Franc Archers of Picardy

[Stuart]

Here we have a completed unit of French Pike, c.1513

Many thanks to this forum for helping me along (its been over a year since i posted the first converted figure) with encouragement and to Jim Hale for having me pester him incessantly about what exactly a franc archer was.



With that as a starting point and a lot of reading later I think / hope i've got it right for what the French infantry of Picardy may have looked like when mustered to deal with Henry's invasion.

You can see the full post with more photographs and a lot of musings via my blog;

http://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/picard-pike-complete.html

All the best

Stuart

[Phil Robinson]

Fantastic stuff Stuart.

[OSHIROmodels]

Excellent 

cheers

James

[Captain Blood]

Stuart, they look, as ever, bloody brilliant 

One day, we really will have to try to organise a massive Lead Adventure grand late medieval game, for the hard-core Perry collectors and converters amongst us 

[Stuart]

I'd be up for that, I might even bring some home brew Tudor beer !

[Arlequín]

Great looking unit as always! 

Did you actually manage to pin me down on a definition of what a Franc-Archer was? I must be slipping... 

[15thpanzer]

I have run out of superlatives.

[Captain Blood]

I'd be up for that, I might even bring some home brew Tudor beer !

Sounds like the germ of a plan...
How about it chaps? 

[Hu Rhu]

Sounds like the germ of a plan...
How about it chaps? 

Count me in. 

[Atheling]

Stuart,

I have to really admire someone who really gets into the nitty gritty in researching an army. i've probably mentioned that to you before but it maybe needs saying again  .

The painting is your usual very individual style and suits the period in a fantastic way. Beautifully done mate!

 

Darrell.

[Cubs]

Damn that's some lovely eye candy.

[Gibby]

Utterly amazing work. Those shields are astounding!

[Mike L.]

When I see painting like this, I just want to break my brushes, throw my paints in "the bin" (as the Brits say) and cry.
In other words, this is amazing. 

[janner]

More inspiring work - thank you

[nelsons-signal]

...fantastic - - painting and setting - can´t be better done!

Cheers
Achim