Round 1 - Royal Navy vs. Adolf VIII of Berg and followers

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[Malamute]

Admiral Benbow - Those figures are simply stunning, magnificent!

[Poliorketes]

Are you planning a Worringen-table?

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Are you planning a Worringen-table?

yes, he does

[Admiral Benbow]

Are you planning a Worringen-table?

Yes, indeed! Congrats, Poli, for your scholar knowledge of medieval german heraldry!

My friends from THS and I will attend the CRISIS show in Antwerp on Nov. 3rd with a new table and game called "Worringen 1286: Rise of the Barons". Of course I know that the Battle of Worringen is dated 1288, but it's a kind of speculative (to avoid the term fantasy ...  :wink: ) scenario with most of the later combatants involved.

It will not be a mass battle, but kind of skirmish game with around 15-20 miniatures a side for four gamers, and a main focus on custom build terrain and buildings ...

We will use the quite nice "Men at Arms" rules, also called "One Brain Cell Medieval Skirmish Rules", which seem to be quite adequate for us older people ...  ::

I guess I meet you all there, correct?  

[Poliorketes]

Of course, I'm eager to see your game.

[Admiral Benbow]

Admiral Benbow - Those figures are simply stunning, magnificent!

Thanks, Malamute, for your nice comment. I'm honoured to get it from someone with such a nice victorian miniatures collection!    When I manage to go to London once more in the future, we should meet for a game if you like.

[Malamute]

Thanks, Malamute, for your nice comment. I'm honoured to get it from someone with such a nice victorian miniatures collection!    When I manage to go to London once more in the future, we should meet for a game if you like.[/quote]

No problem, look me up whenever you are in London

[Lt. Hazel]

Admiral, they are beautyful..the horses.. :love:

[poulppy]

What are the colors you use to paint your horses ?

The heraldics are free hand paint or decals ?

Well your army is really "magnifique"

Questionning Poulppy

[Admiral Benbow]

@ Lt.Hazel: Thanks for the nice comments! It was a joy painting them as they are so nice sculpts by the early Perrys from their Foundry "Baron Wars" range, and true 25 mm.

What are the colors you use to paint your horses ?

Well, I use a variety of color brands, today mostly Game Colour from Vallejo, the old Citadel range manufactured today by Coat d'arms, the one or other from Foundry and my trusty and cared for Ral Partha paints, supported by some Plaka, Andrea, Vallejo Air and ordinary cheap hobby brands.

I was really inspired by the Prof's magnificent Bolsheviks Cavalry horses and wanted to get as many brown variations as he did; see them here:

http://www.backofbeyond.de/gallery_bolsheviks_cavalry.html

The painting process was an experimental one: looking at real horse photos in books and on postcards or my own photos, I picked a special hue I wanted to realize and started to look at my paints for the most similar tone. That was my main color. Then looking for a much darker color as the shadow tone, and a much lighter one for the highlights. Painting started then traditionally with the three-color-method from dark to light, adding the one or other fourth or fifth highlight. After that all the details like the area around the mouth, eyes, mane, hooves, stockings, white head markings etc. It was all quite experimental, and I tried several color combinations until I found the best working ones. These have been painted in a small 2x2 cm area onto small index cards, together with the name of the color. So I'm now able to duplicate it whenever I want to. When I update my website again, I'll show some of those cards and you could read the exact colors I used!

The heraldics are free hand paint or decals ?

Both! Well, all the figures (the lions) are decals from Artem Vorobiev's magnificent range Imperial Forge: http://www.imperialforge.net/

They were cut to fit and pushed into the folds and creases with the help of decal solvents "Micro Set" and "Micro Sol". When dry I painted them over for shadows and highlights.

I will let you know when my site has been updated with many more photos of the knights. Thanks for your interest, and have a go with horse painting yourself. It's fun!

[poulppy]

thanks a lot

I'm painting some burgundian custilliers. I will post it as soon i Will finish it