Author Topic: ROUND 4 Marshall Boucicault's crossbowmen vs Haradrim Raiding Party (Read 5496 times)

Pil · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2011, 05:18:17 PM »

Two very nice units both with quite a lot of models compared to the five model minimum. Excellent work on both but the cavalry has the edge for me

Hawkeye · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:22:08 PM »

Both of these are nice - good crisp painting with nice depth of colour, and nice attention paid to detailing the bases, although my vote goes to the cavalry because it's a lot of work painting horses! Close contest, though.

Gluteus Maximus · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:36:05 PM »

I could never work out how you are supposed to fire a blowpipe accurately from the back of a camel, but beautifully painted figures!

Captain Blood · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:42:04 PM »

Surely those are didgeridoos?

Parriah · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:46:53 PM »

How could I ever not vote for Tolkien?

Both are superb work tho!

Conrad Hawkwood · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:06:12 AM »

that's Bertrand du Guesclin coomanding them crossbows

janner · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2011, 11:46:55 AM »

Quote from: Conrad Hawkwood on April 05, 2011, 11:06:12 AM

that's Bertrand du Guesclin coomanding them crossbows

Bertrand had a black eagle rather than a red one, and it had a red bar running from top left to bottom right.

The imperial red eagle was used by Jean II le Meingre. Marshall of France, nicknamed Boucicaut like his father before him.

There is another variant for his arms taken from a illustration dated c.1400, to which I added bar to represent his brother (see week 2). This had the right side as per the figure above, but the left had gold coins on a blue background. This is why I have elected to put the crossbowmen in yellow and blue livery rather than red and white.

Regards,

J

Conrad Hawkwood · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2011, 12:16:58 PM »

good one thanks for the correction

janner · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 03:53:30 PM »

No worries - both were seemingly remarkable men

Conrad Hawkwood · « **Reply #10 on:** April 05, 2011, 04:03:49 PM »

indeed..

Galland · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:58:36 AM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on April 04, 2011, 05:42:04 PM

Surely those are didgeridoos?

*Nods sagely... its Vuvuzelas old boy... Vuvuzelas*

valleyboy · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:36:03 AM »

Quote from: Galland on April 07, 2011, 10:58:36 AM

*Nods sagely... its Vuvuzelas old boy... Vuvuzelas*

Bugger, I didn't know that or I would have painted them in a lurid plastic colour, this will come back and haunt me now

janner · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2011, 11:17:38 AM »

Convincing win vb - good luck in the rest of the competition.

Regards,

J

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