Charlie's 15th century - Burgundian handgunners (Sep 23)

[Silent Invader]

They are a delight 

[DalyDR]

This is top notch work.  The miniatures, the terrain, everything. 

[jon_1066]

Very nice.  Would grace any magazine or rule book.  Ok not any, maybe Vogue is out!  Excellent work

[Ray Rivers]

It's an awesome thread and project. 

But then, I am repeating myself. 

[Captain Harlock]

 this thread is going up to 11, I love the scenic shots and the minis, really great stuff Charlie!

[RedRowan]

Lovely shots.

Steve

[Ragsta]

Gorgeous stuff here, sir- I love the painting style and those lovely photos!

[Little Odo]

The scenic shots are superb - great work!

[Captain Blood]

Handsome indeed.
Well done Charlie 

[Charlie_]

https://fullharness.blogspot.com/

Burgundian handgunners

A new small unit - some Burgundian handgunners.



I put a few (less than half) of them in livery jackets, trying out a green and white scheme with red Burgundian cross - there will be another unit or two in this livery sometime in the future.

There's lots of conversions in this unit, so I thought I'd photograph each of the ten figures before basing, and share details of exactly how they are made.





A - Perry Miniatures plastic.
B - Perry Miniatures plastic, with new sculpted bag.
C and D - Perry Miniatures metal Italians with headswaps.
E and F - Steel Fist Miniatures Swiss, with basilard daggers replaced with regular swords.
G - Steel Fist Miniatures Swiss with a plastic Perry head.
H - Torso and legs are a 3d print from Warsteel Miniatures, with plastic Perry head and arms. The right arm holding the gun was made from several pieces.
I - Athena Miniatures.
J - Crusader Miniatures, with head and arms replaced with Perry parts (metal head and plastic arms), plus a Perry sword and buckler.

I'm very pleased with this little group. The Italian and Swiss figures have been made more generically West European, more suitable for Burgundians. The Crusader Miniatures sculpt has been made to blend in with the rest much better - the weak points of much of this range are the hands and heads, and in replacing them I was able to somehow get a much more realistic, less stiff-looking pose.

Two of the figures are older ones I did years ago - I'm in the process of rebasing and reorganising all my handgunners and crossbowmen, and these two found their way into this unit with the newly painted ones.

[valleyboy]

Superb and admirable effort to produce a pretty unique unit

[Basementboy]

These look grand! And props to you for putting in the extra conversion work to get them looking unique, the final result is that much better because of it.

[historian in harness]

Gorgeous work.

[duivelindoosje]

inspiring conversions

[Captain Blood]

Beautifully curated and presented as ever