Lead Adventure Forum

Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 03:01:00 AM

Title: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 28/05*
Post by: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 03:01:00 AM: Hello gents, after a few years wandering in the wilderness, I have returned, to bore you all with weird, niche Lion Rampant forces!

When Antediluvian released their Wars of The Bruces range a couple of years ago, I got on them like a tramp on chips, having been waiting for such a range for years. Rather than go for the standard "Bannockburn Scots" template, I decided to go a bit later, and represent a force of the 1320s, when Bruce was on the offensive into northern England. This always strikes me as a bit of a forgotten facet of the first War of Independence, but the engagements are perfect Lion Rampant fodder!

Using the Antediluvian range as a base, I've used a few Claymore figures from their Crecy range that I feel work stylistically to add variation, as they're also Bickley sculpts and slot in beautifully.

Things have changed considerably since I was last on the forums, so I apologise if the images don't display properly! I'll post a single one up first as a test...
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 03:24:00 AM: Well that seems to have worked! So, some close ups; Sir Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, leader of my first schiltron.
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Romark on January 24, 2021, 07:17:48 AM: Great job on some lovely sculpts :-*
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: bluewillow on January 24, 2021, 08:21:53 AM: Lovely brushwork on him

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Captain Blood on January 24, 2021, 09:18:06 AM: Lovely job, Iain.
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on January 24, 2021, 09:19:42 AM: Class brushwork Iain, especially on the heraldry front- nice and tight yet still maintaining a "painterly" method, which I like- a lot! :-* :-* :-*

On the Bruce's invasion of England I know a little about it as I'm from the NE and lived in Edinburgh for a number of years where the folk law memory, such as the looting and burning of Durham, seat of the Prince Bishops, are still alive. It's a fascinating period of history.
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 24, 2021, 10:57:32 AM: Very nice 8)
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Thew2 on January 24, 2021, 12:05:56 PM: Very nice. I live just five minutes up the road from Byland, so I'll be following this with interest. I'm always amazed how the English managed to lose that one, despite being positioned at the top of a steep hill! Will you be painting up some monks for the battle of Myton?
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: fred on January 24, 2021, 12:20:43 PM: They are some very dynamic figures, with cracking paint jobs.

“Like a tramp on chips” :)
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: has.been on January 24, 2021, 04:40:37 PM: Nice start. I will follow with interest.
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 05:09:22 PM: Thanks for the kind comments, chaps! It's good to be back. FB groups have their place, but they also very definitely have their limitations and drawbacks.

Quote from: Thew2 on January 24, 2021, 12:05:56 PM
Very nice. I live just five minutes up the road from Byland, so I'll be following this with interest. I'm always amazed how the English managed to lose that one, despite being positioned at the top of a steep hill! Will you be painting up some monks for the battle of Myton?

Lol, both sides had their share of losing battles they had no right to, right up to the Union of the Crowns! I think certainly in that period, the English were facing a perfect storm of exactly the right Scots commanders, leading well trained and motivated troops who they understood how to use rather than squander, while the English themselves were hamstrung by a very fractured leadership (despite some individually excellent commanders). As for Myton, that was Plan A (I have a Claymore figure set aside as the Archbishop of York), but I then I'll be concentrating more on a few years later, though I do have a few clergy amongst the collection anyway who could be fed through the English ranks to give a bit of Myton fkavour. That said, a lot of the "clergy" would probably have been outfitted as men at arms anyway, as there was rather a lot of overlap between the lords spiritual and temporal (100 years later, when Henry V was preparing for his expedition to France, his array of the resources available to the clergy paints an interesting picture of the "shadow army" the church could put in the field if push came to shove...

Next, a nameless man-at-arms of the parish gentry (thanks to Chris Brown for the wonderfully descriptive term!)
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Captain Blood on January 24, 2021, 05:34:07 PM: Another cracker :)

Quote from: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 05:09:22 PM
Thanks for the kind comments, chaps! It's good to be back. FB groups have their place, but they also very definitely have their limitations and drawbacks.

Yes, I’ve noticed this, having recently started posting a few things on one or two Facebook wargaming groups. Everything you put up vanishes in the slipstream of time with indecent haste before half the people have had a chance to even see it, much less comment. Not a very satisfying medium for sharing work TBH. Things just get pushed down the page straightaway and disappear from view. I guess if it’s your own Fb page you’re posting on it’s fine, but when it comes to groups, there’s no kind of footprint or permanence at all - which I guess is the entire point of it :) Instant gratification for those lucky enough to catch it, and then - bang! All gone. Buried deep lol
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: HappyChappy439 on January 24, 2021, 05:50:22 PM: Welcome back! And thanks for sharing! Big fan of the Antediluvian sculpts so always good to see them painted up!

Keep up the great work!
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on January 24, 2021, 05:59:00 PM: Quote from: Captain Blood on January 24, 2021, 05:34:07 PM
Another cracker :)

Yes, I’ve noticed this, having recently started posting a few things on one or two Facebook wargaming groups. Everything you put up vanishes in the slipstream of time with indecent haste before half the people have had a chance to even see it, much less comment. Not a very satisfying medium for sharing work TBH. Things just get pushed down the page straightaway and disappear from view. I guess if it’s your own Fb page you’re posting on it’s fine, but when it comes to groups, there’s no kind of footprint or permanence at all - which I guess is the entire point of it :) Instant gratification for those lucky enough to catch it, and then - bang! All gone. Buried deep lol

Indeed, not just that but at least on a forum you can choose what to read, rather than having to scroll through everything posted in the group, regardless of relevance or banality; that and most groups are now just being flooded with youtubers, with no evident interest in the group subject, spamposting links to barely (if at all) relevant "tutorials", begging us to visit, like and subscribe. Naw son, away and sit doon.

I am just getting too grumpy for FB groups. lol lol lol
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Captain Blood on January 24, 2021, 06:06:52 PM: lol
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Thew2 on January 24, 2021, 08:46:05 PM: He looks great. I think you've inspired me to order some of the Antediluvian figures sooner rather than later.
Good to hear you have plans for Myton, should be an interesting one to game. It's definitely a bit of a quirky battle, with the aforementioned monks, plus peasant rabble and burning haystacks!
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on January 25, 2021, 07:59:07 AM: Splendid work once more Iain :-* :-* :-*

Once again, I really do love your 'loose' painterly style- obviously tempered with excellent brush control exemplified by the tight heraldic devices 8)
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: rumacara on January 25, 2021, 09:01:15 PM: Great painting. :-* :-* :-* :-*
And will follow with great interest. :)
Title: Re: Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on January 26, 2021, 03:29:32 PM: Thanks lads! Next, a hornblowing cu- pikeman*. Because there's always that one guy...

*With apologies to Theon Greyjoy.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on January 27, 2021, 09:54:10 AM: More loveliness Iain :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on January 30, 2021, 11:55:18 AM: Sir Nicholas Scrymgeour, hereditary standard bearer of Scotland. Following the death of his father, Alexander, at Methven in 1306, Nicholas was granted the office by Bruce after Bannockburn.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Romark on January 30, 2021, 12:40:11 PM: Lovely,the red and yellow combo is very striking :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on January 30, 2021, 01:50:07 PM: Lovely work Iain :-* :-*

Keeps getting better and better 8)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: rumacara on January 31, 2021, 11:04:47 AM: Lovely painting. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on February 06, 2021, 07:52:48 PM: Cheers guys! Some more nameless peons...
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Plynkes on February 06, 2021, 07:57:27 PM: Super! That shot where the pike* is pointing sort of toward the viewer is great. Bloody lovely painting too.

*Don't know much about this period, so I'm not sure if his pointy thing is properly referred to as a pike. Looks like a pike to me, though.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 06/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Tonhel on February 06, 2021, 08:02:36 PM: Those Matthew Bickley mini's are fantastic! You are doing the mini's justice with your painting. Beautiful!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 30/1* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on February 06, 2021, 08:03:05 PM: Cheers!

Quote from: Plynkes on February 06, 2021, 07:57:27 PM
Don't know much about this period, so I'm not sure if his pointy thing is properly referred to as a pike. Looks like a pike to me, though.

Yeah, I tend to refer to them interchangeably as pike or spear. The weapons were probably around 12-14 feet long at this stage, so pretty long spears... AKA pikes to me! I'm not a pike purist who quibbles over a couple of feet. Life's too short...
Title: Re: *UPDATED 06/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on February 06, 2021, 08:05:23 PM: Lovely brushwork again Iain :-* :-* :-*

Quote from: Iain R on February 06, 2021, 07:52:48 PM
Cheers guys! Some more nameless peons...

The backbone of the army :)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 06/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on February 09, 2021, 04:34:35 PM: Quote from: Atheling on February 06, 2021, 08:05:23 PM
The backbone of the army :)

Damn straight! :D :D

Another pikeman; one of two in this particular pack that I think are going to become "classics" and end up in all sorts of armies for years to come...
Title: Re: *UPDATED 09/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Atheling on February 09, 2021, 05:32:57 PM: :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 09/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Elk101 on February 09, 2021, 10:00:30 PM: Really liking seeing these. Thanks for sharing them.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 09/2* Post-Bannockburn Scots; Iain R Returns!
Post by: Iain R on February 13, 2021, 02:42:31 PM: Cheers guys! Another pikeman from the first release.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 13/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Ogrob on February 13, 2021, 07:10:06 PM: Lovely colour scheme.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 13/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Tonhel on February 14, 2021, 08:32:11 AM: He looks great! I recently purchased the four archers. Lovely miniatures! I am curious what the next pack will be for this range. Matthew Bickley is a fantastic sculptor.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 13/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Silent Invader on February 14, 2021, 08:48:53 AM: Great work
Title: Re: *UPDATED 13/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Ogrob on February 14, 2021, 05:24:11 PM: Quote from: Tonhel on February 14, 2021, 08:32:11 AM
He looks great! I recently purchased the four archers. Lovely miniatures! I am curious what the next pack will be for this range. Matthew Bickley is a fantastic sculptor.

Same here, I'm always eagerly awaiting Matt Bickley sculpts.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 13/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on February 19, 2021, 04:55:38 PM: Cheers guys! This project is something of a labour of love, and definitely so far represents the pinnacle of my painting...

Quote from: Tonhel on February 14, 2021, 08:32:11 AM
He looks great! I recently purchased the four archers. Lovely miniatures! I am curious what the next pack will be for this range. Matthew Bickley is a fantastic sculptor.

Yep, Bickley is knocking it out tge park with this range. I must admit though, now I've seen the finished archers, I'm not too enamoured with them (heresy!) I've loved the entire range so far (and his work for Claymore, some of which has snuck in here...), and these are beautiful sculpts, but the "look" of them just isn't doing it for me for the period. They just look too "primitive", which is a trap he's avoided so far. Bit disappointed to be honest, as I was greatly looking forward to them.

Next pikeman, another future classic pose, I think!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: rumacara on February 19, 2021, 09:02:11 PM: Great work. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: julius1880 on February 20, 2021, 04:55:34 AM: WOW! they are very well done.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Bloggard on February 20, 2021, 10:15:14 AM: top notch.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Tonhel on February 20, 2021, 06:54:04 PM: Again beautiful!

From where do you buy the pikes? It's look good.

I really like the archers, but I understand what you mean. I am going to use the archers for my retinue that is from 1214 or so. ;-) It seems that there is some cavalry on the way for Wars of the Bruce's. If it they are of the same level as Matthew Bickley did for Claymore Casting it will look fantastic!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: levied troop on February 21, 2021, 07:49:32 AM: Love your painting on these, it's very well done.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on February 22, 2021, 11:16:55 AM: More deliciousness Iain :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on February 22, 2021, 09:41:41 PM: Thanks very much guys! Too kind... :D

Quote from: Tonhel on February 20, 2021, 06:54:04 PM
From where do you buy the pikes? It's look good.

I really like the archers, but I understand what you mean. I am going to use the archers for my retinue that is from 1214 or so.

The pikes are steel ones that initially came with the figures during the early releases, but I have since got more from North Star.

Agreed, the archers would look much better for the early 1200s!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: bluewillow on February 23, 2021, 08:16:04 AM: Loving those mate, really like the grey looking gamberson.

I also am not a great fan of his archers as much as the foot, only have my 16 archers to complete for my scottish army. Then starting the rest of the English then the French later this year.

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: *UPDATED 19/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on February 24, 2021, 07:12:30 PM: Cheers, Matt. I have to admit I'm leaning more to Plan A at the moment and cherry-picking some of his Crecy archers he did for Claymore, as they look more period correct to me. But I'll wait and see if any more emerge in this range.

A wee treat, next- not pikemen! Some Bickley scuplts from the Claymore Crecy range that I thought looked appropriate. All have been subtly modified to look a wee bit more in keeping with the setting.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/IqJnxh.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmIqJnxhj)

This first guy just got his axe head re-profiled to more realistic proportions.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/9Ddnd2.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn9Ddnd2j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/YpdDlo.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poYpdDloj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/0E1xqg.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm0E1xqgj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/ciJqfI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmciJqfIj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: rumacara on February 24, 2021, 09:13:26 PM: More loveliness. :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Bloggard on February 25, 2021, 10:27:41 AM: they've come out a treat. Fantastic figures and paint-jobs :-*

great style to really 'work' at table-top distance too.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: bluewillow on February 26, 2021, 05:52:52 AM: Fabulous mate
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on February 27, 2021, 11:30:30 AM: You're really rockin' Iain :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Breazer on February 28, 2021, 07:42:57 PM: Very nice work so far! and these miniatures are an absolute delight to paint and to keep taking a closer look at.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/2* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on March 02, 2021, 01:11:33 AM: Thanks very much, guys, you are all too kind!

This guy was just a straightforward weapon-swap with an axe from (I think) Gripping Beast. Pleased with the colour combination on him though. The ruddy red-brown is one I really like for gambesons, but it's mixed up from 4 or 5 different colours and it's a pain in the arse to replicate!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/lfLytD.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmlfLytDj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/pQg1l0.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnpQg1l0j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/aKA0ZD.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poaKA0ZDj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/kcaTJj.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmkcaTJjj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 02/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Mr.J on March 02, 2021, 07:20:08 AM: These new additions are great! I love your painting style.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 02/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 02, 2021, 09:55:11 AM: Fab :-*

One of the Pict axe heads from Gripping Beast right?
Title: Re: *UPDATED 02/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on March 03, 2021, 01:16:27 PM: Cheers guys!

Quote from: Atheling on March 02, 2021, 09:55:11 AM
One of the Pict axe heads from Gripping Beast right?

Quite possibly! I just went through all the weapon packs on the GB, Front Rank and 1st Corps sites and ordered all the ones which looked "right", which included some very odd origins, including Russians, Timurids and Mongols, I think! :o
Title: Re: *UPDATED 02/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 03, 2021, 05:28:23 PM: Quote from: Iain R on March 03, 2021, 01:16:27 PM
Cheers guys!

Quite possibly! I just went through all the weapon packs on the GB, Front Rank and 1st Corps sites and ordered all the ones which looked "right", which included some very odd origins, including Russians, Timurids and Mongols, I think! :o

Been there and done that on many a occasion! There are parts in my various bits boxes that go back to the 80's lol
Title: Re: *UPDATED 02/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on March 08, 2021, 05:52:33 PM: On the subject of weapon swaps, this guy was probably the most in depth so far. He had his weird, semi-fantastical mace/godendag swapped out (I managed to drill the haft out of his hands far more neatly that I had any right to do...) for a more appropriate axe. One from GB (possibly Russian?) was very similar in shape to ones pictured on West Highland graveslabs, so I used that with a bit of reprofiling, and gave him a buckler, which is actually an 18th century Jacobite targe from Front Rank, since he looked a bit less well protected than his colleagues. I think it came out quite well.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/avR9G8.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnavR9G8j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/PXCmXt.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poPXCmXtj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/xful3D.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmxful3Dj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/BhZB8q.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnBhZB8qj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Thew2 on March 08, 2021, 06:21:01 PM: A lovely dynamic figure, complimented by some beautiful painting! He really looks the part, and the conversion work makes him look much more Scottish.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 08, 2021, 07:27:03 PM: :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: rumacara on March 09, 2021, 08:36:47 AM: Wow!!! Those 2 are great. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Romark on March 09, 2021, 09:16:35 AM: Quote from: rumacara on March 09, 2021, 08:36:47 AM
Wow!!! Those 2 are great. :-* :-* :-*
Yep! :)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: bluewillow on March 10, 2021, 08:36:44 AM: Great additions mate

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Swordisdrawn on March 10, 2021, 08:39:09 AM: Fantastic conversions! The painting top notch too.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 08/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on March 17, 2021, 01:35:23 AM: Cheers guys!

Another simple conversion, just reprofiled the axehead to something a bit more restrained. I'm not a fan of the idea of mediaeval Scottish armies full of troops with matching saltire shields in bright blue and white. Looks gash and ahistorical IMHO. However, given that the saltire itself was a common device, it occurred to me that at least one person would probably copy the flag if they had access to blue paint (arguments about the veracity of blue & white saltires for the period notwithstanding). However, I stuck with a desaturated grey-blue, painted over bare linen, which seemed more appropriate for a common soldier than having gone to the effort of painting white over blue.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/tqufzX.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pntqufzXj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/jaEH6K.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmjaEH6Kj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/ny5Jcz.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnny5Jczj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/bAotQ9.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pobAotQ9j)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Tordenkuglen on March 17, 2021, 06:16:37 AM: WOW Fantastic brush work, Im especially impressed with the faces, keep it up :D
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Hu Rhu on March 17, 2021, 07:17:26 AM: Simply gorgeous :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Silent Invader on March 17, 2021, 08:08:08 AM: Very, very nice 8)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 17, 2021, 09:22:03 AM: Oh yes Iain :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Romark on March 17, 2021, 10:28:31 AM: Quote from: Hu Rhu on March 17, 2021, 07:17:26 AM
Simply gorgeous :-* :-* :-*
Seconded 8)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 17/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on March 26, 2021, 10:16:03 AM: Thanks again, chaps, you are most kind!

Back to more pikemen I'm afraid, this time the scruffy lads. I know this pack drives the Scottish mediaeval historian (and keen wargamer) Chris Brown daft, but while I agree they are certainly not representative of the appearance of Scots mediaeval troops, and the entire force shouldn't be composed of such troops, a few scattered here and there certainly aren't outwith the bounds of realism. They are at least still well enough equipped with gambesons, steel helmets and proper weapons, rather than the usual caricature of Scottish infantry as raggedy men with sticks...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/Yo7D1T.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmYo7D1Tj)

I do like the idea of this guy being an old greybeard campaigner, who's been turning up to every muster since he first followed his da' to Largs in 1263. Now no one has the heart (or balls) to tell him to go home and act his age. Beware an old man in a profession where men die young and all that...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/AK47Dd.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poAK47Ddj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/HnhPDD.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnHnhPDDj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/lr8jJX.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/polr8jJXj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/hhSN1Z.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pohhSN1Zj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 26, 2021, 10:31:33 AM: Quite lovely :-* :-* :-*

The understated plaid is spot on Iain 8)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Dolnikan on March 26, 2021, 10:46:41 AM: A whole army like that might indeed not be the most realistic, but that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be anyone showing up like that. It's the same with the latest armour, many poorer soldiers wouldn't exactly have the most modern and fanciest kit available. And especially an older man like this one would be pretty likely to also have something to keep himself warm during the whole standing around business. Which makes a kind of cloak very fitting indeed.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on March 26, 2021, 12:14:56 PM: Quote from: Dolnikan on March 26, 2021, 10:46:41 AM
A whole army like that might indeed not be the most realistic, but that doesn't mean that there wouldn't be anyone showing up like that. It's the same with the latest armour, many poorer soldiers wouldn't exactly have the most modern and fanciest kit available. And especially an older man like this one would be pretty likely to also have something to keep himself warm during the whole standing around business. Which makes a kind of cloak very fitting indeed.

In other words, keep the Braveheart poop off the table lol

I think the cloak and said plaid are fine on a few miniatures, after all, I couldn't count the number of many times I have turned up for something and forgotten to take something off or forgotten to bring an essential item. One particular cricket match facing a damn fast bowler banging it in with just one pad on my leg will not be forgotten in a hurry! o_o
Title: Re: *UPDATED 26/03* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on August 24, 2021, 12:15:27 AM: Well, after a hiatus of several months, I find myself slowly drifting back towards the hobby. An impulse purchase in Waterstones has seen me dig out the After Bannockburn project, and end up up to my neck in the heraldry of the minor parish gentry of Northumberland, managing to put names and arms to a few I'd been unable to previously.

As such, it's time to bore you all with some more scruffy pikemen with which to raid their lands.

I like this sculpt, for some reason I can see him in a Crusader army, too; the dishevelled appearance just screams "long march through the desert" to me...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/YddVUG.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnYddVUGj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/gQQBcl.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmgQQBclj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/c9Uosn.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnc9Uosnj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/ApVOtO.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmApVOtOj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/BLYeqC.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmBLYeqCj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: MaleGriffin on August 24, 2021, 03:39:36 AM: Superb brushwork! Absolutely lovely figures!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Tonhel on August 24, 2021, 07:28:03 AM: Beautiful :-* It's great to see an update! :)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Atheling on August 24, 2021, 10:01:31 AM: Smashing stuff Iain :-*

Funnily enough, I' have just put in an order for my first "Schiltron" for David's et al rules from Andrew a few minuted ago!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Romark on August 24, 2021, 10:15:23 AM: A fine addition to the collection :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on August 24, 2021, 09:57:33 PM: Thank you all, chaps, most kind!

Quote from: Atheling on August 24, 2021, 10:01:31 AM
Funnily enough, I' have just put in an order for my first "Schiltron" for David's et al rules from Andrew a few minuted ago!

They don't make it easy to resist, do they?
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: rumacara on August 25, 2021, 06:58:25 PM: Superb painting. :-* :-*
Its a joy to see those miniatures. :)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 24/08* 1320s Post-Bannockburn Scots
Post by: Iain R on August 29, 2021, 01:32:46 PM: Penultimate pikeman for now. I don't know why, but I get strong West Highland vibes off this sculpt. Quite fancy getting another one and giving him an axe in place of the pike...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/f3I84b.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pof3I84bj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/4zapS4.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm4zapS4j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/xLD470.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnxLD470j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/xly8QW.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmxly8QWj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 29/08* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Atheling on August 29, 2021, 01:57:25 PM: Lovely brushwork Iain :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 29/08* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Romark on August 29, 2021, 02:07:06 PM: :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 29/08* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: rumacara on September 01, 2021, 09:41:44 PM: Just wow!!! :o :o
Love your painting.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 29/08* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: OB on September 03, 2021, 01:19:35 PM: Exceptional work there. Full of character.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 29/08* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Iain R on September 05, 2021, 07:15:50 AM: Cheers guys, most kind of you!

Last pikeman for now. This sculpt does less for me, think it's the daft chin beard that just doesn't sit right with me, but that's just a minor niggle.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/a1AXqo.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pma1AXqoj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/ip23mj.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnip23mjj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/5INnUV.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn5INnUVj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/3fcqAc.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po3fcqAcj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/JkKflf.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnJkKflfj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: traveller on September 05, 2021, 07:29:08 AM: Wow! Awesome :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Romark on September 05, 2021, 08:16:47 AM: Quote from: traveller on September 05, 2021, 07:29:08 AM
Wow! Awesome :-* :-* :-*
Seconded 👍
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Atheling on September 05, 2021, 09:30:32 AM: Looks fine to me Iain 8), that is, as a distinguished wearer of a daft chinbeard lol
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Iain R on September 06, 2021, 02:35:01 AM: Quote from: Atheling on September 05, 2021, 09:30:32 AM
Looks fine to me Iain 8), that is, as a distinguished wearer of a daft chinbeard lol

Hahaha, cheers mate. Looks rather more appropriate on modern man that a 14th century Bute boatman on the make, though!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* After Bannockburn- 1320s Scots
Post by: Atheling on September 06, 2021, 09:21:10 AM: Quote from: Iain R on September 06, 2021, 02:35:01 AM
Hahaha, cheers mate. Looks rather more appropriate on modern man that a 14th century Bute boatman on the make, though!

lol
Title: Re: *UPDATED 05/09* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Iain R on June 16, 2022, 12:41:31 AM: And so, with LR V2 now on the horizon, and while trying desperately to paint 15mm Romans, I find myself drawn back to the Wars of Independence. Because of course I do. The recent Antediluvian teaser didn't help, mind.

Took the advantage of a couple of dull days to make a start on my interpretation of Sir James Douglas. Actually a Crecy era figure fom Claymore, the kit looks perfectly suitable for the 1320s, and the dynamic pose just fit right in with how I imagined Douglas.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/EBXcn8.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poEBXcn8j)

Of course, as soon as I get a froth on for painting, the sunny weather returns and turns the loft into an oven again. As such, further progress may be... sporadic.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: has.been on June 16, 2022, 05:35:23 AM: A nice addition. :)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Dolnikan on June 16, 2022, 07:58:36 AM: He looks lovely. But I have to say that I'm not that happy with threads like these. Or rather, my wallet isn't happy with them.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Captain Blood on June 16, 2022, 09:32:20 AM: Excellent figure Iain, and very nicely painted.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: rampantlion on June 16, 2022, 03:53:10 PM: That's great!
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Atheling on June 16, 2022, 03:53:56 PM: Smart brushwork Iain :-* :-* :-*

Great to see you back on the LR Long War project 8)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 16/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Iain R on June 22, 2022, 02:52:02 PM: Cheers guys, quite enjoying being back at it again!

The Douglas now ready for his shield and basing...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/PUjdFc.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmPUjdFcj)
Title: Re: *UPDATED 22/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Ogrob on June 22, 2022, 09:47:25 PM: Ooh, very nice.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 22/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Golgotha on June 23, 2022, 12:40:35 AM: Simply stunning do like that miniature thank you for pointing out Claymore Castings, https://claymorecastings.co.uk/new.claymorecastings.co.uk/product/product-24/
Title: Re: *UPDATED 22/06* The Long War- 1320s Scots
Post by: Dolnikan on June 23, 2022, 09:39:55 AM: He starts looking ever better. I'm honestly getting a bit jealous.
Title: Re: *UPDATED 22/06* Not For Glory- 1320s Scots
Post by: Iain R on June 27, 2022, 11:11:13 PM: Thanks chaps, most appreciated!

He's now finished and ready for the fray... A Douglas! A Douglas!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/0N3FYC.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po0N3FYCj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/bvGaH9.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnbvGaH9j)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Little Odo on June 28, 2022, 07:27:33 AM: Splendid work. A great looking miniature
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Dolnikan on June 28, 2022, 07:57:24 AM: He definitely looks like someone you don't want to get into a fight with.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Romark on June 28, 2022, 08:29:06 AM: :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Thew2 on June 28, 2022, 09:15:16 PM: Wonderful painting!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Captain Blood on June 28, 2022, 10:20:22 PM: What a beauty 8)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: MaleGriffin on June 29, 2022, 06:00:37 PM: Gorgeous figure beautifully painted!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 27/06*
Post by: Iain R on July 12, 2022, 03:57:51 AM: Cheers guys, was really quite pleased how he came out!

Finished another couple, Claymore again, subtly tweaked for the 1320s. The squire is carrying the Earl of Moray's banner and shield, the painting of which I have no wish to repeat any time soon!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/dN617m.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pndN617mj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/GHkQv0.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmGHkQv0j)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/6Mr48D.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn6Mr48Dj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/hGEUmZ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnhGEUmZj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/lThggE.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/polThggEj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/6YdsaJ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm6YdsaJj)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/XnGrN1.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnXnGrN1j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/LNhVWZ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmLNhVWZj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/xevFL1.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmxevFL1j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/SgKoDt.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poSgKoDtj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/SblDWE.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmSblDWEj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: OSHIROmodels on July 12, 2022, 05:10:10 AM: Lovely 8)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Silent Invader on July 12, 2022, 05:13:13 AM: Very impressive 8)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Dolnikan on July 12, 2022, 07:11:33 AM: Oh wow! That level of detail is just crazy!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: has.been on July 12, 2022, 07:25:56 AM: Beautiful job on the standard bearer.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Little Odo on July 12, 2022, 08:08:31 AM: Holy schmoley. Amazing paint job on that banner :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: THE CID on July 12, 2022, 08:16:47 AM: Lovely figures and paint jobs, very impressive.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Tonhel on July 12, 2022, 09:36:37 AM: Very impressive work :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: rumacara on July 12, 2022, 02:14:45 PM: Lovely work on those figures. :-* :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Arche Seleukeia on July 12, 2022, 07:38:18 PM: :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Elk101 on July 12, 2022, 10:53:39 PM: Your shading and highlighting really make the figures pop, lovely work.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: MaleGriffin on July 13, 2022, 03:01:53 PM: Magnificent! Masterful brushwork!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 12/07*
Post by: Iain R on August 23, 2022, 01:15:56 AM: Thanks very much, guys. Been a while, thanks to an injury and the hot weather but finally back at the bench again.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/0f7jmB.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn0f7jmBj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/U96IC7.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmU96IC7j)

The man at arms in yellow is intended to represent Sir Lawrence Abernethy; I had intended to paint his arms on the surcoat, but there's too much detail and texture on the front, so it would just have ended up a complete trainwreck. I did consider painting them on a shield to lie at his feet on the base, but thought that would just end up looking cluttered.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/cjjEyO.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pocjjEyOj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/WZq2lv.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmWZq2lvj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/nS8eyA.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmnS8eyAj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/na9gyx.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnna9gyxj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/pbiISp.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/popbiISpj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/txKXOK.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmtxKXOKj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/uVlyu7.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnuVlyu7j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/ZXQRHP.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmZXQRHPj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/08*
Post by: Little Odo on August 23, 2022, 07:34:29 AM: Excellent paintjobs - the yellow came out especially well.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/08*
Post by: levied troop on August 23, 2022, 07:52:38 AM: Gorgeous painting - is it time for a unit pic now? :)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/08*
Post by: Tonhel on August 23, 2022, 08:26:08 AM: Amazing! :-* You are really doing these beautiful sculpts justice!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/08*
Post by: Iain R on September 18, 2022, 01:35:02 AM: Thanks very much, chaps!

Finally got the last two done, hoorah!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/zH8y5D.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnzH8y5Dj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/TOGcO6.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poTOGcO6j)

The knight is Sir Andrew Murray the Younger, son of Wallace's compatriot.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/GLrjCB.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnGLrjCBj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/s8HBIR.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pos8HBIRj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/aHOrUj.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poaHOrUjj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/itPJxk.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnitPJxkj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/vFEU1P.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnvFEU1Pj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/362mwR.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po362mwRj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/yxaB2T.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnyxaB2Tj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/CR16gJ.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmCR16gJj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/okfyna.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmokfynaj)

Quote from: levied troop on August 23, 2022, 07:52:38 AM
Gorgeous painting - is it time for a unit pic now? :)

Well, since you mention it... completed unit of Foot Sergeants for Lion Rampant, Earl of Moray's schiltron.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/0UVmMp.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po0UVmMpj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/BTeo9a.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnBTeo9aj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/uRdTLs.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pouRdTLsj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/PLDBgf.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmPLDBgfj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/rUAvjn.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmrUAvjnj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Codsticker on September 18, 2022, 05:53:58 AM: Your painting is really top notch but I really love your choice in movement tray and basing.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: MaleGriffin on September 18, 2022, 07:29:00 AM: Absolutely gorgeous! Your masterful brushwork brings them to life!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: has.been on September 18, 2022, 08:35:10 AM: I am envious. :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Iain R on September 20, 2022, 02:56:15 PM: Cheers guys! I've also been working on some appropriate terrain for the locality, which would work across a few time periods. Posted in the Gothic Horror section amongst my Silver Bayonet stuff, so rather than cross-post it, here's a link-

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=134504.75 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=134504.75)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Tonhel on September 20, 2022, 06:16:21 PM: That unit is beautiful! :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Dolnikan on September 26, 2022, 09:30:12 AM: They look amazing, individually, and as a group. The movement tray really makes them feel like a real group of soldiers which is a nice break from the rank and file regiments that often look a bit small for what they're meant to be.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on October 03, 2022, 03:47:44 AM: Simply superb.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: valleyboy on October 03, 2022, 04:24:02 AM: Wow, just bloody superb
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Bloggard on October 08, 2022, 12:32:08 PM: fabulous :-*

as per SBayo, love your style / technique.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: LouieN on October 08, 2022, 06:46:27 PM: stunning
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Treebeard on October 10, 2022, 08:55:49 AM: Wooh !
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 18/09*
Post by: Iain R on May 02, 2023, 10:47:41 PM: Thank you all, chaps, most kind.

Quote from: Dolnikan on September 26, 2022, 09:30:12 AM
The movement tray really makes them feel like a real group of soldiers which is a nice break from the rank and file regiments that often look a bit small for what they're meant to be.
Cheers, it actually looks a bit better in the hand; I think the phone lens is slightly convex and makes them look more spread out than they actually are. It's a nice dense hedge of spearpoints in reality.

Cracking on, though, I decided to try to complete the unit of raiders to give myself a break from painting spear. First up is a conversion from an Antediluvian Miniatures spearman, given a falchion and (perhaps slightly large) buckler. Came out quite well, though, I thought.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/PS5tiv.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmPS5tivj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/MGM9BE.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poMGM9BEj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: Earther on May 02, 2023, 11:50:36 PM: Stunning!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: has.been on May 03, 2023, 07:15:00 AM: Lovely paintwork.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: bluewillow on May 03, 2023, 01:43:44 PM: Rather nice mate and good conversion

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: Little Odo on May 03, 2023, 07:46:12 PM: Nice - Great paint work.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: Iain R on May 04, 2023, 10:08:34 PM: Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 02/05*
Post by: Iain R on May 23, 2023, 07:34:51 PM: Another converted raider complete, again based on an Antediluvian Miniatures spearman. I've permitted myself a bit of poetic licence with this chap, wanted to do a figure with something of the primal about him, to give a real "fringes of Europe" feel, without tripping into the fantasy berserker trope. Armed him with the nebulous "brogit staff" (which tends to feature in later records, but given it translates basically as "spiky stick", I don't buy that no one ever had the idea of making something similar in the 14th century), and gave him a round shield, which would probably have been on the decline by then, but I doubt completely unknown, particularly Up North or on the western seaboards...

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/Eqo0jP.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmEqo0jPj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/hqgxig.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pohqgxigj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: Silent Invader on May 23, 2023, 08:01:54 PM: He looks suitably aggressive 8)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: brunei35 on May 24, 2023, 10:11:11 AM: Both conversions look excellent :)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: Tonhel on May 24, 2023, 09:30:09 PM: Very cool! :-* Always very immersive painting!
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: Sheikdjerboutiy on May 26, 2023, 03:27:15 AM: Please teach me your ways, you make gambesons so visually interesting.
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: Iain R on May 28, 2023, 12:27:25 AM: Thank you, guys!

Quote from: Sheikdjerboutiy on May 26, 2023, 03:27:15 AM
Please teach me your ways, you make gambesons so visually interesting.

Haha, thanks! There's nothing really very technical about it I'm afraid; I just select/mix up an appropriate colour, then add progressively more white to the highlights... that's it!

Got Sir Cailean Campbell finished today, his gyrony of eight proved more tricky to get looking right on all those folds than I had anticipated. And of course it features the thrice-cursed yellow...

Cruachan!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/V5Pl1d.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmV5Pl1dj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/fJabGO.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pofJabGOj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: rumacara on May 28, 2023, 06:43:45 AM: Another great figure. :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 23/05*
Post by: Tonhel on May 28, 2023, 08:55:45 AM: Love that yellow and black! :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 28/05*
Post by: Iain R on May 30, 2023, 06:49:57 PM: Thanks guys! Still to unlock a few more characters for this unit...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/H3lU5Q.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnH3lU5Qj)
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 28/05*
Post by: Tonhel on May 31, 2023, 05:25:36 AM: It's beautiful! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Not For Glory- 1320s Scots *Updated 28/05*
Post by: valleyboy on May 31, 2023, 08:38:57 AM: This is such a dangerously inspirational thread lol