Author Topic: Jimbibbly's WotR and GoT thread 03.11.16 Tully household knights (Read 87099 times)

Tycho Brahe a danish nobleman and astronomer was famous for having a silver nose. As his real one was sliced of in a duel.

If I am allowed a bit of button counting. Then I am not really a fan af him having a poleaxe on horseback. That really is most useless while riding a horse especially when you are also carrying a shield.

sukhe_bator · « **Reply #290 on:** 07 March 2016, 11:29:36 AM »

I read about an interesting encounter with the Turkish governor of Rhodes and Sir Sydney Smith. The Governor's party trick was to tap his nose with a spoon at dinners to call attention. It was silver but painted flesh colour...

I didn't want to say, but a Bec de Corbin or saddleaxe would have been a better choice of weapon. You are more likely to lop an ear off or 'do a Mountain' on your own horse by accident with a pollaxe!

Captain Blood · « **Reply #291 on:** 07 March 2016, 11:33:58 AM »

Ah but gentlemen. He may have just hopped onto his horse before or after a battle on foot.
I have done a couple of mounted men with poleaxes, because as we know - in the Wars of the Roses, at any rate - the practice was for armoured men-at-arms to ride to the battlefield, dismount, fight on foot, then remount to pursue the fleeing enemy. So it seems perfectly likely to me that one would have seen men in the saddle with poleaxes - unless every man had a batman to pass his weapons to when in the saddle?

sukhe_bator · « **Reply #292 on:** 07 March 2016, 11:52:29 AM »

An excellent point made by the good Captain.
I also agree with Malamute. I love the paintwork on the horse. I hope I can do half as well when I finally get round to painting my geegees

von Lucky · « **Reply #293 on:** 07 March 2016, 12:16:09 PM »

I just learnt a new term; "batman". For a second I imagined the Caped Crusader with Alan Tudyk's voice.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #294 on:** 07 March 2016, 12:46:57 PM »

Yeah, what Richard said

cheers

James

Michi · « **Reply #295 on:** 07 March 2016, 01:12:31 PM »

Quote from: jimbibbly on 07 March 2016, 07:31:35 AM

No, I forgot to paint his face

Never mind, I like his silver nose!

tyrionhalfman · « **Reply #296 on:** 08 March 2016, 06:22:38 PM »

Nice addition. Thanks for sharing

Hammers · « **Reply #297 on:** 09 March 2016, 07:04:59 AM »

Quote from: jimbibbly on 07 March 2016, 07:37:17 AM

About half done. Strangely it was quicker to paint the knight than the retinue.

cheers

James

Tart im up with a bit of lipstick,rouge and mascara and he'll be alright.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #298 on:** 09 March 2016, 07:22:08 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on 09 March 2016, 07:04:59 AM

Tart im up with a bit of lipstick,rouge and mascara and he'll be alright.

I have difficulty doing eyes, never mind that lot as well

cheers

James

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #299 on:** 17 April 2016, 07:24:33 PM »

Aha!

Salute is out of the way and it's time to play with toys

The good Captain kindly got the new Renedra tower for me (more on which later in this post) and I have started to convert it into a 'holdfast' for GoT. Unfortunately it is too fantastical for an English castle of the time so I will have to think of something else for the WotR figures I've got.

There will be a wooden stair for the doorway and a wooden hoarded top.

Regarding the tower kit itself, I'm ever so slightly disappointed with it. They appear to have rushed these out for the Salute release as there is a lot of small flash where the moulds haven't sealed properly. Several of the bigger parts were wonky as if the plastic hadn't had time to fully set. There are no proper internal features on the lower portions and the ones for the upper are scant at best. Also, there are no lugs for the crenelations to join together at the corners.

Not massive problems and certainly fixable but annoying none-the less. I feel that if they didn't rush it for Salute then it would've been almost perfect.

I shall no doubt be getting more though along with the walls

cheers

James

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