Perry Plastic Men-At Arms Box Cover Art

[painterman]

Am liking the standard bearers - very useful open-handed figures, so I've ordered several packs. The billmen will be converted to be more Swiss - a few headswops and addition of bends perhaps - to fill the rear rows of pike blocks.
Hope this is the start of many new packs from Michael for the 1450-1500 ranges.
Simon.

[painterman]

Painted up my first half dozen - part of a group of distinguished Burgundians from Charles the Bold's household, having to fight on foot.





Relatively quick to do - washes and drybrushing - all the fine details are there on the figures.
Simon.

[Steel fist]

Those are really nice simon, a good mix of styles and colours but still identifiably Burgundian.

[Captain Blood]

Wow, excellent Simon. Love the blued armour and the chap in the livery coat and kettle hat 

[tomrommel1]

well done Simon

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Well done Simon.

How did you do the blued armour?

Bye the way, in the Solithurn Museum, there are some black breastplates with polished Swiss crosses. 
They appear to be from a later period but I may try a few as Swiss captains.

Regards

Mick

[OSHIROmodels]

They look great Simon 

The blued armour is very effective 

cheers

James

[painterman]

Thanks - the blue armour is normal process of painting, but finishing with 2 thin washes of GW blue wash and then a very light drybrush of silver to highlight.
Hope that helps.

Yes - re the Swiss cross on breastplates - Schilling chronicles seems to show them too - in white, black and blue (as i recall) on steel armour...just waiting for some Perry Swiss figures now!!
Cheers
simon.

[Captain Goode]

Still waiting for mine to arrive in down town Delhi. I am hoping that there will be a head that I can convert so that it is bare, but with the gorget plate covering the chin, ie that just the Sallet has been removed.  From what I have been reading Chris Wotsit's "Bosworth" this would be closer to the last minutes of Richard.  I am not sure I like the version on page 1 - it looks too much like Rupert Everett for my taste, who I am sure would have played Shakespeare's version admirably at some time in his career.
Graham

[painterman]

Captain Goode - that idea would make an excellent (and accurate) figure bareheaded but wearing a bevor.
You could try carefully cutting off the sallet from the head on the blued armour figure of mine (above pics) and then cutting at the right level a bare head - one in the new box and one in the Mercenaries bow and glue them back together.

I may have ago myself now...I'm surprised that Captain Blood hasn't hit on that one yet, in all his numerous options he's done to date!!!

Cheers
Simon,

[Captain Blood]

Haha - give me time! 

[Metternich]

Highly effective poses and excellent painting.

[painterman]

Quick shots from the desk of a few more, done this weekend.
Just received the new Perry metal standard bearers who'll fit nicely into this group. Couple more plastics to go too.





Cheers, Simon.

[M Blakey]

My goodness their abit to nice!

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff 

Love the gold and livery 

cheers

James