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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Stuart on September 22, 2021, 10:46:37 AM
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Irish Kern with two handed weapons, thought i'd get some photographs in prior to basing.
There are two head swaps in there but otherwise painted straight from the pack, a nice novelty for me !
I've really enjoyed painting these, especially the variety in tone on the leine, from a deep rich yellow saffron on the commander through to light and faded on some of the warriors with lots in between.
I used the Wargames Foundry Ochre palette with a variety of different washes.
Enjoy !
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Lovely work :)
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Beautifully painted miniatures.
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Yes indeed. An impressive job all together.
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Those are lovely! What colour did you use for the saffron, please?
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An impressive set of figures - and interesting to see some wearing some armour
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Thanks Fred I used the Wargames Foundry Ochre palette with a variety of different washes.
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Looking good!
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Lovely brushwork and details Stuart!
Simon
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Fab work Stuart :-* :-* :-*
The end results made all the more interesting after sitting in one one of your painting sessions vie Facebook 8)
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Lush :-*
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Love ‘em
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Superb! Medieval Irish are a treat to see painted.
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More great work Stuart, love em. Question, the leaders helmet looks s bit green to me. Is it cloth covered or painted helmet? A oxidized bronze helmet? Or a colourful cloth l start helmet?
Again they look wonderful.
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Gosh! They are superb! I've been thinking of adding a unit or two to my army and your figures may have pushed me into doing so. Great stuff!
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Love the figures.
Very fine painting.
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More great work Stuart, love em. Question, the leaders helmet looks s bit green to me. Is it cloth covered or painted helmet? A oxidized bronze helmet? Or a colourful cloth l start helmet?
Again they look wonderful.
Thanks buddy. It’s a coloured helmet, either painted or cloth covered
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Cool.
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Truly lovely. And a very versatile force able to fight English over a hundred years span.
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Got round to basing em :)
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Those look great!
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More fantastic brushing Stuart! Love them.
simon
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Again, they look great! :D
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They look great.
Steve
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These look great, would these have formed separate units or would they have lined up behind the Galloglach in a single unit?
Ian
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Kern did most of the legwork as a skirmishing mass with galloglass behind them.
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Top job mate 👍
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Excellent work!
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Beautifully done Leine Crioch! Lovely figures!
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Very nice
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3 units of Irish Kern are done, here’s the accompanying write up;
https://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.com/2021/11/irish-kern.html?m=1 (https://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.com/2021/11/irish-kern.html?m=1)
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Lovely additions to the collection Stuart,enjoyed the blog entry too 👍
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Cheers Keith, I shall get you a nice new yellow shirt for Christmas
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Wonderful painting on those Kern. :-* :-* :-*
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Excellent work on these! And thanks for the Saffron recipe on the blog post too, that's really helpful!
You've definitely convinced me to pick up a few sets of Kern!
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Cracking Stuart :-*
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Excellent painting and a fascinating blog post.
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A fantastic looking unit.
Steve
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They are, indeed, beautiful. But I must ask the question I always wonder when I see Dark Age/Medieval Irish, Scots or
Welsh: Why did so many go barefoot? Ireland, Wales and Scotland are not warm, balmy places, and are also frequently rocky.
Its always seemed odd to me that men going into battle would do so barefoot (imagine all the pointy battle debris!).
Anyone have a good answer to this issue? I find it hard to believe that it was about shoes being too expensive (heck, to me sandals would be better than nothing).
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Lovely work Stuart.
Pan Marek the bare legs and feet was a statement by the Irish nobility and their soldiers of their personal indifference to physical hardship. It was part of an elite military fashion that sought to emulate the deeds of the ancient Fianna. As you surmised it had nothing to do with the affordability of foot wear.
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They are, indeed, beautiful. But I must ask the question I always wonder when I see Dark Age/Medieval Irish, Scots or
Welsh: Why did so many go barefoot? Ireland, Wales and Scotland are not warm, balmy places, and are also frequently rocky.
Its always seemed odd to me that men going into battle would do so barefoot (imagine all the pointy battle debris!).
Anyone have a good answer to this issue? I find it hard to believe that it was about shoes being too expensive (heck, to me sandals would be better than nothing).
Bare feet were supposed to give you better grip. When slipping might literally be the difference between life and death...
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Lovely looking figures Stuart - did they win today?
Simon
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Indeed they did, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
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Thanks. Do you know of any sources where I can read more about this?
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You're welcome. There is a good treatment of it in Gaelic Ulster in the Middle Ages by Katherine Sims.
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Thanks.
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No trouble at all. I find it a fascinating subject.
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You really did do justice to these. Superbly done.
I enjoyed painting these myself. They are great minis. If I had one gripe with them it was simply the lack of more two handed Kern variations.