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Author Topic: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project - COMPLETED  (Read 15296 times)

Offline Peter d

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2019, 06:30:18 PM »
Very nice work on these figures! :) :)
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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2019, 11:54:12 PM »
Super freehand work. Well done  8)

Offline levied troop

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2019, 05:46:42 PM »
Yes, that heraldry is very impressive, keep up the good work.
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Offline Winston

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2019, 04:36:25 PM »
I've recently added a Perry mounted men-at-arms unit and I'm not far off some Burgundian crossbowmen. I also picked up a cannon and some of the Perry Irish Kern at the recent Partizan so progressing nicely. I've recently fallen in with the excellent Like a Stone Wall wargaming group, based in Notts, and I'm hopeful of convincing them to get a WOTR night going soon, so that will hopefully lead to a right old scrap and some great pics. St Albans I has been mooted. Wish me luck!
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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2019, 08:12:27 AM »
Great work, your freehands are nice !
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Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2019, 12:25:18 PM »
Really impressed with your freehand work! keep it up!

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2019, 04:27:42 PM »
Thanks both, crossbowmen are done, pics soon. The cannon is next, then the Perry Irish Kern.

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2019, 12:45:59 PM »
Burgundian crossbow unit done. From the ultra-adaptable Perry European Mercenaries set. I almost didn't bother with the Pavises, but glad I did in the end. I also painted all these as torsos with arms off first, then glued on the arms later, thinking the crossbows would make life hugely difficult. I don't think they would have done in hindsight so won't bother with that again. I did paint the Pavises on the sprues though and that was definitely a good move.

Cannon and crew next.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2019, 12:48:02 PM by Winston »

Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #23 on: June 12, 2019, 06:36:20 PM »
Nicely done with the crossbows! Silly question but how did you get the weathering on the pavises done? It looks great!

Offline Mr.J

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2019, 09:04:25 PM »
Looking good. Nicely put together units with great freehand.

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2019, 12:02:03 PM »
Thanks both - and the weathering is a brown wash splattered on with a brush, as in sort of flicked on off the bristles to create a kind of mud spatter. I mark them up with a scalpel for the cut marks and a pin for little pock marks/holes, and stick a dark wash in the marks.


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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2019, 04:39:40 PM »
I've recently completed a metal Perry Cannon, just in generic Lancastrian blue! I used a homemade mix of PVA, water and filler on the base to get a nice uneven surface and carve some muddy wheel marks.

Offline SirGromit1879

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2019, 07:51:38 PM »
Lovely stuff, has a really nice aged wood effect to the cannon

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2019, 04:37:59 PM »
Put on a scenario last week and gave me the chance to take some pics of the full collection so far. 174 figures in total. About 500 still to go....it was only a game of Lion Rampant with a mate, but good excuse to get the lot out on a table divided into their Yorkist and Lancastrian halves.

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Re: Winston Ab Rees's big, long Wars of the Roses project
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2020, 01:05:51 PM »
Catching up with some of the bits I finished in the second half of 2019. These are Burgundian arquebus and pike. 250 figs in total now. Now I've got a nice flexible base collection built up I'm going to spend 2020 focusing on a large scale game re-fighting the battle Blore Heath. I should be able to get that done in the second half of 2020. I've got the bulk of the Yorkists really - a Lancastrian top-up of a Lord Audley retinue, and some wagons for Yorkists, should pretty much get me there.

 

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