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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: THE CID on June 15, 2016, 12:23:28 PM
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As the title says a few ive painted up. Hope you like them. Front Rank figures by the way.
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Really good looking figures there. Like the rebels, look super. :)
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Great stuff! Love the colors...
Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
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Yep,like those :)
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Very nice, great strong colours.
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Thanks guys, I love painting Front Rank figures, the Rebs have loads of character.
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Thanks guys, I love painting Front Rank figures, the Rebs have loads of character.
I've always liked Front Rank figures, loads of character, but they can be a bit static with some of the poses. :)
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I've done a fair few of these myself - with a lot more still to do. They are a bit stiff, I agree, but have loads of character and excellent detail. A pleasure to paint, and you've done a good job with them :)
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Thanks again everybody, here's a couple of close ups.
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It's a shame that for such an accomplished sculptor, the guy that runs Front Rank makes such a bodge of some hands... Look at the 'open' hands on your top two pikemen. Dreadful. And there are several other hands like that in this - otherwise excellent - range (standard bearers in particular). Just really badly done. He doesn't seem to have his anatomy right at all where that pose is concerned, and the relationship of hand to wrist to arm... It really spoils some of these figures for me :(
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Now you have mentioned it, its so obvious. Its really strange as all the other hands look natural. Perhaps its trying to make the hand wide enough to accept a flag pole that makes it rather playmobil like.
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Pikeman would wear heavy leather gauntlets, that's what I have tried to depict in my painting.
Maybe the sculptor has designed them that way. I do not think it detracts anything from the figures.
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A few more including Monmouth.
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Lovely :-*
Great purple coat.
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Very nice indeed. :)
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Excellent!
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Lovely :-*
Great purple coat.
A plush velvet, me thinks. lol
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Some excellent painting,on some great figures.
Would the Royalist/government pikemen be wearing back and breast plates, and helmets?
And would only the Guards pike wear waist sashes?
Thanks,
Andy
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As a former Sedgemoor rebellion (Somerset Militia) reenactor...
"Would the Royalist/government pikemen be wearing back and breast plates, and helmets?
And would only the Guards pike wear waist sashes?"
Certainly the militia pikemen were unarmored, and wore waist sashes. My understanding is that this is true for all the 'regular' troops too
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v_lazy_dragon, thanks for the email nfo.
In Helion's "One King", the uniform info gives the foot guards pikemen *polished back and breast plates£, * white sashes", but is this just for parade or ceremonial wear?
Also,in Fighting for Liberty ", there is a picture of a pike man from the Queen Dowager's Regiment, (Kirke's), who has removed his armour and doesn't wear a sash.
None of the pikemen are described as wearing helmets.
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http://www.tauntongarrison.org/monmouth-rebellion is my old group
The sashes were worn for all wear, and was part of distinguishing the pikemen from the shot(te).
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http://www.tauntongarrison.org/monmouth-rebellion is my old group
The sashes were worn for all wear, and was part of distinguishing the pikemen from the shot(te).
Thank you very much for the link.
Excellent info and inspiration.
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Really nice painting on those Front Rank figures.
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Beautiful brushwork! Very inspirational! I have a partially completed project in 10mm and most likely going to do it in 6mm as well. The armies are small enough that it's feasible. The Monmouth uprising has been a wargaming interest of mine for decades (many projects started and stalled) and I hope to ultimately game it on the tabletop.
I look forward to seeing the progress of your project!