Stoke Field 1487

[rivers3162]

Just a quick question but the where is the figure on the front right corner of the mercenary pike block from? He has a sword and is holding his helmet onto his head.

[Gangleri]

Thank you all for your kind words!

I've just gone with Claymore Castings for the Irish.

Hah, that seems like an awfully good idea to me at this point! All these damn loose sleeves...

Just a quick question but the where is the figure on the front right corner of the mercenary pike block from? He has a sword and is holding his helmet onto his head.

That is a Foundry Swiss officer.  They're wonderful, and in retrospect I wish I'd used more, since with little alteration they make fine Germans.

Got two more kern on the go, but I'm having a bit of GS fatigue at the moment, so it might take a few days for me to post them.

Cheers!

[Gangleri]

Hello again,

Here are the next two Irish:


On the left is a "dartman" carrying several of the light throwing spears that were so popular in Ireland (I still have to make the spearheads).  He's meant to be a quite young fellow.  On the right is an older, more important warrior.  He's distinguished not only by his helmet and axe but also his shoes. I've almost run out of paired arms to hold two-handed weapons, so these are repurposed from the handgunner arms.  I see several imperfections in the photo, but I've already started painting these two and don't know whether I will bother fixing them.

Cheers!

[Codsticker]

Looks like good work to me.*thumbs up* Close up photos always point out little errors you wouldn't notice otherwise.

[Stuart]

They're brilliant, those Ansar are great dollies aren't they - the forthcoming Zulus should be useful too.

Nice clean lines and folds, they'll paint up really well.

Stuart

[Gangleri]

Finished another group that's been sitting around incomplete for a long time, Fitzgerald of Laccagh, commander of the Irish contingent.





I was originally going to add a Claymore Irish chieftain but decided instead to put a more fashionable-looking trumpeter in his place.

those Ansar are great dollies aren't they - the forthcoming Zulus should be useful too.

Yes, they're really good for this purpose.  Good point about the Zulus, hadn't occurred to me.

[dinohunterpoa]

Gangleri, that's a GREAT project, and the conversions are top notch, CONGRATULATIONS! 

[rivers3162]

Fantastic command group! The Fitzgerald conversion looks really good as does the Gallowglass! I'm off to Foundry's Stoke Field anniversary event this weekend and these have really put me in the mood for it.

[Gangleri]

I'm off to Foundry's Stoke Field anniversary event this weekend and these have really put me in the mood for it.

Wow, that sounds great.  If you've got any photographs to share, feel free to post them here. 

Gangleri, that's a GREAT project, and the conversions are top notch, CONGRATULATIONS! 

 
Thanks very much!

[rivers3162]

Hey Gangleri, just a few photos from Saturday's commemoration event; a few pikemen, some combat, the Irish and then a couple of the reenactors who accompanied us on the tour, standing at the front of the Yorkist positions on the hill.









I had a fantastic time - all the reenactors were very friendly and keen to chat about their gear, the battle and the Wars of the Roses in general. The guided tour of the battlefield was good too, especially given how little is known about the battle itself.

[dinohunterpoa]

Very nice 1:1 scale miniatures! 

[Gangleri]

Very nice 1:1 scale miniatures! 

 

Hahaha

Hey Gangleri, just a few photos from Saturday's commemoration event; a few pikemen, some combat, the Irish and then a couple of the reenactors who accompanied us on the tour, standing at the front of the Yorkist positions on the hill.

Very nice, thanks for sharing them.  Those combatants look awfully cheerful, though!  Seems like it must have been an enjoyable event.  I am reminded by the photos that I should have added more bends to the English contingent.

I'm slowly working on the kern, hope to have a few more to show soon.

[rivers3162]

Look forward to seeing how they turn out! I'm hoping the Perry twins will do a few packs of Irish soon (maybe even some more characters for Simnel, Lincoln, Lovell etc.).

I was struck by how much the 'dying' Gallowglass at the event looked like the conversion you did on the left of Fitzgerald! Think you pretty much nailed it!

[Gangleri]

Hello, everyone.  Longtime absence from this plog.  The wind went out of my sails for a while, but in the past month or two I've been getting back into it, and I have a few updates.  Work continues on the Irish, who are the main part of the army still to be completed.  I've also decided to add a few vignettes for flavor, one for each nationality present at the battle.


Some Englishmen taking absolution before the fight.  Kneeling is a Lovell retainer in the distinctive vairy.  Also a Scrope bannerman and a spare gallowglass converted from the HYW French plastics (not that thrilled with him).


The Irish vignette, which I'm very pleased with.  At this time the "wild" Irish still seem to have collected the heads of their enemies.  There were a number of skirmishes and small actions in the weeks leading up to Stoke in which the Yorkists came off quite well.  I imagine that the chieftain is showing off the trophies of war to a curious soldier.




I hope to have more to show you all in a little while.  C&C welcome.  The project lives on!

[Captain Blood]

Hurray! He’s back on it 
Those are lovely vignettes