Not strictly mounted men at arms, I know, but I went off down a side alley and painted the artillery park a few days ago...
Now some people will say these look a bit too rusty, and that medieval gunners out campaigning in the wind and rain of the English countryside would undoubtedly have kept their field pieces shiny and pristine at all times...
But I have looked at a lot of iron that spends a lot of time outside...
And trust me, unless you are going to paint it with Hammerite every few days, it rapidly acquires a distinctly iron brown colour...
Besides which, I like them like this...
The two little guns are from the Foundry conquistadores artillery pack.
Broadly contemporary in terms of era, although I fear they may not be strictly historical...
Good enough for my purposes though...
Now I just have 16 gun crew to paint - as well as the rest of the Mounted men at arms...