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Author Topic: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin in peril!  (Read 4275 times)

Offline Mason

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2019, 10:32:27 AM »
Nice brushwork, and the muted palette works well.
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Offline Malamute

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2019, 11:53:12 AM »
Lovely, especially the knights :)
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Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2019, 05:46:05 PM »
Thanks gents. For colours, I went for two basic shades for the knight and then tried to have faded versions for his retinue.

Offline henryv

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2019, 09:11:05 PM »
Days of old, and outlaws bold, great stuff.

Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2019, 09:36:58 AM »

My wee lad loves to customise stuff - no idea where he gets that from... When he saw Sir Guillaume, he asked if he could customise a knight too. So now, hot off the heels of family visits to Trim Castle, the National Heritage Park, and the Rock of Dunamase, I can present his small warband led by Sir John 'of Ireland'.


The rear of Sir John showing his coat-of-arms. As you can see, the wee man also customised up a prototype for me so I knew exactly what I was supposed to be painting.




Offline Mason

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2019, 09:43:15 AM »
 lol lol

Brilliant!
Lovely work on the heraldry.
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Offline Ogrob

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2019, 09:57:07 AM »
The heraldry is phenomenal! Really well done!

Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2019, 10:08:21 AM »
Agreed! Excellent work on the heraldry, and the colour execution in general too!

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin and friends
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2019, 06:24:59 PM »
Brilliant
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Offline Irregular Wars Nic

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin in peril!
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2019, 03:22:33 PM »


I was ambushed by the young lad ( age 8 ) this week asking for a game of 'Knights'. He wanted to get his new posse led by Sir John on the table and have a game. I opted to use standard Song of Blades and Heroes with simple warbands. Sir John and his retinue came in at just under 150 points, so I built an outlaw band the same strength.

Sir John's Posse
Sir John - Q3 C3; Hero, Heavy Armour, Steadfast
Swordsman - Q4 C2; Steadfast
Spearman - Q4 C2; Steadfast
Crosbowman - Q4 C2; Shooter - Long, Sharpshooter, Steadfast

Merry Foresters
Robin - Q3 C3; Hero, Good Shot, Shooter - Long, Forester
John - Q4 C2; Forester
Will - Q4 C2; Forester
Much - Q4 C2; Shooter - Medium, Forester

Our little battle report is on the blog: https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2019/09/robin-in-peril.html
« Last Edit: September 07, 2019, 03:24:53 PM by Irregular Wars Nic »

Offline Breazer

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Re: Shadows from Sherwood - Robin in peril!
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2019, 08:30:49 AM »
I really love the lego copy... ive done something similar in the past but you pulled it off really well!