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

[Mason]

It has been wonderful watching this project grow from the sprue to the finished article.
A real Masterclass.
 

It would be a shame if you were correct with: "And that's yer lot".
Of course, you dont REALLY mean that, do you?
You know that you wont be able to resist adding some more....

[The Dozing Dragon]

Thank you all. You're all very kind. Except for Malamute obviously 

Is this Frothers?? 

Brilliant artwork. Inspiring.

[Blodwin]

Utterly Fantastic 

– just as a matter of interest how long would you say it took you to paint all those?

Blodwin

[OSHIROmodels]

– just as a matter of interest how long would you say it took you to paint all those? 

The first post was in Apirl last year 

They look great en masse but I do prefer them in their retinue groups (it's the OCD in me  ).

cheers

James

[commissarmoody]

The first post was in Apirl last year 

They look great en masse but I do prefer them in their retinue groups (it's the OCD in me  ).

cheers

James

YES! Bring on the Retinues! 

[Thunderchicken]

What a collection! 

[Blackwolf]

Magnificent!

[voltan]

 
Cracking bunch of Kerniggets

[thebinmann]

The first post was in Apirl last year 

And with April and Salute coming so the next project will start!

[Malamute]

Thank you all. You're all very kind. Except for Malamute obviously 

 

Looking forward to playing them in a couple of weeks. Are we going to adopt the flick them over when they are dead aspect of the game

[Silent Invader]

Looking forward to playing them in a couple of weeks. Are we going to adopt the flick them over when they are dead aspect of the game

Nah- we'll just toss them back in the box 

Seriously Richard - just so damn lovely. 

[Captain Blood]

Aww. Thanks lads

Looking forward to playing them in a couple of weeks. Are we going to adopt the flick them over when they are dead aspect of the game

Thank you, Doctor Evil 

just as a matter of interest how long would you say it took you to paint all those?

Yes, as James points out, I picked up my two boxes hot from the mould at Salute end of last April. So I guess these have taken 9 months to finish.
(To be fair, I have painted quite a lot of other figures as well during the same time-span  )

I can never really say how long it takes me to paint a given figure, because (like most people I suppose), I tend to spend an hour or two here or there. Some days I paint a lot, some days I don't paint at all. Often I don't find time or inclination to paint for several days at a time. But... I suppose for one of these horses and riders, by the time you've devised the model, assembled it and cleaned it up, primed it, painted it, stuck the horse and rider together, varnished it, based it, retouched the matt varnish with gloss over armour, and painted and decorated the base, it must amount to a day's work. Several hours if you sat down and pursued it solidly from start to finish.

It would be a shame if you were correct with: "And that's yer lot".
Of course, you dont REALLY mean that, do you?
You know that you wont be able to resist adding some more....

Well I'll certainly be adding some more foot figures. I reckon I have another 30 - 40 in progress or in the lead pile yet to paint. So I'll tag them on here in due course. Like I say, I do have another half dozen metal mounted figures, but I'm just not sure they're really worth doing. I have more than enough cavalry now as a proportion of the overall force. What I should really be painting is more damned archers - but they're just so boring! 

Obviously, if the Perrys were to bring out a 4th late medieval plastic set, I would be completely screwed however, as I would have to start the whole process all over again, seeing what additional creations I could concoct by merging the new set with the three existing sets... So I actually hope they don't! 

[Tellus]

Very impressive, also that you were able to stick to the theme for that long!

[valleyboy]

They really do look even more stunning when grouped in their retinues
I think the Foyles and Tenchleys are my favourites

What you really ought to do now Richard is to produce a few special characters by heavily modifying some Perries
I'd love to see something like a 25 stone gluton of a monk with a mule or a faction leader too fat to ride a horse, a desperately cruel and scarfaced evil henchman etc....

I'm just giving you ideas for the next LPL of course

[ARKOUDAKI]

  :-*As I have said before, outstanding work Richard! Now get busy doing all those archers...and have fun stringing all the bows with 5 amp fuse wire!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found the quickest way is to make a very small hole at head end of the bow using a pin vice and then thread the wire, wrap around to make it look right at one end and then pull the wire tight and do the other end. I have had to do them on completed figs, and you are much better doing it during the build phase while the bow arms are still separate...except for the bowmen loading/pulling back, which requires you to thread the wire via the fingers! Loads of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!