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Offline JollyBob

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The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Very late update!)
« on: August 10, 2011, 04:30:23 PM »
I haven't posted much recently, for one reason or another, but I have been busy.

Reading up on some local history stuff after my last foray into the Wars of the Roses, I discovered that in 1462, John Kingscote was appointed Bishop of Carlisle. His tenure was only just over a year, and that made me wonder what sort of a chap he was. In reality, he was probably quite old when appointed, and died or was replaced at a political whim.

But that's no fun.

I thought, what if this nobleman from southern England didn't really want to go North with all those ruffians about, and so brought along a small army of his own to make sure he could do God's work in peace? The idea of an ecclesiastical bodyguard made up of mercenary scum appealed to me, so I would like to present His Grace John Kingscote, Bishop of Carlisle and his retinue of cut-throat bastards:

 



The main bodyguard is made up of a block of pike

 

supported by two smaller flank companies of crossbows





and since the Kingscotes were a fairly wealthy family, they could afford a ribaudequin as well.



In the background we can see Kingscote's younger brother, Hugh, leading a group of mounted men-at-arms and flying his own banner

 

While His Grace looks on, accompanied by his personal page.




Some individual shots of figures:

Swiss mercenary captain, Hans Zupp



A couple of his pikemen (the second being an old Foundry casting to make up numbers)




The gun captain, converted from bits in the plastic mercs box:



I tried to make it look like he was giving orders about sighting the gun. Not sure if it worked, but I'm fairly happy with it.

The banner from the pike block, showing the coat of arms of the Diocese of Carlisle



Another shot of His Grace



His page, Soft Allan, who displays Kingscotes own coat of arms on his bugle.



And finally another shot of brother Hugh's standard, also showing the Kingscote arms, but with a tabbed border reflecting his being the younger son.





I'm quite exhausted now.  :)
Pictures could be better, I admit, but I'm eager to hear all comments and criticisms, and happy to answer any questions.

Cheers for looking.
JB
« Last Edit: August 13, 2012, 08:45:19 PM by JollyBob »

Offline Mr.J

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 04:47:20 PM »
Wow! Very very nice. It may have been a while but it was definitely worth the wait!

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 04:51:21 PM »
What a great set of miniatures! Nice background idea also!
 :-*

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 05:02:22 PM »
Great to have you back Rob. And what an entrance to make.  ;D

Absolutely wonderful, loving the conversions too.

Today has been a good day on LAF, your eye candy along with The good Admiral Benbow's Napoleonic delights have brightened my otherwise extremely dull day. :D
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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 05:28:48 PM »
That's a fantastic looking force.

Great work!  :-*


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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2011, 06:14:02 PM »
Splendid stuff there Rob  :-* looking forward to seeing them on some sort of movement tray  ;)

The back story is a great idea and certainly opens up possibilities for people who have no real knowledge in the period  8)

cheers

James
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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2011, 06:27:52 PM »
Cor fabulous! Love em! Well done Rob. And what a great backstory  :-*
Lovely all round.

Offline JollyBob

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2011, 07:04:51 PM »
Thanks very much fellas.  :)

... looking forward to seeing them on some sort of movement tray  ;)

Will be doing one for the pike block and a little customisable diorama base for the gun, I think.

Glad you all like the backstory, I find it much more enjoyable to hang some of my stuff on a random historical fact and then make up some spurious old shite to go with it.  lol

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2011, 07:21:51 PM »
Whoa...

Black and white.  Now that is a rough combination to put together well.

And you have done it superbly!

Very nice!   :-*

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2011, 07:32:02 PM »
Sir Jollee de Bobbe, you have excelled.
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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2012, 01:56:05 AM »
I missed this the first time around. It looks bloody lovely, Sir Bob! Well done :)

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2012, 02:40:03 AM »
Well done sir.
Great figures, cool back story.
Thanks for sharing.
Semper Fi, Mac

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2012, 04:09:49 AM »
Lovely, characterful stuff.  :-*


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Offline JollyBob

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2012, 10:24:47 AM »
Cheers guys, very good of you to comment.  :)

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Re: The Bishop of Carlisle's Retinue (Perry WOTR - pic heavy!)
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2012, 01:12:13 PM »
Cracking stuff  :-* :-*

 

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