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Author Topic: Italian Wars- Up and Coming Vignette- Page 20- UPDATED- 05-04-2023  (Read 39758 times)

Offline Hu Rhu

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Absolutely wonderful painting and great basing as well. Stunning.  :-* :-* :-* :-*

Offline Atheling

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Absolutely wonderful painting and great basing as well. Stunning.  :-* :-* :-* :-*

Thanks Hu Rhu  :)

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I played the Arquebus – The Battles for Northern Italy 1495-1544 version of Fornovo at the weekend. A bit disloyal to say on a figure based site but the flanks, river and cavalry make it an interesting and quite pacy battle.

Heres the stock image of the battle from Arquebus 
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Cheers for that Stuart.  :)

I've never really been one for board games, nothing calculated, it's just the way things turned out.

Does the game have a good "feel" for the battle?


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Re: To Fornovo and Back Again! Something Spanish.....P. 8- 03/06/21
« Reply #109 on: June 03, 2021, 07:31:44 PM »
I'm beginning to move away from the idea of doing Fornovo as I am beginning to think a much better game could me made of Cerignola 1503, which is early enough for me to avoid altering the appearance of the miniatures I have painted thus far. (And yes, it did dawn on me after a ten year stink in researching the Fornovo!  lol )

So, something Spanish this way comes.... the opening shots of Gonsalvo de Cordoba's army.....

I will be working on a Spanish in Italy army for a Swordpoint where I plan, to attend a Medieval "tournament" which hopefully will bare more of a resemblance to the old WAB Campaign Weekender as opposed to a raw competition. I'm really not into WAAC tournaments at all so I realise this would potentially be a bit of a disaster, but, it will be my first wargaming event since the Zombie Apocalypse hit us. so positives and possible negatives but heck, I'm just going to go for it.










There's on pic missing as I had a bit of a PC crash but hopefully you get a picture of the sort of units to come.

Offline Charlie_

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Wow, those look great! Are they from TAG? If so, I'm not usually a fan of their style, but you have made them look very appealing.

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Very nice 👍



Offline Atheling

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Thanks guys. :)

Wow, those look great! Are they from TAG? If so, I'm not usually a fan of their style, but you have made them look very appealing.

Yes, they're from The Assault Group. They're the fist TAG mini's I have painted up and I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. The castings are very crisp, barely anything to clean up and  along with the very fine details, they exceptionally well researched. I would give them a 9 out of ten.

I have them a lived in look for a campaign feel but will be adding striped hose and possibly more bold colours to the next batch of six.
« Last Edit: June 04, 2021, 11:08:05 AM by Atheling »

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Beautiful! :-*

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Wonderful painting on those figures  :-* :-* :-*

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Very well painted. It's not a range I've seen painted up much but I rather like the figures.

Offline Doom Beard 78

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I'm beginning to move away from the idea of doing Fornovo as I am beginning to think a much better game could me made of Cerignola 1503, which is early enough for me to avoid altering the appearance of the miniatures I have painted thus far. (And yes, it did dawn on me after a ten year stink in researching the Fornovo!  lol )

But Darrell you will miss out on the spectacle of the massed cavalry and a vignette of the stradiotti looting the Fench baggage camp
 alessandro de Benedtti describes

how the Stratiotti " ...affixed the heads of the enemy to their light lances , entered camp. and were welcomed with great enthusiasm. One  of them, so that he might not be seen returning from battle empty handed, crually cut off the head of a priest"

What a splendid vignette this presents
And of course , this account  requires little embellishment

" In that plunder I saw a book in which were painted various nude images of his mistresses , differing in appearance and age as his lust and insane love had impelled him in each city; these pictures he carried around as souvenirs"

I recall this being the inspiration for a well received scenario which was used at 2 Italian Wars themed events.

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Thank you guys :)

Very well painted. It's not a range I've seen painted up much but I rather like the figures.

Yeah, I did a google search to see how others have interpreted them colour scheme Paul and could only find a couple of others who had given it a go! Very sad really as the range is spot on for the early Italian Wars.

I'm beginning to move away from the idea of doing Fornovo as I am beginning to think a much better game could me made of Cerignola 1503, which is early enough for me to avoid altering the appearance of the miniatures I have painted thus far. (And yes, it did dawn on me after a ten year stint in researching the Fornovo!  lol )

But Darrell you will miss out on the spectacle of the massed cavalry and a vignette of the stradiotti looting the Fench baggage camp
 alessandro de Benedtti describes

how the Stratiotti " ...affixed the heads of the enemy to their light lances , entered camp. and were welcomed with great enthusiasm. One  of them, so that he might not be seen returning from battle empty handed, crually cut off the head of a priest"

What a splendid vignette this presents
And of course , this account  requires little embellishment

" In that plunder I saw a book in which were painted various nude images of his mistresses , differing in appearance and age as his lust and insane love had impelled him in each city; these pictures he carried around as souvenirs"

That's true. Who could not resist making a large vignette of a bunch of Stradiots making off with Charles VIII's porn stash?  lol It would require some serious effort and a heck of a lot of conversion work. Everything in fact except the French guards and the wagons, unless someone has started making some dismounted looting Stradioti?   :o

Coming to think of it, it was you put that idea into my head a decade ago!  lol lol

I recall this being the inspiration for a well received scenario which was used at 2 Italian Wars themed events.

If it's the WHW Campaign I missed out on that one as I had already committed to Alex's HYW campaign. :(
« Last Edit: June 04, 2021, 12:31:23 PM by Atheling »

Offline Doom Beard 78

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its the one day wab events I used to run back in the day.

Oddly, there is enough literature on the kings porn stash, pen something for Hobilar on it.  ( on my to do list for the last decade)

 

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