A Knight and his followers

[Modhail]

As part of my greater "Warhammer Quest/Generic Dungeoneering/Chanson de Geste/Generic Fantasy" snowballing Frankensteinian hybrid project over on the workbench, I've painted a brave knight and his fighting retinue.
This marks the completion this project's first, and probably largest, warband and the core of the Chanson de Geste part of the project. So I decided to take some extra time to make some better pictures than my usual workbench snapshots.
Here goes...Action!

Our brave hero bursts forth from the forests surrounding Dreadshade Crags, his retinue close behind!
They seem very eager to save La Belle Dame Mygraine. She is in quite a bit of distress, shackled to a rock like that, in nowt but her chemise, and to make it worse, it has been raining all day... Her cries of misery ring through the woods.

But why has she been mistreated so?
Well, she is to be the most recent biannual ritual sacrifice to Grand Mal, the demon-lizard of Dreadshade Crags.
He doesn't seem to be too happy about being disturbed at dinner time...

At the sight of the hated beast, Sir Lucien spurs his charger!
Soon he is unhorsed, but rises quickly resumes the fight on foot.
La Belle Mygraine remains a captivated(captive?) audience to this clash of blade versus claw. In her fear she cries out,  sharply and repeatedly.

The knight's retinue manages to surround the best, forcing it to face their master!
And still La Belle is forced to watch on as others decide her fate... (I do wish she would stop screeching and wailing though, it's giving me a headache!)

Warily, the two enemies circle each other, until, suddenly, Sir Lucien lunges forward and strikes the killing blow! The Damsel is still wailing distressingly...

The heroic deed achieved, our young Lord and his retinue pose for the Heralds and troubadours present as La Belle howls her joy at being saved in the background.

Once the preliminary sketches and verses have been made by the chroniclers, our good knight sidles over to his squire and whispers: "Quickly, fetch me the keys to those manacles! Oh, and a gag! She won't shut up and my head aches so from her incessant wailing...."

[bandit86]

Ahhhh can someone please untie me now

Great job

[LordOdo]

Lady Mygraine

I like the warband!

[DeafNala]

Chivalry at its FINEST! The minis & the evocative scene are all BEAUTIFULLY DONE!

[white knight]

Even though the colours look nothing alike, I sense a distinct Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibe to your tale...

[Mason]

Nice choice of colours give this warband a lovely visual appeal.
 

Now quit yer whining and rescue the noisy bint, she is doing our heads in as well, ya know!
 


 

[Skrapwelder]

Very nice. She looks like she's up for a bit more peril.

[Valerik]

Very nice. She looks like she's up for a bit more peril.

But Grand Mal don't like it when you play with HIS food...

Nice, if noisy...

Now off to find the cowards who chained her?


Valerik

[Michka]

That's a lovely band of intrepid heroes.

Now how is our brave hero going to fit all of his followers into a dungeon? Just think how many of them will get lost in the dark if they can't all fit into one room.

[Modhail]

Wow, such responses... Thank you guys, I'm glad you like them!

White knight, how'd you guess? 

Valerik, the responsible parties haven't been identified yet. Though on the day of her disappearance the Baron's alchemist was found dancing and frolicking in the meadows outside the baronial estate, shouting "Free! Free at last! No more headache poultices, or elixirs of deafness! Free! Free to do my own research, finally! Hahahahahaaa!"
Another odd coincidence was that a part of the court, including all of La Belle Dame's personal staff, didn't seem worried at her disappearance and didn't don mourning colours until after news of her rescue reached the castle... 
Naturally the first port of investigation is to accuse and interrogate some random peasants.

Michka, if I remember correctly, most WHQ tiles have at least 12 squares and the lantern illuminates adjacent tiles as well, so I have some room to manoeuvre. Nevertheless, I don't think my knight will ever take his entire retinue into a dungeon.
I could reverse the plot though, and have the warband consist of a group of Orcs/Beastmen/brigands who are invading the knight's castle, and let the men-at-arms and knight take the place of the "monster" defenders... Thank you for that flash of inspiration!

[Mr Tough Guy]

  lovely heraldry, and I love the way it's continued in his retinue

[Elprez]

Great knight and retinue, and fun photo narrative, 
Like the reverse dungeon idea too.

[affun]

This is great! Nice paints on the retinue and knight.

I am so very jealous of your collection of vintage bretonians. They don't make 'em quite like that anymore.

[Miniman]

Amazing
I love this Bretonian's vs dinosours
Your painting skills are A+
What is the beasts model?
 

[Argonor]

Great stuff - I've yet to start painting some stuff for my Chivalry project. Stupid jousting rules took the air a bit out of me