Battle of Formigny Blog - Update 09/03/21 more Longbowmen

[Captain Blood]

Great additions, and excellent hybridization of the WOTR and HYW sets 

[Warboss Nick]

Lovely brushwork on the command stands and effective work on the livery.

[HappyChappy439]

Excellent work! Are Norbury's arms from the Agincourt knight set?

[The_Wanderer]

Thanks for the kind words guys 

Excellent work! Are Norbury's arms from the Agincourt knight set?

No I found them on Wikipedia and then knocked up a basic standard on Microsoft Word  black and white standards are my favourite to paint as they don't take long!

[HappyChappy439]

Thanks for the kind words guys 

No I found them on Wikipedia and then knocked up a basic standard on Microsoft Word  black and white standards are my favourite to paint as they don't take long!

Oh sorry I meant his actual arms on his body, rather than his heraldry 

(Thanks for clarifying the coat-of-arms though!)

[The_Wanderer]

Oh sorry I meant his actual arms on his body, rather than his heraldry 

(Thanks for clarifying the coat-of-arms though!)

haha - apologies. Yep they're from the Agincourt mounted knight set

[Atheling]

Thanks for the kind words guys 

No I found them on Wikipedia and then knocked up a basic standard on Microsoft Word  black and white standards are my favourite to paint as they don't take long!

I have a question if I may? Did you use a laser printer to print out the banner? The reason I ask is that inkjet printers bleed when I add varnish; I've tried several "tricks" to remedy this, like using a fixer for the ink post print but nothing thus far has worked very well.

[The_Wanderer]

I have a question if I may? Did you use a laser printer to print out the banner? The reason I ask is that inkjet printers bleed when I add varnish; I've tried several "tricks" to remedy this, like using a fixer for the ink post print but nothing thus far has worked very well.

I just used a standard inkjet to print it but I didn't varnish this one (or the last one actually). I used a hell of alot of PVA to stick it on though and it seems once that's dried it creates a fairly solid flag. I think I varnished the first couple of banners I did though but I didn't have any issues with ink bleeding. Sorry I can't be of more help!

[Atheling]

I just used a standard inkjet to print it but I didn't varnish this one (or the last one actually). I used a hell of alot of PVA to stick it on though and it seems once that's dried it creates a fairly solid flag. I think I varnished the first couple of banners I did though but I didn't have any issues with ink bleeding. Sorry I can't be of more help!

Hmmmm..... 

I'm stumped then 

[Charlie_]

Hmmmm..... 

I'm stumped then 

Do you need to varnish paper flags? I don't varnish mine.
Unless you are saying you affix the flags before the varnishing stage/
I varnish the figures, then add the flags.

[The_Wanderer]

Hi guys,

Got another update with some English Longbowmen. I realised my last update was almost exactly a month ago, so a month a unit isn't too bad considering how rarely I paint. Think it may be testament to the usefulness of GW's contrast paints! As always more on the blog 

http://formigny1450.blogspot.com/2021/01/some-longbowmen.html

[HappyChappy439]

The finished unit looks great! The mix of WotR and Agincourt arms works really well!

[commissarmoody]

Looking good!

[Silent Invader]

Great project 

I have a question if I may? Did you use a laser printer to print out the banner? The reason I ask is that inkjet printers bleed when I add varnish; I've tried several "tricks" to remedy this, like using a fixer for the ink post print but nothing thus far has worked very well.

Are you using water-based varnish? Ink-jet printer inks are generally water soluble. I’ve used solvent-based varnish on mine without any problems. .

[The_Wanderer]

Cheers guys 

Great project 

Are you using water-based varnish? Ink-jet printer inks are generally water soluble. I’ve used solvent-based varnish on mine without any problems. .

I gave the banner for this unit a coat of Army Painter anti shine varnish spray and that didn't make the colours run etc.