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

[Lowtardog]

Love them, very well done and I like the weathering. I want to see bedraggled mercenary artillery train akin to those characters in flesh and blood 

[Phil Robinson]

Great guns, Richard You just need a few carts now

[oxiana]

Captain Blood in non-shiny metal shock! 

 

[Wirelizard]

It is obsessively compelling the more you get into it (or so I'm told, I wouldn't know ). You begin with a pre-conceived set of ideas about the period and the deeper you go, the quicker these are dispelled. As it hasn't yet been done to death by historians and gamers, there's still room for you to form your own ideas and draw conclusions from them. It's also quite amazing how quickly many of the 'wargaming myths' about the era get dispelled too!

This is true of a lot of the "neglected" (by many wargamers, at least) areas of history. In my case it's become true of the Russian Civil War - the deeper you go the more fascinating it gets!

These are fantastic figures, looking forward to seeing the crews to go along with the guns!

[Mister Rab]

Lovely cannon! I'm on a bit of a cannon 'kick' at the moment after doing this for the first time last weekend:



I'm the chap who's just fired her (dark blue and red hat, dark blue doublet, goatee). It was fantastic and loud 

[Silent Invader]

Richard, my own WotRs project continues to be motivated by your achievements!  

[Mister Rab]

Sorry, I also meant to say in my post above how your cannon look just like the 'real' one I used - beautiful brushwork and weathering as ever.

[15th Panzer]

I have to confess that the thought of painting my wotr field pieces filled me with dread. Boring job. Well not no more. Completely inspired by your work yet again. They say plagiarism can be a compliment. Well I hope you don't mind but I will be complimenting you to kingdom come! Cheers.

[killshot]

Great job Captain! 

[Admiral Benbow]

Lovely guns, Richard, rusty or not. Now the gunners ...
 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks all 
Yes, they are a bit boring to paint, and I was dreading doing them too, which is why I decided to make them interestingly rusty - historically accurate or not 

Excellent addition to your canon 

You missed your vocation in Vaudeville Chris 

The weathered iron is superb, how did you do it? 

It's really dead simple.
The iron parts are painted with a mix of black and burnt sienna for a very dark 'russeted' red-brown.
Then once dried, a very watered down wash (like almost all water and just the merest bit of paint) mixing burnt sienna and Vallejo bright orange... Slosh it on and let it pool around the nuts and bolts. if it doesn't pool in the right places, gently encourage it with the tip of a fine paintbrush...
Once dried, it leaves a slightly rusty looking film over all the metal parts, and a convincing rustiness around the joints... If it's not enough, just repeat the wash until you build up the depth of colour you require, increasing the amount of orange to taste, depending on how blatant you want your rust...

[Arlequín]

...a very dark 'russeted' red-brown.

I saw what you did there... very smooth. 

[aircav]

Superb work on the arty Richard 

[Galloping Major]

Lovely stuff 
I'm trying not to look at late Medievals at the moment, now I know why 


www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[verd]

Let me say just one thing: this is a marvellous thread!