Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.156 Scots pike block painted

[Iain R]

Ha! I thought I recognised that style on the bookface page... Here as there, magnificent work!

[Atheling]

Thanks Darrell. I am standing by for the usual arrow storm of 'they didn't have dyes that bright' comments

But they jolly well stand out on the tabletop I can tell you 

They do and all the better for it 

[Silent Invader]

Quite stunning

[has.been]

Lovely paint job. Pay no attention to the 'Arrow Storm'

[Digits]

These are really lovely!

[MaleGriffin]

Masterful brushwork! Fantastic looking unit!

[Cubs]

Niiiice.

[carlos marighela]

Very nicely done but no bucket hats?

[Hammers]

Well, after a significant ECW imposed break from this neverending project (which I see to my horror I started 10 fecking years ago!) I'm back in the room!

The imminent release of Mr Callan's marvellous 'Never Mind The Billhooks - Deluxe' edition, (in which I'm honoured to have contributed a few pages on painting and modelling figures and ephemera for the period), has prompted me to revisit some of my understrength WOTR factions, with a view of adding enough figures here and there to bring everything up to strength for Billhooks. Which is a splendid set of rules by the way.

(In 'Billhooks', foot companies are comprised of 12 figures - or six for skirmishers - and mounted squadrons are 8 strong. Because I assembled the collection shown in this thread over 10 years, and in all sorts of itty-bitty bijou factions - 7, 8, 9, or 10 figures strong - I've had to do a fair bit of repainting or new painting in order to bring units up to strength. I started doing this a year or so ago, but then got sidetracked by endless painting of those rather good Bloody Miniatures. Can't think why )

Anyway, I'm back on it, and aim to show a few completed / replenished units for NMTBH here over the next few days, as I finish them off. (Just in time for the release of Billux Dillux next week with any luck )

First off the production line are a couple of new Tudor men-at-arms plus a new mounted Henry Tudor in person.

Every time I pick up the Perry medieval plastics after a break of a several months (or longer) and start putting a few together, I rediscover and remember what an unalloyed pleasure and joy they are to work with. Not only to assemble in creative ways, but to paint. And how far superior they are in every way to every other historical plastic manufacturer out there.

Anyway, this now gives me a mounted Henry (obviously at Bosworth just after he's plucked the hollow crown from the clammy dead brow of Richard III) as well as a Henry on Foot. So I can choose to have him fighting in the line with his closest adherents, or galloping around the field on his gallant steed...







By also slightly repainting a couple of other (metal) men-at-arms, this now gives me a 12-figure unit of Tudor men-at-arms, thusly...

Brilliant, Richard. I always envied your skill with skincolors and howneat you keep it. And your photography.

[Captain Blood]

Thank you gents 

Next up, five more longbowmen in perky orange and blue to create a Billhooks-sized company of 12.
Four of these new recruits I've just finished. The fifth - the chap flicking two fingers - I actually built and painted for the Billhooks Deluxe book. So he's an inch-high celebrity!

For my original (local and fictitious) WOTR setting, these fellows in orange and blue formed part of the retinue of Sir Roger de Brassey of Tandridge (a capacity in which they will still take to the tabletop from time to time).
Serendipitously though, the very same livery colours serve for the entirely historical Sir John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Which allows me to pair them with my unit of Mowbray's veteran and stiffened bills (also shown below), to form a tasty block formation for NMTBH.







Here are the newbies integrated with the oldies...



And their uber-hard chums...



Interestingly, the shooting longbowman on the front right of the line in this picture, is the very first Perry plastic WOTR figure I made and painted, waaaay back in January 2010 

FINALLY he's made it into a full sized unit! 

[FreakyFenton]

"Pierre, I could've sworn there was an archer in that pulk. Looked like Sly Stallone and yelled "Up yours!" at us and flipped us his bowstringers!"

Cracking stuff!

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid 

[Cubs]

Boootiful stuff as always.

[HappyChappy439]

Excellent work! Always a fan of the vibrant colours!

[commissarmoody]

Impressive display!