French Gendarmes and supporting cavalry

[Stuart]

Some shiny French Gendarmes for your viewing pleasure

Lots more on the blog

http://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/french-cavalry-part-2.html

[MediumAl]

The cloth paintwork in particular is absolutely stunning. Well done.
Al

[Codsticker]

Your sculpting has always been very good but I swear it is even better this past while. Awesome work.

[Marine0846]

Your painting is wonderful.
Thanks for posting such great photos.

[levied troop]

I think you’ve succeeded in your objective of creating a stunning piece - that really is amazing 

[Romark]

Proper lush 

[RichBliss]

I feel so inferior. The cloth work is beyond compare.

[Captain Blood]

Splendid as ever Stuart 

[Jeff965]

I'm looking at all the little details on them mate and trying to equate it to individual brush strokes. You really are an artist (and I mean that in a good way) well done 

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

At some point I am either going to have to kidnap you and imprison you until you have built me a Henry VIII 1513 army, or steal yours.

But first, I just have to finish this book: "Build a dungeon in 10 easy steps" by some chap called Fritzl.....

[Anselm van Helsing]

Ooooh...!

Do you have a proven method in turning the medieval cloth embroidery into miniature scale?

I'm asking because I've been trying to get that effect on a renaissance 28mm model, but even if I can control the brush, my brush strokes seem to be in the wrong places.

Or maybe I just study these photos and try to work from there.  

[Stuart]

This might help, I mention the process for geometric patterns in this post;

http://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/french-gendarmes-part-i.html?m=1

[Stuart]

The process for the damask designs is mentioned here;

https://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/early-renaissance-french-lance.html?m=1

[Plutarch64]

Simply superb!

[delbruck]

They appear to be works of art. Amazing.