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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Stuart on May 05, 2016, 10:18:48 AM
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I paint Landsknechts fairly often and thought I'd start a figure by figure thread for inspiration if you've lost your Landsknecht mojo or need some ideas for colour combinations.
If you're interested I have put together a Landsknecht painting guide here; www.paintinglandsknechts.blogspot.co.uk (http://www.paintinglandsknechts.blogspot.co.uk)
Here's a few to start.
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some regular chaps
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a couple more - in French service
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Superb :-* :-*
cheers
James
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two more
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Wow...every model looks like an oilpainting of the time...marvellous... :-* :-* :-*
Cheers,
Don
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They look amazing.
I have used your site as inspiration in my own Landsknecht project.
A quick question. How do you get that "dirty" look on your figures? Washes?
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Yep, I use a 3 step palette and apply a wash after the shade colour then build up again so that once the wash is dry this becomes the shade, the shade colour is then the mid tone and the mid tone is the highlight with the light tone a final highlight in some but not all colours.
Hope that makes sense, there's an illustrated step by step on the painting guide linked at the top of this thread.
Stuart
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I'm with Don on this Stuart, absolutely superb .
I find it facinating to see how other people paint the same figures as I am currently painting.
Keep the Faith Stuart
Regards
Guy T
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Thanks a lot :)
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A couple of arquebusiers
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Inspirational. Thank you!
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It's a pleasure to See your Landsknechts. Great work.
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Fabulous as ever, Stuart 8)
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Lovely stuff matey, just what we've come to expect from you :-*
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Good to see a few in armour. Especially so well painted. :)
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Great stuff mate - very realistic!
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What a nice change to see landsknechts portrayed as they actually would have looked in real life, and not the gaudy peacocks that most wargamers depict them as. I have to create an early Henrician army for a wargames competition in September and will be bookmarking your website as a painting source.
Sorry, I meant to say as THE painting source!
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Stuart,
These are really inspirational. May I ask a couple of questions (and please forgive me, I know nothing about the subject):
1. would each landsknecht dress in colours of his own choosing? I seem to remember seeing a unit of Swiss from the same period where groups of figures had been painted in cantonal colours -ie, colours which reflected the flag of their canton; and
2. I imagine that many manufacturers make landsknecht figures. Which are your personal favourites?
Thanks,
Paul
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BVN, thanks very much, get in touch if you want help with the flags or army organisation.
Paul, my favourites are the Perry sculpted Wargames Foundry Landsknechts, I never tire of painting them.
As for the colours they were indeed individual in their clothing, dress was dictated by class and this was very much their visual rebellion at this. Unlike the Swiss they did not dress in cantonal or city colours, the one exception being a contingent raised by Wilibald von Pirkheimer who were in red and white, there may have been others but this unit was noted as such.
Still, cloth cost money so chaps on double pay (doppelsondners), typically arquebusiers and men with double handed swords were more flamboyant in variety of colour and cut of cloth whereas the rank and file are typically depicted in one or two colours with contrasting hose.
Personally I mix it up a bit and have stripes in abundance, you see that on a lot of woodcuts.
Have a look at the painting guide for more pointers.
Hope that helps
Stuart
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Hi Stuart,
Many thanks for the reply. All very interesting and very tempting.
Paul
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Very impressive, I've tried painting Landsknechts a few times and always been disappointed in the results. Yours however are delightful.
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Stuart, you are undoubtedly the finest painter of miniatures of this period. I am, as always, awestruck at your depictions.
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Landsknechts in French service currently on the workbench
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Stunning as always. They look like they've been lifted straight from a period illustration.
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Great work again... :-*
DV
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Beautiful work.
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So pretty!!! You are truly one of the great Renaissance Artists :)
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I agree with all the others,stunning work on those minis ☺
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Excellent.
I recognise all the figures except the two-handed swordsman and the ensign with the blue fleur-de-lys flag. The others all seem to be Foundry, but where do the other two come from?
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those are Pro Gloria, now Warlord figures