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

[painterman]

Hi
Great poses and conversions, to get the wonderful interactions between the figures.
Then theres the immense painting.
Wot's not to wonder at and love!
Simon

[Captain Harlock]

Really great painting!

[Mad Doc Morris]

Cheers guys! 

Progress is fairly fast-paced. Taking pictures not so much. This is despite me having built a new setup to hasten the process – only to find my camera doesn't like it and produces photos with colouration all over the place. Oh well.

Nevertheless I took heart and started to take a few snapshots. Here's the first couple, showing two bases of Burgundian (dis)mounted archers.



As expected, these are Perry miniatures, both plastic and metal. The banner is from a sheet kindly provided by poulppy who's on here as well. Being me, I chose a pattern associated with the 16th ordonnance company, while I wanted to represent the 15th. Mind you, there seems to be little consistency in the Burgundians' use of flags anyway 



I mixed in some 'billmen' (possibly dismounted coustilliers or sergeants) and provided most of the men with riding boots. Both inspired by contemporary depictions like the engravings by 'Meister WA', likely ordered by Charles the Bold himself.



(Source, there are more on view.)

To be fair, I can't take credit for this idea as I (again) preyed upon painterman's hard work. Standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say.

Next up, the finished pikemen previewed above. Then finally some proper knights!

[Charlie_]

Absolutely superb! Among the best paintjobs I've seen on these Perry figs.

Could you share what colours you used on the bows? I'm debating whether to repaint all my bows as they are currently an unrealist dark brown. Yours look the right sort of colour - I'd be interested to hear which exact paints you used, and if its just a two or three stages of highlights technique?

[Mad Doc Morris]

High praise, Charlie, thanks a lot!

Most of the wooden bits get fairly the same treatment; a basecoat of beige brown (I use Vallejo Tan-Earth or Brown Sand but Citadel’s Steel Legion Drab might work as well) to which I add increasing amounts of any off-white (for me it’s Vallejo Pale Sand) for highlights. Some pieces receive a dark brown wash (AP Strong Tone or Citadel’s Agrax) in between or afterwards to tone things down a bit. It’s definitely no advanced technique - I have no time for that. To me the results look like ash or yew, so good enough.

[Basementboy]

Cracking work! And flags are always a right bother, I can sympathise with you there

[Charlie_]

High praise, Charlie, thanks a lot!

Most of the wooden bits get fairly the same treatment; a basecoat of beige brown (I use Vallejo Tan-Earth or Brown Sand but Citadel’s Steel Legion Drab might work as well) to which I add increasing amounts of any off-white (for me it’s Vallejo Pale Sand) for highlights. Some pieces receive a dark brown wash (AP Strong Tone or Citadel’s Agrax) in between or afterwards to tone things down a bit. It’s definitely no advanced technique - I have no time for that. To me the results look like ash or yew, so good enough.

Thanks for that, I think I'll order those vallejo colours. I've already got a go-to drab>off-white combo which I use for padded jacks, so I need a slightly different one for bows and arrows. Especially as some of these metal minis have jacks, arrow bags, arrows and bows all touching... can't all be the same colour!
You can't really have too many shades of brown and beige in the paint rack...
Repainting the bows and arrow bundles should be an easy task, the off putting thing is I'll probably have to rebase several units to access them with the paintbrush!!

[MaleGriffin]

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your methods!

[valleyboy]

Stunning - what a lovely unit

[Tonhel]

That's beautiful!

[Stärn vo Buebebärg]

Lovely unit! I particularly like the bowman turning back to say something to his comrades, an unusual pose but very dynamic.

[Captain Blood]

Beautiful work on those Tilman 

[Corso]

Lovely 

Great painting, nice highlighting. Bravo!

[Constable Bertrand]

Ooh that outfit is very tasty, the colours and contrasts work really well together with the mixed silhouettes of the minis.

 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Previously hinted at, now finally done; a couple of Burgundian pikemen.





Most of them were possibly sent by the Low(er Burgundian) Countries. Hence they are accompanied by a foot knight bearing the arms of the Brabantian Van Glymes family (who lost a son at the siege of Neuss in 1475).




I also included an 'NCO' wielding a large pavise. These were quite common in neighbouring Germany, perhaps deployed as 'front rankers' in a given pike- or polearmed formation.





Only minor conversion work this time. A turned hat (the 'Robin Hood' type was quite fashionable among Burgundians) for the trumpeter and some arms nicked from the bills & bows set. All by Perry Miniatures, of course. Even the banner.