Charlie's 15th century - Back to the baggage train (Aug 19)

[HappyChappy439]

Fantastic work, they look great ranked up!

[Maxromek]

They are a mighty looking unit! The new sculpts are amazing!

[Corso]

That's a great looking unit Charlie 

I like your approach to making this unit, especially the way to make every miniature somewhat distinct without sacrificing cohesion.

[Mad Doc Morris]

Very fine work. Love the mix of armour (or lack thereof) and weapons. Makes for a realistic look.

[Basementboy]

Absolutely stunning!

[Jack Jones]

Fabulous work.

I haven’t made any more progress with my limber, so I shall follow your two horse version with interest.

Cheers
JJ

[WuZhuiQiu]

The one thing they lack is any form of wood grain texture, so will be interesting to see how they paint up, but very are otherwise very clean and detailed.

I'm not sure that much wood texture would be needed - as modelled, it is often as though there are 2 cm tree rings or the wood has been outside rotting for at least a decade!

[Charlie_]

Thanks all!

They are a mighty looking unit! The new sculpts are amazing!

They are indeed aren't they? As I said, the one with the riding boots and the blue sleeves, with the glaive.... He is absolutely perfect I think. Was a real joy to paint up. (His head is a Perry plastic though)

I like your approach to making this unit, especially the way to make every miniature somewhat distinct without sacrificing cohesion.

Thanks, that's the idea! I don't think medieval 'units' should look too cohesive, so even if they is a semi-uniform livery, they should all look distinct in their equipment and clothing, and not be arrayed in overly neat ranks and files. But the overall posing and 'direction' of the unit should be consistent.

I haven’t made any more progress with my limber, so I shall follow your two horse version with interest.

I'll probably do an update on that next - I've managed to craft some rope tracers out of twisted brass wire, and it's turned out really well!

I'm not sure that much wood texture would be needed

Yes, you're probably right.

[Maxromek]

They are indeed aren't they? As I said, the one with the riding boots and the blue sleeves, with the glaive.... He is absolutely perfect I think. Was a real joy to paint up. (His head is a Perry plastic though)

I got a largish order from Steel Fist just last week and been putting every dolly that looks appropriate in a pile I'm going to convert into "dismounted light cavalrymen clean-up crew" with swords, axes, bucklers, etc. Riding boots necessary

[Charlie_]

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Back to the baggage train

Just a quick update. A while back I shared an image of a gun with a two-horse limber. Since then I've added traces made from twisted wire. I'm very pleased with how this turned out, both twisting the wire to make authentic looking rope, and how they've attached to the horse harness.

I've also made a similar two-horse wagon setup. Both of these are from the Perry Miniatures American War of Independence range, with the gun obviously replaced by a more suitable 15th century piece. Looking at 15th century manuscript art it seems wagon technology didn't really change much over the centuries, and the ones in the AWI range seem perfectly suitable for the medieval period. Interestingly there are lots of examples of wagons and limbered artillery in the Swiss Chronicles. I was keen to use these setups with two horses in tandem, as they will be much easier to paint than a full four-horse setup with them two abreast!

[Stärn vo Buebebärg]

That's a lovely new French unit Charlie! The sculpts you commissioned work wonderfully with the existing range and add some much-needed variety in the poses with lowered weapons. Your bagage train is also coming along nicely, I particularly like the twisted wire for the ropes, it looks lovely and also falls in a pleasantly realistic way.