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

[Nanauatl]

So, I may or may not have finally de-lurked and signed up just in order to say...this has been an absolutely excellent thread!

[syrinx0]

The retinues look fantastic in your group shots. From the crisp bright colors to the wonderful base work, it's very inspirational.  I look forward to what your foot and archers look like.

[Galloping Major]

Richard - As ever, beautifully painted    

Cheers,
Lance


www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Franz_Josef]

Just superb.  Are the following Perry metal figures vice derived from the plastic set: the heralds; Howard on his rearing horse (the Warwick figure?); and Tenchley doffing his helmet?

[Captain Blood]

Thanks again everybody. It's great to get such positive feedback. Several of us will be playing another big game with these in the next couple of weeks, so hopefully there will be more action shots 

Just superb.  Are the following Perry metal figures vice derived from the plastic set: the heralds; Howard on his rearing horse (the Warwick figure?); and Tenchley doffing his helmet?

No, those are all metal figures from the various mounted personality sets. Sir Thomas Howard is actually the mounted Warwick figure, Sir Robert Tenchley is actually Salisbury, and the herald is, well, a herald 

Is the brightness of the paints on the figs true to life or have the images been shopped a little? Either way it sure makes them pop. 

Bright paints, levels auto-fixed in MS Digital Image. That's it.

...and have fun stringing all the bows with 5 amp fuse wire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You madman! My bows shall remain unashamedly stringless. Back to your Austrian Nappies with you 

[redzed]

possibly the greatest thread ever with easily the most inspirational pictures ever taken

the sort of picture that makes one remember why the became a wargamer.

[JollyBob]

If I kill you and eat you, will I gain your power? 

I am simultaneously awed, inspired, envious and ashamed of my own laziness. That's quite a feat with only one cup of coffee in me.

I agee with everything redzed posted. 

[Captain Blood]

If I kill you and eat you, will I gain your power? 

No, you will get sick... 

Thanks Lads.

Looking forward to seeing more on the Bishop of Carlisle's adventures Rob 

[Sixmilletoe]

Just amazing.

[Kingscarbine]

Speachless

[aircav]

Simply stunning Richard, its fantastic to see them all together in their respective retinues 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks lads 

Well, you knew I couldn't leave it alone, didn't you... 

I've painted a few more gunners, to round out my late medieval artillery...

Firstly a couple more Burgundians, to supplement the 8 already done for the bombard (see several pages above!)







And secondly four more Savoyard artillerists...







And here are the Savoyards en bloc...



(By the way, colour scheme is completely invented - I haven't got a clue what Savoyards wore. But I think they look quite snazzy )

And finally, I also just bought a painted unit of marching metal billmen off eBay.

Why, I hear you cry?

Well because I don't actually have these particular figures, and they looked quite well painted for eBay (which makes a change). Including a couple of plastic command figures, that's 14 figures for my bid of 70 quid.
Which - deducting the actual cost of the figures themselves - means about 4 quid for the painting of each figure. Which ain't bad, being little more than the price of a pint in London! The lot also included a mahogany display plinth, which I suppose might come in useful one day 

They were painted by Matthew Archard (sorry, don't know if he frequents LAF). In the flesh, they didn't look quite as good as in the listing, but good enough from more than a foot away. The painting style is more impressionistic than my own, with less colour contrast. But I'd describe them as a reasonably good wargames standard. They were however, hideously shiny, so I started by giving them a good heavy coat of matt varnish. I've then retouched the faces, hands, bill shafts and various bits of detail like the bucklers, just to lift them a bit.

The biggest problem was that whatever was used to attach the figures to their square MDF bases, is the strongest adhesive I've ever met! It proved impossible to prize the figures off their MDF bases as I had planned, without risk of breaking or damaging them in the process. So in the end, I just trimmed the MDF squares right down, and then mounted the whole assembly onto my usual 25mm steel washers. I covered up the resulting mess with groundwork and foliage. Unfortunately, this makes it look as if each man is now marching on his own small hummock, but never mind

It's an instant additional unit, representing the Duke of Buckingham's men (Heavens! An actual historical portrayal, whatever next? )

[OSHIROmodels]

You do know that this is cheating don't you 

I've only painted one so far, now I'll never catch up 

cheers

James

[Hammers]

No, you will get sick... 

Thanks Lads.

Looking forward to seeing more on the Bishop of Carlisle's adventures Rob 

No, it would be sick to eat you. What happens after is probably just, well, just deserts.

I haven't commented much on this thread but seeing them all together is absolutely amazing, Richard. It may seem corny, butlike that they make me think of a Faberge egg.

[Mason]

Well, you knew I couldn't leave it alone, didn't you... 

I've painted a few more gunners, to round out my late medieval artillery...

 

Yep.
We knew that you would not be able to leave it there.
 

Great stuff with the artillerists, love the lairy colour scheme, realistic or not.
 


Nothing wrong with buying stuff someone else has painted and making it fit into your current project.
You just tell JimmyBillyBob where to go!