures looks great I think I need some hoka hey border reivers, too
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Well, thanks for the encouraging remarks :)
Here are the completed cavalry.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9153_orig.jpg)
More pics on the project page: https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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All looking good. Makes me want to dig out my Hoka hey figures. Must stop
messing about & make a decision, do I go for an Irish, or a Scottish setting?
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Fab brushwork 8)
All looking good. Makes me want to dig out my Hoka hey figures.
They do have bags of character. did you see that article written in Wargames Illustrated a few years ago looking at Border Reivers? It included a simple but I have heard very good set of rules that really captured the feel of the period. (I want to say it was written by Chris Peers?)
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did you see that article written in Wargames Illustrated a few years ago looking at Border Reivers? It included a simple but I have heard very good set of rules that really captured the feel of the period. (I want to say it was written by Chris Peers?)
Nope, I haven't read a wargaming magazine for years. Having said that, I am always interested in a good set of skirmish rules.
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Nope, I haven't read a wargaming magazine for years. Having said that, I am always interested in a good set of skirmish rules.
If I get a chance I'll try to dig them out. I *think* they might have been published as a free pdf by the author at some point..... if I could remember who is was ???
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Found them!
Hot Trod Border Reiver Rules, R Tyson/G Harrison
Do a google search for the pdf.
They are available here, but I cannot with any degree of certainty say if the site is safe or not(???):
https://vdocuments.mx/hot-trod-red-hand-trod-red-hand-vendel-border-reivers-the-border-reivers.html (https://vdocuments.mx/hot-trod-red-hand-trod-red-hand-vendel-border-reivers-the-border-reivers.html)
Hope that helps?
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I must have a look at those.
I was thinking of using Fistful of Lead, as they give a fun, simple, Hollywood feel
to their games. FFofL also deals well with multi-player games.
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Nice set of rules particularly tailored to the period - I hate generic rules. These are good reiving rules.
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love those figures.
got them because they match well with GW empire stuff (although I'm 'over' that now).
alan's a nice guy to deal with.
That hovel's church is v. nice.
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Some religious zealots to throng the streets
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9249_orig.jpg)
The last of the Border Reivers, some looting bandits (poor sculpts these)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9271_orig.jpg)
First of the ECW, some pikes
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9263_orig.jpg)
On the way: ECW muskets and command, more zealots and lots more Landsknechts!
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
Remember you can keep up to date with the daily progress on #HobbyStreak
https://www.matakishi.net/hobbystreak2020.html
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You have inspired me to dust off my Clockwork and Chivalry books and look through my rules for something that will adapt to battles and skirmishes utilizing the Runequest Rules. Thankyou
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Wonderful work on your blog. Shame about those Hoka Hey castings; they look like very nice sculpts.
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You have inspired me to dust off my Clockwork and Chivalry books and look through my rules for something that will adapt to battles and skirmishes utilizing the Runequest Rules. Thankyou
Sounds good, I was thinking about some skirmish rules of my own now I have a decent amount of miniatures.
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Wonderful work on your blog. Shame about those Hoka Hey castings; they look like very nice sculpts.
Yes, the sculpts are great. I did contact Hoka Hey about the quality and he said he'd replace any that were faulty but that just adds more time to the delay between wanting something and getting it to the table which can prove fatal to a project (in my experience) so I just fix what I can and move on.
The first miniatures I ordered from them a couple of years ago (the mounted and foot Reiver family) were perfect so the quality drop is recent.
I've finished all the ECW now, and some more Landsknechts, there will be pictures sometime over the weekend.
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Concern about the age of the moulds and resulting poor quality casting is what has put me off ordering Hoka Hey. Hobby time is too limited and precious to spend it filing off excessive amounts of flash. A real shame, as the Hoka Hey sculpts have wonderful character. So I make do with the old Foundry Swashbucklers, Eureka Portuguese, and Galloping Major border reivers.
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Concern about the age of the moulds and resulting poor quality casting is what has put me off ordering Hoka Hey. Hobby time is too limited and precious to spend it filing off excessive amounts of flash. A real shame, as the Hoka Hey sculpts have wonderful character. So I make do with the old Foundry Swashbucklers, Eureka Portuguese, and Galloping Major border reivers.
The moulds are OK, there's no flash. It's the casting skill that's lacking. Oh well, I've bought all I want to from the Hoka Hey ranges so I can move on to other things.
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Right, new stuff!
Here's the video:
https://youtu.be/59jiHBo4sCc
Here are the stills:
Last of the Border Reivers
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9424_orig.jpg)
ECW muskets
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9435_orig.jpg)
ECW pikes
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9432_orig.jpg)
ECW command (flag from Adolfo Ramos)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9428_orig.jpg)
Group shot
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Landsknecht gun and crew
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And some witches for the Witchfinder to...find.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9422_orig.jpg)
More photos here: https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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Beautiful! Love the houses and painting ...and the witches. lol
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Nice :)
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I love everything about this thread, great work. :-*
Who makes the three-headed witch?
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Who makes the three-headed witch?
I got it from eBay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28mm-Covern-Horror-Dark-Realms-Forge/183998490798?hash=item2ad72a28ae:g:FLUAAOSw1h9dqEiW
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Found it, many thanks. :)
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A very characterful lot. Do you plan on doing after-action reports ?
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Splendid stuff. :)
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A very characterful lot. Do you plan on doing after-action reports ?
Since I haven't written the adventure we're playing I'm not going to post many (if any) pictures of our sessions. But, if we expand into a skirmish game, then I'll be posting full reports.
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Here's this week's stuff.
The video:
https://youtu.be/5yXMwYuWtkk
Zealots
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9544_orig.jpeg)
The chap in the centre is a new addition to this older set.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9546_orig.jpeg)
Skeletons (and a size comparison).
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9550_orig.jpeg)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9556_orig.jpeg)
Rabbits and their root god- not part of this project at all.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9541_orig.jpeg)
More details on the project page here:
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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The skeletons in particular are wonderful. Very Totentanz.
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Cracking work
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The last of the Landsknechts (not quite.)
Here's the video
https://youtu.be/PScXRDQqvTI
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9652_orig.jpg)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9656_orig.jpg)
The fantasy stuff shown in the video is all here:
https://www.matakishi.net/fantasy-miniatures.html
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9644_orig.jpg)
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Nice to see those old Citadel lads - I bought them to use as Landsknechts too. (And the old metal Pistoleers make excellent Schwarz Reiters).
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Nice work!
Also - Last of the Landsknechts sounds like a good adventure title as and of itself ;-)
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Here's this week's stuff.
The video:
https://youtu.be/5yXMwYuWtkk
Zealots
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9544_orig.jpeg)
The chap in the centre is a new addition to this older set.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9546_orig.jpeg)
Skeletons (and a size comparison).
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9550_orig.jpeg)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9556_orig.jpeg)
Rabbits and their root god- not part of this project at all.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9541_orig.jpeg)
More details on the project page here:
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
CAn I ask where the Rabbits are from?
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The rabbits are from Skull and Crown, same as the skeletons.
http://www.skullncrown.com/store/
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Lovely consistent output - well done.
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Lovely consistent output - well done.
Thank you, I'll admit that I'm inspired by this setting.
Here's my re-painted (it used to be a fantasy tower) Ian Weekley Italian keep.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9840_orig.jpg)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9844_orig.jpg)
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Here's the video:
https://youtu.be/Pr3gTgSQv5w
Civilians.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9956_orig.jpg)
Another witch.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9960_orig.jpg)
A leader for my shooting group of Landsknechts and some entertainment for the troops.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9965_orig.jpg)
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9971_orig.jpg)
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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Keeping that momentum - well done.
"Visit his beer garden", made me think he needs to tend the place where he grows the beer... lol
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More civilians
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0023_orig.jpg)
Witchfinder
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0809_orig.jpg)
Gypsies
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0828_orig.jpg)
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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Wow some nice miniatures there. I might have missed if you already mentioned it, but where is the gypsy caravan from?
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Fabulous. Love the caravans Paul, and some gorgeous figures in that most recent batch. The Ian Weekley keep has really stood the test of time too.
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Great set up must have taken a while to gather all the component pieces. The tower looks great, my only concern is that the Garderobe is directly above the front door. :o
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Fantastic inspirational thread. Really enjoyed catching up with progress. :)
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Great stuff! This thread is full of brilliant brushwork. Wonderful to see so many civilians.
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Wow some nice miniatures there. I might have missed if you already mentioned it, but where is the gypsy caravan from?
They're from Sarissa Precision.
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Do I detect some inspiration from the movie Stardust? If not, that right hand carriage in the photo is perfect for it. Nice work.
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Great set up must have taken a while to gather all the component pieces. The tower looks great, my only concern is that the Garderobe is directly above the front door. :o
Travelling Salesmen who knock on the door get a s#/^^y answer?!?
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Lovely additions to the collection :-*
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fantastic stuff.
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Do I detect some inspiration from the movie Stardust? If not, that right hand carriage in the photo is perfect for it. Nice work.
I've not seen Stardust (I had to look it up). Any similarity is a coincidence.
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Completely enjoying this thread. What company manufactures the Witch Finder ?
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Completely enjoying this thread. What company manufactures the Witch Finder ?
He's from Lucid Eye.
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Foundry Elizabethans.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-1175_orig.jpg)
More photos on the projects page.
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
Does anybody have opinions on En Garde by Osprey? are the rules suitable for multiplayer games?
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Great additions,enjoyed the blog too :)
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"Wrong period, don't care, I like the miniatures."
Now, that's my kind of attitude!
Nice looking collection.
Yeah, that made the post for me too.
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Does anybody have opinions on En Garde by Osprey? are the rules suitable for multiplayer games?
It is the same engine as ronin from Osprey, maybe you know this rules. A little bit unstructured, but usable. I think you can work with it.
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Thanks Dirk, I bought the rules because so many people mentioned them. I haven't read them yet.
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More wonderful work. Always loved the Foundry Elizabethans.
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As this project takes shape to become a skirmish game involving bands of mercenaries in Renaissance Europe as the prophecies of Revelations begin to come true and the world enters the End Times I've added some Horsemen(?) of the Apocalypse from Reaper to the mix.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/apocalypse-riders-009_orig.jpg)
And another Lucid Eye Witchfinder.
(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/second-witchfinder_orig.jpg)
https://www.matakishi.net/flashing-blades.html
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Yikes! Creepy bunch.
Dan