Outremer: Faith and Blood - MILITARY ORDER KNIGHTS

[Legiocustodes]

As some of you have already guessed I am the author of the up-and-coming Crusade Era skirmish game from Osprey entitled Outremer: Faith and Blood, which has just gone on pre-order on Amazon. Whilst I can't say too much about the game just yet I would like to show you some models that I have painted up for playing it. These guys are Military Order warriors from the Templars and Hospitallers and have been fighting as a warband in my play tests.













These guys were a real joy to paint, I find the mix of black and white models breaks the potential monotony of painting.

The models themselves are a mix of Fireforge; Essex and Perry miniatures. I have deliberately painted them to look like the artwork from the front cover of my book as it's such a great piece of art that Osprey have commissioned for me.

There's a bit more info on my blog at:
https://classicastartes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/templars-hospitallers-and-outremer.html

I'll be working on some Saracen fighters next....

[Plynkes]

They're bloomin' lovely. Top drawer.

Those Osprey war games just keep on coming, don't they? I had no idea this one was even in the works. Too many for me to keep track of. Not complaining, mind.

[Legiocustodes]

Thanks mate they were a labour of love for me, I either painted them in pairs or individually so I could spent more time on them. It's the joy of a Warband size game; one can lavish suitable attention on each of the fighters.

Yeah Osprey have a steady pace of production for new games but like you say I don't think it's a bad thing; I've never been so spoiled for choice and even niche interests get their own 'mainstream' books.

[Duncan McDane]

Skirmish games in the Crusades setting. What's not to like? 

[Harry Faversham]

If the rules are as good as the figures you're onto a winner! 

[Sunjester]

Oh No, not another Osprey ruleset to to distract me!

Like Plynkes, I had not heard about these. At least I won't have to paint more figures for it, I've already got big armies for playing Soldiers of God.

[FierceKitty]

Skirmish games in the Crusades setting. What's not to like? 

Lack of massed armies!

[Legiocustodes]

Cheers guys;

I'm glad you like the models, I have to say painting white robes can be a bit of daunting task at first, but after a while it becomes easier. Foundy's Artic Grey A,B and C are a godsend for white!

Yeah there is indeed a lack of massed armies for which I make no apologies; I have always been a skirmish player at heart and I have made a game that my peers and I would like to play. The good news is there are plenty of other large scale battle games out there to tickle that particular interest, so not all is lost.

[Anderson Collection]

Top work

[Duncan McDane]

Lack of massed armies!

I'm more of a skirmish-man myself, Khun Meaow  .

[henryv]

Very nice Brothers.

[marcusluis]

Which crusade will it be covering?

[Legiocustodes]

I've predominantly focussed on the first - third crusade in my
Playtestmg but it can be used for the later Crusader period too.

[has.been]

Figures look excellent!  Will it do well?  "Deus Vult" (As God wills it, a Crusade chant)

[Raff the Sweetling]

The guys look damn good. For my taste they should be a little bit dirtier. But definitely already already damn good work, thanks for show. A real inspiration