[Commercial] Introducing Bloody Miniatures P.63 The final Release 11 painting!

[anevilgiraffe]

Nurse!

[mikedemana]

Those are amazing figs with loads of character... 

Mike Demana

[Rochejaquelein]

A soujourn into the Jacobean era is a very pleasant surprise; the models look absolutely fantastic. If you were looking for a possible avenue of further expansion of this time period, I cannot recommend enough the Anglo-Powhatan wars. I visited the site of the Wolstenholme Towne years ago, which was a settlement destroyed by the natives and rediscovered in the 1970s and it appears that the colonists were heavily armored and armed (even the musketeers). Closed and open faced bascinets, cabassets, breastplates, jack of plates, and even old billhooks have been discovered at Jamestown alone. Maybe some minis with cooler/lighter clothing, as I'm petty sure I would die from heat exhaustion in the Virginian summer if I had to wear the latest fashions of early 17th century London. 


https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/open-burgonet-helmet/
https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/cabasset-helmet/
https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/jack-of-plate/

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Lovely painting on some great figures. I will be putting in an order, immediately they are released!   

[Captain Blood]

  Thank you

A soujourn into the Jacobean era is a very pleasant surprise; the models look absolutely fantastic. If you were looking for a possible avenue of further expansion of this time period, I cannot recommend enough the Anglo-Powhatan wars. I visited the site of the Wolstenholme Towne years ago, which was a settlement destroyed by the natives and rediscovered in the 1970s and it appears that the colonists were heavily armored and armed (even the musketeers). Closed and open faced bascinets, cabassets, breastplates, jack of plates, and even old billhooks have been discovered at Jamestown alone. Maybe some minis with cooler/lighter clothing, as I'm petty sure I would die from heat exhaustion in the Virginian summer if I had to wear the latest fashions of early 17th London.

Thanks. This is all extremely interesting stuff 

[Bloggard]

fantastic figures and painting

[Captain Blood]

Thanks

And finally... The sixth and last pack from the next Bloody Miniatures release.

These are 'The Titans of the Age', to whit...
A quartet of famous (and infamous) Jacobean characters.
They can of course be used as whomever (or for whatever) you like, but they were conceived as:
- King James I of England and VI of Scotland. That canny, fey, political survivor and inveterate dabbler in all things occult.
- Sir Robert Cecil: Secretary of State, Lord Treasurer, and England’s Spymaster-in-Chief. The ruthless magnate who controlled all affairs of the Kingdom under King James. With the security of the realm his paramount and abiding concern.
- Francis Bacon, genius of the age. Philosopher, polymath, father of scientific experimentation and noted esotericist. Later, Lord Chancellor and Attorney-General of England, and a leading advocate for planting England’s colonies in Virginia, Newfoundland, and (what later became) the Carolinas.
- Henry Garnet, the much-hunted chief Jesuit in England. Favourite bogeyman of the Protestant establishment and purportedly the organising intelligence behind the Gunpowder Plot.

Once I've got everything ready to roll (and I'm back from a few days R&R next week), these new packs should be on the Bloody webstore in the second week of September. I'll let you know as soon as they're there.

Available soon in individual 4-figure packs, at the usual £9.50 each, or all together as a 24-figure collection, ‘Treason and Plot’ for a nice round £50, saving a princely £7.

[Malamute]

Gorgeous

[Silent Invader]

That is quite stunning brushwork. Miniatures are pretty damn good as well. 

[mikedemana]

Incredible stuff!! 

Mike Demana

[has.been]

...and if the Gun Powder plot had worked...

 

[JollyBob]

Oh my.. I've been staying away from this thread as it's too much temptation for a period I don't have plans to start into, but Scottish Jimmy may have finally got me.

All of these releases are superb, but the sheer character of the King and Full Fat Bacon are really tempting.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Rob, et al 

I do like Full Fat Bacon 

[Bloggard]

indeed 

Yet more fantastic figures and painting.
do I detect a subtle air of 'hello honky tonks' with the good King James?

my a-level (again!) history got no further than the old bugger (an unfortunate choice of word, perhaps ... ) Elton, and the Tudors, so was unaware of that, if so ...

[Paul Richardson]

Bloggard: if you read the Wikipedia article on James, this issue is discussed. I too read some of Geoffrey Elton's books when studying the Tudors at A level, but in addition to the Tudors we also studied the Stuarts. I seem to recall that it was well-known at the time that James had a weakness for handsome young men, and this was exploited on a number of occasions. Details, however, elude me after 50 years.
Talking of Geoffrey Elton, I assume you know that he was Ben Elton's uncle.