William the Bastard

[cram]

Fantastic as usual!!! 

[janner]

Not bad matey, you should think of taking this up professionally 

[dodge]

very good , he does look like a right old b to me.

dodge

[valleyboy]

Top stuff Bugsda

[Hammers]

That is stunning, Bugsda!

On a side note: isn't it a shame people don't get these cool names any longer? I think all statesmen should have a mandatory charactonym.  Winston Churchill should have gone to posterity as Winnie the Grim, Karl XVI Gustav as Oafish King Karl and and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as Helmut Coer-de-Blue-Whale (becasue of his heart condition)

Heck, I would like to have have one but since you don't get to pick one yourself I would probably end up Peder The Complete And Utter c***.  

Sorry, back to admiring Bugsda's paint work...

[Bugsda]

Heck, I would like to have have one but since you don't get to pick one yourself I would probably end up Peder The Complete And Utter c***.  

Nope! Sorry hammers, Maggie Thatcher beat you to that one back in the eighties 

Cheers agan lads 

[Mahwell skel]

"The Normans" on TV the other night showed the tapestry with William's brother Odo carrying a club as he was a preist and therefore not permitted to spill blood (only smash in heads  !)

[Rutiguer2701]

Awesome! It's a very nice miniature. I like the clean outcome very much. Well done!

[Bugsda]

"The Normans" on TV the other night showed the tapestry with William's brother Odo carrying a club as he was a preist and therefore not permitted to spill blood (only smash in heads  !)

I seem to remember from ist year history at school (42 years ago so cut me some slack  ) that Odo had blagged a Bishopric for political gain.

I think it is well known, though anecdotal, that during the 3rd charge up Senlac hill William did say to Odo "Lend me your club this fucking spear is giving me blisters"

 

[janner]

 

In Medieval Military Technology Kelly DeVries writes that leaders, both Norman and Anglo-Saxon (sic) are depicted on the Tapestry with clubs/maces, which he argues is a symbol of office rather than the bishops not spilling blood thing many were taught in school.

[Figouze]

Good job on the shield and the base !

More dark ages miniatures please !