Author Topic: French "Robin Hood" (Read 10960 times)

nervisfr · « **on:** December 26, 2020, 03:23:11 PM »

Hello guys,

In order to give a bit of originality in gaming Medieval, here is a few WIP about my Medieval Project about a french local hero base on a old tv show ; Thierry La Fronde.

It's a black and white tv show (1963), retracing the medieval adventures of a young nobleman in revolt against the English oppressor and his henchmen (or Collabos): the famous Thierry de Janville, known as Thierry La Fronde.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6x2aya

A french version of Robin Hood (English), Till the Mischievous (Flemish), William Wallace (Scotland), William Tell (Switzerland) or for older times, Samson.

In the logic of the legendary Hero, he needs an oppressor. For France, apart from Asterix, Thierry La Fronde comes to mind fairly quickly. The bad guys are the English and there are always one or two local collaborators to make a deal with the occupier. It's a basic rule among all peoples. Whatever the period, an invader will always find support among the invaded; it must be in the genes of men.

So lets start with some FireForge conversions turning foot soldiers into (english) bowmen....

The FireForge figurines are out of box with a bow forearms coming from one Conquest Games sprue .

More to come but you can follow my blog to see the WIP along the coming year.

use the translate button to keep it right

Regards
Eric

Malamute · « **Reply #1 on:** December 26, 2020, 03:39:23 PM »

Excellent, looking forward to seeing this develop

nervisfr · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2020, 05:10:11 PM »

thank you.

My 1st Knight (from Crusaders) bearing my town's heraldy , with 2 Fireforge .

i have to finish the mounted one now

Malamute · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2020, 07:25:32 AM »

Very nice

levied troop · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2020, 08:46:21 AM »

Nice and crisp. I’d not heard of Thierry, looks like a fun project.

nervisfr · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2020, 02:31:42 PM »

thank you.
Thierry is a well known hero for a lot of french people of my class age, around 50 and more. Like Roger Moore 's Ivanhoe for the english.
Nostalgia indeed.

and original..... to be a nobleman and a master slinger in a medieval world

Captain Blood · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2020, 03:46:13 PM »

Tres bien! I like your town's heraldry

nervisfr · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2020, 04:01:43 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on December 28, 2020, 03:46:13 PM

Tres bien! I like your town's heraldry

thank You captain !

i'm living here in the countryside for 20 years and every little village or town has nearly his own coat of arms. Sometime shared between two villages/towns.

For my area (north of France (59), you can see all of them here :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armorial_des_communes_du_Nord

useful link for painting inspiration