Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.157 Another company of men at arms

[Dr Mathias]

Great looking group

I know almost nothing of the period- how many of your groups are based on real personages?

[syrinx0]

What a beautiful unit - from the base to the standard!

[valleyboy]

Superb, as usual
You are such a bad influence on people

[tomrommel1]

Very nice painting , your usual crisp highlights and shadows make them really pop!

[Silent Invader]

Delightful unit 

[Atheling]

As crisp as it gets Richard 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks lads.

Superb, as usual
You are such a bad influence on people

I try my best, Kerry 

Great looking group

I know almost nothing of the period- how many of your groups are based on real personages?

Thank you Matt 

About half my collection is based on historical characters and their retinues, like the Howards, the Mowbrays,  and the house of York itself. I’ve also got a handful of Tudors!
The other half is based on the family names and manors of various landed gentry in the area where I live. So the Tenchleys, Osneys, Foyles and DeBrasseys were of the knightly class going back to medieval times. Whether they or their ancestors actually took part in the Wars of the Roses is purely make-believe on my part. I’ve tried to create aspects of their livery based on the colours seen in old badges and escutcheons found in local churches 
And one or two I’ve just made up

I also need to do the De Lamberts, who were another powerful local landowning family, and whose history goes right back to the Norman Conquest, and definitely includes notable warriors. They also happen to have a very cool heraldry which I found on the wall of a local chapel.
I’ve done a couple of Lamberts for my earlier feudal medieval forces. I really need to extend them forward 300 years to the Wars of the Roses.

Sir Jehan de Lambert, of the Manor of South Park.

[Tonhel]

So beautiful!

[Dr Mathias]

I like the way you've blended local history sources and the major players of the conflicts. Excellent ideas

[Tellus]

Excellent!

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Marc 

Looking very nice! Silly question but how do you paint your Murrey? it looks great!

Sorry. I missed this one. Not silly at all
I’ve changed recipe several times over the years I’ve been painting these actually. If you look carefully, you’ll see that the 12 figures are are a few slightly different colours!
These three latest ones were done with Vallejo ‘Burnt Red’ with a little bit of purple mixed into it.
For the highlights, believe it or not, I blended in a little ‘dark flesh’ (which is actually quite pale).
The pale yellow/orange/pink skin tone manages to keep the highlights warm but still in the right tonal range (ooer) for the maroon colour. (If you lighten it with white or even ivory, it looks too chalky and pink).

Nobody really knows exactly what ‘murrey’ is (or was), or what colour it was. Presumably a kind of berry colour though, from ‘mulberry’ perhaps?

[Mindenbrush]

Top class work as always.

Your kitbashing helped me make some alterations to the Iberians I am working on 👍

[Captain Blood]

Top class work as always.

Your kitbashing helped me make some alterations to the Iberians I am working on 👍

Thanks. That’s good to hear. I saw your Iberians and thought they looked good. Victrix are getting better and better.
They and Perry are really the only ‘historical’ plastics worth having to my mind. There are a few good sets amongst some of the other manufacturers’ offerings, but not to a consistent standard. And they’re almost always sorely lacking in the sheer number and variety of bodies and assorted other components.

[Tellus]

I’ve changed recipe several times over the years I’ve been painting these actually. If you look carefully, you’ll see that the 12 figures are are a few slightly different

Ah, I did noticed that, but thought it was your intention to vary the tone...

[Breazer]

I love coming back to this thread and seeing the new things. Excellent stuff captain and I really like the make believe part. At least this way you can be sure you will have units that most other war of the roses players do not have.