Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.156 Scots pike block painted

[Codsticker]

Wonderful markers! The twisted body of the infantry man is frighteningly realistic.

[Hammers]

So sad to see that quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys being crushed under his horse.

[Swordisdrawn]

Lovely painting.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks lads.

So sad to see that quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys being crushed under his horse.

Ah, thats  their badge too is it? The de Vere’s will be spinning in their family crypt

[Atheling]

Thanks lads.


Ah, thats  their badge too is it? The de Vere’s will be spinning in their family crypt

At least those that now lie dormant....

[gamer Mac]

Lovely
Not sure that is the right way to describe dead people thought, don't know what else to say

[levied troop]

Gorgeous markers and that ditch is to die for!

[Captain Blood]

Thank you gents 

Finished a few more Mowbray tough-nut billmen...







John Mowbray, 12th Duke of Norfolk, and his personal guard...



And by roping in some deBrasseys in the same parti-coloured blue-and-tawney livery, I can now field a full strength 12-figure Mowbray 'bill' company for NMTBH...

[Ray Rivers]

Splendidly bright and beautiful! 

Where did you get the unit tray, Richard?

[syrinx0]

Gorgeous Mowbray bill unit. 

[Captain Blood]

Thank you

Splendidly bright and beautiful! 

Where did you get the unit tray, Richard?

Thanks Ray.

The movement tray is homemade. I’ve made a lot of these down the years - I have about 30 of them, although now I need to make some more in 12’s, like this one. Most of my existing trays are in 10’s for foot, 6’s for horse. But all the rules I’ve been playing recently seem to be 12’s 

I’m afraid, being a fussy and fastidious git, I can’t stick MDF movement trays with a sodding great step up from the surface of the terrain (it’s the same reason I hate slotta bases). You might as well put your beautifully painted figures on lumps of cheese and move them around on your beautifully crafted terrain. Visually intrusive, aesthetically displeasing. Just IMHO obviously

The long dead ‘how to’ thread is here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=26058.msg316910#msg316910

I expanded on this for an article in Wargames Soldiers and Strategy magazine a few years later.

[Ray Rivers]

The long dead ‘how to’ thread is here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=26058.msg316910#msg316910

Thanks, Richard. I remember now! 

I'm thinking on these lines to represent forest for my FPW project.

[Dr Mathias]

Beautiful all around- I particularly love the crisply painted studs on the armor

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[Captain Blood]

Thanks chaps

Beautiful all around- I particularly love the crisply painted studs on the armor

Thanks Matt.
Many people who make and paint these Perry plastics seem happy to ignore the studs on the figures wearing brigandines, citing the 'life's too short' defence.
Don't really understand why TBH, because touching in the studs is simplicity itself and really makes those particular figures pop, as you've noticed.
A fine point brush, a touch of metallic paint, and then 'plip, plip, plip' right across the figure, front and back - just one tiny touch with the silver or gold on each stud, and that's it. Honestly, it takes no more than a minute or two on each figure, and the effect is transformational. It's a much quicker, easier, and more immediately satisfying painting job than many of the other aspects of painting these models

But each to their own