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

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Simon and all. Appreciate the comments and feedback. I have more conversions on the go, and more painting on the table, so more pics quite soon I hope...

I need some more colour variations for horses - can I ask what paint colours you use for those two as they look great shades for horse flesh?

Sure.
- The darker horse (the Towton Tap) is Palmer Prism craft acrylic (ex-'Inscribe' craft acrylic) Burnt Sienna. The base layer is Burnt Sienna with a bit of black to darken it down; the main coat is straight Burnt Sienna; the highlights are Burnt Sienna with a touch of Vallejo Bright Orange mixed in. And then the very final highlight adds a touch of white into the Burnt Sienna / Bright Orange mix.
- The lighter horse is GW Bestial Brown (now sadly discontinued), again with a bit of black mixed in for the basecoat, and a bit of white mixed in for the highlights.
The metal personality figure (meant to be Salisbury I think, although he's not Salisbury in my little private WOTR universe) is riding a horse painted in the same colour.

Please tell a little about what kind of bases you use for your mounted men? size and shape ?

They are mounted on 40mm round steel washers, Michael. Just the right size for a 28mm scale horse base.
I use the same size bases for my dead bodies 
Men on foot I mount on 25mm round steel washers.

Is it safe to assume that the metals are Perry as well?

Yes indeed.

[Dr. The Viking]

Very nice paintjobs. I especially like your colour combining.

That said I must say that I find the metal is somewhat lacking a bit of depth. Don't kill me! 

[Captain Blood]

That said I must say that I find the metal is somewhat lacking a bit of depth. Don't kill me!  

We shall talk about this when we meet in Germany at the weekend... I am bringing my axe  

[Rochie]

I really wish that I could say something constructive instead of just gushing, but I can't, so  will have to do instead!
My mounted men at arms are (hopefully) on the way this week, along with a box of bows and bills, so this thread has come at a perfect time for inspiration, even if it is making me bloody impatient for mine to show up!!

[Dalauppror]

Thanks Richard for the base info, thought your mounted men was on oval bases at first.

Best regards Michael

[painterman]

Many thanks Richard - I still have Bestial Brown around, so will try it out.... now cross-matched to 'Mournfang Brown' in new GW range I understand (hope it's a close match).
Simon.

[Helen]

Very nice work Richard. Love the detail on all you have painted.

Cheers,

Helen

[dm]

Stunning painting

[Keith]

Jeepers - those are a win Captain!

Beautiful work.

[aircav]

Stunning work Richard 

[OSHIROmodels]

I still have Bestial Brown around, so will try it out.... now cross-matched to 'Mournfang Brown' in new GW range I understand (hope it's a close match).
Simon.

Mine is still going as well but it's getting a little low now 

'Mournfang Brown' eh? Silly name 

cheers

James

[Steve F]

'Mournfang Brown' eh? Silly name 


James

One of the Sussex Mournfang-Browns, no doubt.

[Kingscarbine]

I'm tempted to use these figures for the War of the Castilian Succession (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Castilian_Succession). I'll probably have to convert some Aragonese type helmets and add adargas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adarga) but they look spot on.

[janner]

We shall talk about this when we meet in Germany at the weekend... I am bringing my axe  

Off to Ulm?

[jorge808]

I'm tempted to use these figures for the War of the Castilian Succession . I'll probably have to convert some Aragonese type helmets and add adargas  but they look spot on.