Late Medieval Loiterings (UP 12/04/25, p. 7)

[Mad Doc Morris]

Finally took the plunge and started some Late Medieval nonsense. Focus will be the Burgundian Wars, with some deviations to other theatres. All heavily inspired by (or rather merely copied from) the most venerable examples of Painterman, Charlie & Stuart, of course. But nowhere near as ambitious.

First off, some civilians. Painted these for a small painting contest to enliven the setting. Photos thereof later as the competition's still running.



A wild mix of manufacturers, from left to right: Pro Gloria/Warlord, Kingmaker/1st Corps (replaced her flail with a broom), Perry, Perry, Pro Gloria/Warlord, Hasslefree.



Also dug up from the Mountains of Lead and Plastic the Arnolfini couple by Lead Adventure Miniatures. Like the woman in "Landsknecht" slit dress above these are slightly out of bounds for the 1470s. Yet there are already very few civilians to choose from, and the sculpts are too nice to exclude them. Just reduced the groom's necklace and sword to a 'less fantasy' size.



I've already started a couple of 'proper wargaming models', i. e. some knights, bowmen etc, so they will likely appear next. Hope you bear with me 

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid work Tilman 

[has.been]

Beautiful paint jobs.

[painterman]

Hey, those are wonderfully done - great use of colours and fantastic detailing.
hope you do more.
Simon

[bluewillow]

Great stuff, have a look at the foundry civilian range also

Cheers
Matt

[rumacara]

Lovely painting.

[FifteensAway]

Lovely work.  But is the bride attending a 'shotgun' wedding?! 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Thanks all 

@bluewillow, I have Foundry's HYW civilians though their dress is a bit too distinctly 14th century for my taste.
@FifteensAway, I hope not IIRC there's some debate if Van Eyck's work is a wedding portrait anyway.

Also @painterman, thanks for your kind words. Better be prepared for some outright plagiarism…



Indeed, that's my … interpretation of a medieval cottage as seen on painterman's blog. I only altered the layout and tried to substitute the original parts I hadn't access to. Hence I used a plastic kit by Tabletop Workshop for the main building and recreated both shed and palisades with styrofoam, balsa wood and plastic rod (for nails).



I also exchanged the beehives (which I was too heavy-handed to replicate) for a chicken coop. It's probably not very authentic but a feature of even the smallest medieval farmsteads.



Some paraphernalia like the tree or the chicken are removable since I already had gone overboard with useless detail. After all, the piece is meant for wargaming.



Modelling terrain is one of my least favourite aspects of wargaming. Yet some time ago I told myself to do at least one piece per new hobby project in order to have something period-appropriate to set the scene. It really makes a difference. This time I'm glad someone did all the hard thinking for me. And I do hope it's taken as a tribute rather than theft.



Next up, military figures. Promise.

[OSHIROmodels]

Modelling terrain is one of my least favourite aspects of wargaming.

And yet you're so good 

[Basementboy]

Lovely work! Absolutely gorgeous terrain

[Charlie_]

Modelling terrain is one of my least favourite aspects of wargaming.

Yet you've done a bloody good job of it!

Not only the composition, but the painting of the buildings, fences etc is superb.

[rumacara]

That medieval cottage is something.
Very well done Tilman.

[syrinx0]

Very nice. That will look fantastic on your gaming table.

[Captain Blood]

Lovely start 

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Fantastic selection of miniatures and beautiful painting! The house with gardens is also really a piece of eye-candy

Looking forward to following this thread here