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

[dodge]

more fantastic work Richard,

dodge

[janner]

That one has come out very well indeed - impressed 

[smirnoff]

Just found this thread; wonderful imagination and execution. This looks like a lot of fun to do, and a real joy to look at.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks chaps.

I really like the black on the horse, not like a cow at all 

I've given up painting apaloosas and the like, since your cow comment 
 

[Mason]

Beautiful paintjob!
 

Great feeling of movement there, too.
Wonderful.

[Arthur]

Definitely looking forward to seeing how that ghoul head is going to come out under your brush, Richard

[Centaur_Seducer]

More and more lovely stuff, Cap!
I was just curious on the basing. Is it for specific system or just for any skirmish game? The whole plastic affair appeals to me as an old 40k player and I wouldn't mind doing a rag-tag force of mercenaries roaming around

[Captain Blood]

Is it for specific system or just for any skirmish game?

Just for large scale skirmish gaming, like this...



Thread here...

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=33622.0

[Dalauppror]

Stunning !!! 

[Phil Robinson]

Good to see  some more splendid, convincing and inspiring concoctions Richard, I see that you can paint a bit too

[Tellus]

Fantastic!

[valleyboy]

Just for large scale skirmish gaming, like this...



Thread here...

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=33622.0

Now thats lovely
Please sir can we have some more?

[Centaur_Seducer]

Thank's Cap, totally missed that thread earlier
Damn, now I'm into yet another bloody system...

[janner]

So where are the carts again?








I'll get my coat...

[Captain Blood]

And now, a minor diversion while I am waiting for the varnish to dry on the 5th painted mounted man at arms...

I finally decided I need some modest artillery for my Wars of the Roses collection, and have ordered the two Perry field pieces. I'm not all that sold on some of the metal crew figures though, so decided to make a few supplementary plastic artillerists...
(No, I'm not in a plastic arms race with Admiral Benbow, honest - I did these a couple of days ago  )







There's been a fair bit of cutting and fiddling with hands and arms to get the positions I was after. (Actually, covering your ears on the outside of the helmet is a bit pointless, but it gives the general idea  )

The gun captain has one of the new MMAA heads - nice piece, but unfortunately it's one of the minority of heads which is cast sideways on the frame - which means the mould line runs right down the middle of the face. This is problematic. Not so bad with the closed helmets, but with open-faced helmets, it's really difficult to scrape the mould line off without buggering up the face. I don't have many grumbles about the Perry plastic medieval sets, but this is definitely one of them. They should have cast all the heads looking forwards from the frame. I can understand why they did some of them looking sideways (so the mould line runs neatly down the centre line of the helmet), but a mould line down the middle of a finely featured face is a right pain... 

Back to painted horsemen tomorrow all being well...