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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Jericho on 06 December 2015, 09:14:54 PM
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Greetings LAF,
I have been working (slowly) on the Swiss-Burgundian wars for the last few months. And I thought I'd start here with showing two vignettes I made somewhere last month after I got my required items at Crisis 2015.
One's a Swiss army standard bearer and the other is a Swiss champion showing off his best piece of cutlery.
Enjoy.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CbAaZyRxJaU/VmSd22-pP5I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/BTqtkRlMg6M/s1600/SAM_1776.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fDHJc_HJuQ0/VmSd1-yZUvI/AAAAAAAAAU0/egftBuqSFfA/s1600/SAM_1767.JPG)
More picture's back at the blog;
http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/swiss-vignettes.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/swiss-vignettes.html)
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Nice looking Swiss on your blog - some great poses.
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Nice vignettes. Welcome :)
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Lovely characterful pieces. Thanks for sharing
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Really nice work- the Perry Late Medieval stuff per say really lends itself to putting together a vignette.
8) 8) 8)
Darrell.
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Thanks for the kind words, especially coming from some whose work definitely outshine mine :)
While I'm still busy with the Swiss, I have also started with a Burgundian force to oppose them.
Of which I hope to have finished a small unit of pikemen by this weekend.
Cheers
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Looking forward to see what you come up with next Jericho :)
Darrell.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JHQimxiX1fs/VmsIO1vgsAI/AAAAAAAAAVE/xZDqdgoXE24/s1600/SAM_1779.jpg)
My first Burgundian unit is finished.
More piccies here:
http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/burgundian-pikemen.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/burgundian-pikemen.html)
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Nice 8) 8) 8)
Darrell.
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Today the artillery conquers while the infantry occupies 8)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gMQED3Rqud4/VnbJL5uY4xI/AAAAAAAAAXI/zwYdorPa6cE/s1600/SAM_1801.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StD5nSZuFkM/VnbJMZFUO-I/AAAAAAAAAXA/aLjaeAPuACg/s1600/SAM_1806.jpg)
More to be found here:
http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/calling-in-artillery.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2015/12/calling-in-artillery.html)
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Nice work mate :-*
That gunner has obviously had his teeth whitened ;) :D
Darrell.
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That gunner has obviously had his teeth whitened ;) :D
That's ColgateTM for you :)
Currently I'm wrestling through two units of Swiss cavalry (2,5 of twelve completed) but I just hate painting horses.
Although I do love the look of finished horse units...
To make matters worse my attention keeps switching to the Burgundians; mercenary Italian crossbowmen actually.
And for these I have a few questions which I hope some have an answer for.
1. How would these Italians have looked in the Burgundian army of the 1470s?
2. A sort of follow-up on number 1. Would the Burgundian army of the early 1450s have looked similar to that of Charles the Bold? Or would it have still looked more HYW in style?
3. Could/Would a crossbowunit mix with handgunners on the battlefield? If so, should both types be Italian, or mixed mercenary nationalities or even regular Burgundians mixed in?
4. I have the command set and three crossbowmen of the old GW's Dogs of War 'Marksmen of Miragliano' lying around. Could these be usable for 1470s Italian mercenaries, or will they stick out like a sore thumb?
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1. How would these Italians have looked in the Burgundian army of the 1470s?
Here's some pics on my Gewalthaufen Blog of a game The Bodkins put on at Paritizan. Mainly David Imrie, Dave Andrews and Simon Chicks work:
http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Berne%21%20Baby%20Berne%21
2. A sort of follow-up on number 1. Would the Burgundian army of the early 1450s have looked similar to that of Charles the Bold? Or would it have still looked more HYW in style?
By the later stages of the HYW, the early 1450's the armours and military styles would have been pretty much the same
3. Could/Would a crossbowunit mix with handgunners on the battlefield? If so, should both types be Italian, or mixed mercenary nationalities or even regular Burgundians mixed in?
This was probably the case so yeah, more crossbowmen than handguners.
4. I have the command set and three crossbowmen of the old GW's Dogs of War 'Marksmen of Miragliano' lying around. Could these be usable for 1470s Italian mercenaries, or will they stick out like a sore thumb?
To be honest I don't really know which one's they are but I think that most of the GW Western style Dogs of War units were more Renaissance based(?)
cheers,
Darrell.
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Those looks like an awesome game, Darrell. Armies like that are only a dream for me, as I would throw in the towel much too soon o_o.
Well, these are the Marksmen of Miragliano.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OH9GiWdNoSA/Uy2eyoHK24I/AAAAAAAAASk/sLps7Z1CI24/s1600/DSCF0067.JPG)
Their body even looks like one of the Perry's plastic mercenaries, decorated with bits and bobs.
Meanwhile I have found pictures of somebody who mixed them (with Front Rank mini's, I think) in his own Burgundian army.
Looks like they fit :D
(https://atelierrobin.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/051.jpg?w=800)
Finally I have a use for these figures after +- 15 years 8)
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Yeah, the mini's in the foreground are Front Rank. By the looks of things they mix quite well actually.
Usually, as long as the armours are contemporaneous a good paint job will do the trick :)
......and that brings me neatly onto your work- keep up the very good work! 8) 8) 8)
Darrell.
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I'd be very interested in seeing how the Marksmen of Miragliano scale alongside the Perry WOTR range.
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I'd be very interested in seeing how the Marksmen of Miragliano scale alongside the Perry WOTR range.
Here's a quick comparison pic.
Never mind the paint, I just started work on them.
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z454/joerinator/SAM_1841_zpsr5nukqlp.jpg) (http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/joerinator/media/SAM_1841_zpsr5nukqlp.jpg.html)
Although the GW looks a bit smaller and chunkier, I think that with a decent paintjob they'll fit in with the Perry's just fine.
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The newest recruits for the Burgundians, Italian mercenary crossbowmen and handgunners from Campobasso.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OQ-0KqlpZ1U/VpopsnnIA0I/AAAAAAAAAXU/_rp0GfhyFAI/s1600/SAM_1854.JPG)
More to be found here: clicky (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/01/italian-mercenaries-in-burgundian.html)
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Love the guy on the right. Just the perfect designer facial hair for an Italian. :D :D
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Very nice 8)
Love the guy on the right. Just the perfect designer facial hair for an Italian. :D :D
lol Straight off the set of Da Vinci!
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Thanks chaps.
I'm just glad they at least have an Italian vibe about them :)
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The newest troops levied into the ducal army.
http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/02/de-goedwillighen-antwerp-crossbowmen.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/02/de-goedwillighen-antwerp-crossbowmen.html)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0FUisUmTiaQ/VsIoRgcZJFI/AAAAAAAAAZI/vRStr3BHTBA/s1600/SAM_1866.jpg)
Next up Men-at-Arms-on-Foot:
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H9xp1_dm05M/VsIoS_Ox4WI/AAAAAAAAAZI/f2sGVKXAVMQ/s1600/SAM_1879.jpg)
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Nice work on the shields! Freehand?
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Thanks! And yes, they semi-freehand as I used paper tape to make the crosses and other straight lines.
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They look great, it's nice to see that the gw figures can work ok with the Perrys
Best Iain
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They look great, it's nice to see that the gw figures can work ok with the Perrys
Best Iain
Thanks! I was quite suprised and happy they fit so well together.
The Duke has called upon his subjects and the first unit of noblemen have responded;
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WNLk3sW6VBM/Vtm6PHRBPYI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ci3j_XCS-zU/s1600/SAM_1898.jpg)
They are a mish-mash of plastics but I think they turned out good.
More and some previews of the next units are here:
http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/03/dismounted-ordonnance-knights.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/03/dismounted-ordonnance-knights.html)
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Nicely done, but the aspect of the photo makes it look like a kind of medieval rendering of the David and Goliath story. ;)
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Very nice. I like the brushwork on their faces and your color choices. Thank you for sharing Jericho.
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They look great. Really down and dirty.
I'm not normally a fan of painted eyeballs - they always look a bit clownish to me. But yours work really well. The chap second from the right really does look as if he's staring death in the face :o :o :o
I also like the advancing swordsman with the bouche shield. I am so nicking that pose :D
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Great work.
I also like the advancing swordsman with the bouche shield. I am so nicking that pose :D
Me too!
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Another nice unit, I like your muted colours, and your man's five o'clock shadow!
Best Iain
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Thanks for the comments, fellas.
Sorry it took so long to make a reply; flu got in the way, as did life as well as work :-[
And about that shield, I stole the idea myself from Painterman.
One of his latest Coustiliers had such a shield slung on his back.
I merely adapted it into an attacking pose. ;)
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Where are the standing horses from?
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Where are the standing horses from?
Those are metal horses from Front Rank Miniatures, from their WoTR range.
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/medieval/medieval-horses/ (http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/medieval/medieval-horses/)
They have three types of standing still horses; MH1, MH5 and MH6.
Front Rank is a bit bigger & bulgier than Perry but against the foot knights they do look
like strong warhorses capable of carrying a knight.
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Started on this unit back in November only to finish it this week just in time for friday's game :D
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h216nmzOe6E/VyEICPr9-lI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/synDR1e8Jbc5Nqj-yvV8DvnPjz7T4tILwCLcB/s1600/SAM_1970.JPG)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0PoXguH_mQI/VyEA9zB0jNI/AAAAAAAAAc8/APbIvgLWKW46XQQwtrF2bVUjMcyTY43BQCLcB/s1600/SAM_1973.JPG)
More pictures on the blog: http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/04/swiss-medium-cavalry.html (http://plasticwarfare.blogspot.be/2016/04/swiss-medium-cavalry.html)
My Swiss will get their first forays into combat this friday in a couple of small Kings of War games.
Against fantasy armies now, but I hope that the game fits well enough for historicals and this way get some others interested in it too.
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Nice work - they look convincingly Swiss!
Simon.
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Oh wow, fantastic! They really look good.
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Thanks, guys 8)