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Author Topic: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (FINISHED!! 8/12/19)  (Read 7552 times)

Offline Peter d

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2019, 06:00:51 PM »
Wonderful work, I like these a lot!
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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots
« Reply #31 on: September 16, 2019, 09:25:02 AM »
Nice painting!
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Offline SirGromit1879

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots
« Reply #32 on: September 18, 2019, 07:56:02 AM »
These are superb!!! Love the sculpting of the turned down part at the  top of the boots, nailed it. Nice choice of colour too I really like that black and tan

Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots
« Reply #33 on: September 18, 2019, 07:58:57 AM »
Another marvellous unit Simon  :-*

Offline painterman

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots
« Reply #34 on: September 18, 2019, 11:10:07 AM »
Thanks for the comments - much appreciated!

Made a start on a householder base - Perry horses (with saddles and stirrups added) and plastic page - a work in progress.


Bit more on the blog, as usual.
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Cheers, Simon.

Offline HappyChappy439

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #35 on: September 18, 2019, 04:23:54 PM »
Looking good! I like how much mileage you can get out of the Light Cavalry box too!

Shame it's such a pain to get passive-posed or standing horses though! There's a couple of individual ones on the Front Rank website which scale alright with the Perry ones from what I can tell, but again not a huge variety

Offline Atheling

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #36 on: September 19, 2019, 06:31:55 AM »
Lovely subtle conversion work, especially on the horses Simon.  :-* :-* :-*

Might have to nick the idea for with my HYW collection..... if that's OK?


Offline SirGromit1879

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #37 on: September 19, 2019, 09:58:54 AM »
This is going to be something special cant wait to see it painted, so glad to see new stuff on the blog too =).

The stirrups are perfect!

I just found out 1st corps do standing medieval horses but no idea how they compare size wise to the Perry horses

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product/mounted-crossbowmen-i/

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product-category/medieval/late-medieval/late-medieval-cavalry/

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #38 on: September 19, 2019, 12:28:47 PM »
This is going to be something special cant wait to see it painted, so glad to see new stuff on the blog too =).

The stirrups are perfect!

I just found out 1st corps do standing medieval horses but no idea how they compare size wise to the Perry horses

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product/mounted-crossbowmen-i/

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product-category/medieval/late-medieval/late-medieval-cavalry/

The old Kingmaker horses are larger then the Perry equivalents.
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Offline Phil Portway

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #39 on: September 19, 2019, 09:34:24 PM »
They look fab!  8) 8) 8)
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Offline painterman

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #40 on: September 24, 2019, 12:52:51 PM »
Prep work for second householder base is underway - stirrups and reins to be added.
Happy with overall poses.



Cheers, Simon.

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #41 on: September 25, 2019, 05:33:00 PM »
Nicely done  :-*

Offline Charlie_

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #42 on: September 25, 2019, 06:22:21 PM »
Oh wow, that second one is particularly effective!

I've often considered doing horse holders like this, but hadn't considered that I'd need to resculpt the reins and create stirrups as well...
I don't think I'm going to do it in the end, seems beyond my skills, but I applaud you for doing it!

I've used the same Agincourt metal horses in walking poses for my own mounted crossbowmen (as yet unpainted). As you've found they scale well with the metal WOTR horses, but are definitely noticeably smaller than the plastic WOTR horses. Work very well for mounted longbowmen/crossbowmen!

(Though if a certain company ever decided to release packs of horse holders I'd buy a load of them....)

Offline painterman

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #43 on: September 26, 2019, 03:23:17 PM »
Charlie:
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've often considered doing horse holders like this, but hadn't considered that I'd need to resculpt the reins and create stirrups as well...
I don't think I'm going to do it in the end, seems beyond my skills, but I applaud you for doing it!

I think you can...it's just a trial and error process for the stirrups. Bend thin wire with pliers into a stirrup shape and then coat the 'strap' with green stuff and trim to length when its set hard.
I'm now attempting a Burgundian Coustiller mounting his horse - again, chopping up plastic and filling gaps with putty - trying to match a pose I've found online.
It's fiddly; but thats the joy of plastic, it creates the opportunity for vignettes etc.
Cheers, Simon.

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Re: Burgundian longbowmen in riding boots (horseholders page 3)
« Reply #44 on: September 26, 2019, 05:35:34 PM »
The old Kingmaker horses are larger then the Perry equivalents.
Metal and/or plastic?

I know the TAG horses are a little smaller than Perry ones, but might be appropriate for dismounted archers and crossbowmen.