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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: TWD on 07 January 2021, 07:17:31 PM
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Slowly cranking out some of the Perry plastics for War of the Roses
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/01/more-perry-war-of-roses-archers.html
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2020/12/perry-war-of-roses-billmen.html
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2020/11/perry-war-of-roses-archers.html
Thats the first box finished, next one is in the post.
Have some mounted MAA in the plastic pile, but am a bit intimidated by them!
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Very Nice
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Nice work. Another nudge for me to get mine done!
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Excellent work. It is a tempting period.
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Great colour combos; certainly inspiring me to get more done (one day we might actually get to play with them!)
I think Contrast browns might be handy on the horses.
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Nice and efficient work!
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And another unit marches off toward Mortimer's Cross
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/02/more-war-of-roses-billmen.html
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Crackin' stuff Tom 8)
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Very nice. :-*
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Some Tudor Lancastrian knights
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/02/war-of-roses-mounted-men-at-arms.html
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Wow! Yeah. Those have come out very well indeed. Painted sallet helmets are just cool.
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They look sharp! Looking forward to seeing more.
James: "Wow! Yeah. Those have come out very well indeed. Painted sallet helmets are just cool. "
How common was that practice?
-Michael
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How common was that practice?
-Michael
I have no idea. Lots of people seem to do it and it looks cool :)
I suspect there must be *some* evidence for it, but that it was nothing like as common as we wargamers like to show it. :)
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Very nice work!
I have no idea. Lots of people seem to do it and it looks cool :)
I suspect there must be *some* evidence for it, but that it was nothing like as common as we wargamers like to show it. :)
There is evidence, and interestingly it points to painted helmets being something common soldiers did rather than the wealthier nobility. If you had money, it seems you paid to have your armour polished to a high sheen. If you didn't have money but still wanted it to look cool, you painted it yourself! There's definitely museum examples of sallets painted with chequer-board patterns, the actual shape and construction of the helmet itself being on the lower end of the scale. There's a good lecture Tobias Capwell on this subject which can probably be found somewhere on youtube.
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Thanks for the responses.
-Michael
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very well done! It also seems this project is going at a steady pace. Keep up the good work!
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After a hiatus I finished some more archers
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https://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/05/war-of-roses-archers.html
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Lovely painting! :)
I’m pretty sure the Modern History channel on youtube has a video about wearing plate armour where the presenter talks briefly about paint being found on late medieval armour beyond just helmets.
I paint some of the livery colours on the helmets and sometimes even the back and breast.
I’m not expert, and am not trying to be, so I don’t mind some conjecture when painting my toy soldiers ;)
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A couple of pictures of the blue and yellow units in action in our Barnet refight
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Many more pictures here:
http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/05/battle-of-barnet-world-war-roses.html
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A unit of tooled up Men at Arms
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http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2021/06/war-of-roses-men-at-arms.html
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Very nice.
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Lovely work Tom :-*
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Forgot I'd started this thread...
Anyway, a few things to add
Percy billmen
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And archers
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The King!
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Kern
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"Welsh" spearmen
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I think that brings things up to date
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A few more cavalry. These in Clifford's colours
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https://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2025/08/war-of-roses-light-horse.html
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Where did you get your kern figures?
BTW, all your stuff looks simply smashing!
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Ooh, lots of nice figures here!
Hopping back to the painted helmets question, it was a fairly popular thing throughout the medieval period — easier rust-proofing than always cleaning and polishing.
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Where did you get your kern figures?
BTW, all your stuff looks simply smashing!
Thank you. The Kern are all Perry miniatures (as are all the models shown above except the King)