Gewalthaufen Blog Updated: Jean Poton de Xaintrailles!

[Atheling]

Hi,

This version of Jean Poton de Xaintrailles was painted a good while ago for a client and was a a pleasure to paint- I'm much more used to painting stuff on the scale of Perry Miniatures these days, but more about that on the blog. Jean Poton de Xaintrailles was a bit of a giant of the Hundred Year War although you may not have heard much about him from an English perspective!

You can read all about him and how it was to paint the character here:

http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/jean-poton-de-xaintrailles.html

And here's a pic to hopefully whet your appetite:



Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Cheers,
Darrell.

[Little Odo]

Lovely brush work. It is always nice to see representations of 'the other side' so to speak. 

[Paul]

  really nice!

[max]

Missed this gem before, very nice. I bought a French book about the war, should be interesting to hear what they have to say about us!

[Atheling]

Missed this gem before, very nice. I bought a French book about the war, should be interesting to hear what they have to say about us!

Thanks for the kind words  .

To my shame I have shared my life with a French girl for quite some time now and still speak no French. I'm actually starting with one of those "French for Beginners" guides at the moment  .

Seriously! 

Darrell.

[15thpanzer]

Hello again Darrell,

Just checked out your link to homepage. Had to post that the Salute Verneuil is one the best things I have ever clapped eyes on. I had seen it only in magazines, not in the flesh unfortunately. Genius. Are you responsible for the whole thing or was it part of a club? The painting and modelling all looks of the highest possible standard. One day.

[Atheling]

Hello again Darrell,

Just checked out your link to homepage. Had to post that the Salute Verneuil is one the best things I have ever clapped eyes on. I had seen it only in magazines, not in the flesh unfortunately.

That's exceptionally kind of you to say so  .

Genius.

I'm afraid neither I nor Simon are the genius! I was inspired to put on the Battle of Veneuil after reading an academic paper by Prof. M. Jones that put the emphasis on the somewhat miraculous victory on the efforts of the Duke of Bedford and the pageantry prior to the battle. It's a very inspirational read and in my opinion casts new light on the subject of the late Medieval battlefield. It's available from Sage Journals Online:

http://wih.sagepub.com/content/9/4/375.full.pdf

Are you responsible for the whole thing or was it part of a club?

Actually neither. About halfway through my research I was asked by Simon chick (Painterman on this forum) if he could chip in. Indeed he did! I believe he had the terrain made by Realistic Modelling Services, the walls of Verneuil are a modified version of the Hudson and Allen Medieval Castle Walls resins (I can't recall who he had modify the walls by adding the hoarding etc but I'm sure he can put us straight on that one). I supplied 78 miniatures and I think that Simon supplied about 150 in the end as well as the carts.

The painting and modelling all looks of the highest possible standard.

Again, many thanks from the both of us. I should probably add that the game was put on for the Lance and Longbow Society of which Simon and I are avid supporters:

(I'll add trhe link later as the server seems to be down  .)

One day.

By the looks of it you are pretty much there mate!! Very inspiring Wars of the Roses stuff on your thread  .

More please  .

Darrell.

[Captain Blood]

That's a lovely looking figure Darrell 

[Atheling]

That's a lovely looking figure Darrell 

Thanks Cap'n  .

Darrell.