Battle of Formigny Blog - Update 09/03/21 more Longbowmen

[The_Wanderer]

Hi guys,

Another blog update with another unit of Longbowmen. I've incorporated a few of the Agincourt heads for a little variety.



My next update may not be for a while as we have a new arrival due at the end of the month so I'll probably be doing more catching up on sleep rather than painting 

https://formigny1450.blogspot.com/2021/03/more-longbowmen.html?m=1

[commissarmoody]

Some great looking longbowmen

[bluewillow]

Loving them mate

Cheers
Matt

[RedRowan]

Very nice.

Steve

[The_Wanderer]

Thanks guys  thoroughly fed up of painting bows now so looking forward to a change!

[Captain Blood]

Nicely done. I like the kitbashing on the standard bearer 

[Atheling]

Lovely brushwork 

Nicely done. I like the kitbashing on the standard bearer 

Agreed. The natural pose is spot on. 

[Charlie_]

Very nice unit!
I'm also painting lots of archers right now and find them rather tiresome - I think it's because a lot of them have poses that have awkward places to reach with the brush, and lots of arrow flights and bags/quivers are an extra chore. I look forward to painting a pike or pole arm unit which I find much easier!!

[The_Wanderer]

Very nice unit!
I'm also painting lots of archers right now and find them rather tiresome - I think it's because a lot of them have poses that have awkward places to reach with the brush, and lots of arrow flights and bags/quivers are an extra chore. I look forward to painting a pike or pole arm unit which I find much easier!!

Thanks yeah that's part of the issue. I used the GW contrast paints on these and found they made a hell of a difference to getting them done quicker, particularly with things like sheafs of arrows etc. I know what you mean about pole arms etc. Looking forward to doing some Men at Arms next and priming them silver which saves so much time!

[Charlie_]

Thanks yeah that's part of the issue. I used the GW contrast paints on these and found they made a hell of a difference to getting them done quicker, particularly with things like sheafs of arrows etc. I know what you mean about pole arms etc. Looking forward to doing some Men at Arms next and priming them silver which saves so much time!

Oh, are the gambeson contrast paints? They work really well. Do you use the special GW contrast primer or not?

[The_Wanderer]

Oh, are the gambeson contrast paints? They work really well. Do you use the special GW contrast primer or not?

I used the contrast paints to shade the gambesons, but they were basically an off white basecoat which was shaded and then highlighted before getting a thinned down coat of Army Painter strong tone to 'dirty it up'. I used contrast on pretty much all of the clothes though - saved me a hell of alot of time. I've never used the GW dedicated sprays, just the Army Painter ones and they seem to work fine