Generic medieval army, for historical and fantasy games...

[Vermis]

Tasty!  Especially all that heraldry. Very sharp!

[le bon roi rene]

Lotsa different ways to approach painting your army. Truth is, no matter what suggestions others give, you'll know the look you want when you see it. I went sort of in reverse approach in that my "fantasy" armies always have a historical theme. I love painting liveries and my method is to try to keep my palette somewhat restricted and avoid introducing too many extraneous colors.

Cheers,
Fred

[Patrice]

  Magnificent painting, Bon roi René !

[A Lot of Gaul]

Those are seriously impressive-looking figures, Fred! 

Cheers,
Scott

[Mason]

Some gorgeous paintwork on this thread all round.
 

Tancrede: That heraldry is simply amazing.
I thought that it had to be transfers at first it is so clean.
 

[tancrede]

Thanks for comments, guys, it was helpful for me.

I've decided to go for squires in livery clothes (blue and red), and I think it works well (pics soon). Hoods and other clothes wil be painted in some muted colors, just as if it was the personnal clothes of the bowmen...

For the rest of the troops, they are already painted, so I won't repaint them.
Bowmen and lowrank men at arms are painted in muted colors, except some little parts in their lord colors.
Higher men at arms (wich I consider as poor knights) and foot knights are painted with their own heraldry.

For exemple, here are some of my foot knights and men at arms :

Lotsa different ways to approach painting your army. Truth is, no matter what suggestions others give, you'll know the look you want when you see it. I went sort of in reverse approach in that my "fantasy" armies always have a historical theme. I love painting liveries and my method is to try to keep my palette somewhat restricted and avoid introducing too many extraneous colors.

Cheers,
Fred

Very beautiful minis, Fred.
And as I was born in Angers, I like your nickname ! 

I guess I kind of split the difference going with mostly natural/muted colors...but with one contrating/brighter color to bring them to life.
I'm sure whatever you chose to do will look fine...all of your work is an inspiration!

Cheers,

Blue

Nice to see you here, Blue.
I like the way you've done your own Bretonnians.

[Patrice]

Astonishing! 

[Atheling]

Fred,

It's great to have you on board.... it's been a while! I think the last time I heard from you I was asking about the John of Bedford's Emblem for his standard back in the days of the WABMedieval Yahoo Group!!

I had a sneaky suspicion that it was you when I saw your post in the Medieval Miniatures Painted thread but wasn't sure. V very distinctive and delightful high quality style! 

Darrell.

[Duke Donald]

These are stunning!

[le bon roi rene]

Fred,

It's great to have you on board.... it's been a while! I think the last time I heard from you I was asking about the John of Bedford's Emblem for his standard back in the days of the WABMedieval Yahoo Group!!

I had a sneaky suspicion that it was you when I saw your post in the Medieval Miniatures Painted thread but wasn't sure. V very distinctive and delightful high quality style! 

Darrell.

Been away a bit and can never outrun my enjoyment of the hobby for long. It seems like the WAB scene has cooled considerable in the past few years, however, that is a great segueway for a thread about basing. (Something I've been struggling with for months as I weigh basing for maximum aesthetic value against game system versatility.

Thank's for the kind words. Its good to be back.

Cheers,
Fred

[Duff]

Fantastic work. I always side with pretty colours over historical accuracy, unless brown and green blobs merging into one another on the tabletop is something that gets you excited of course.

[le bon roi rene]

And as I was born in Angers, I like your nickname ! 


Nice to see you here, Blue.

Thanks, I learned about the old man reading about his grandson Rene II during the Burgundian Wars. Rene I's life story is far too interesting to pass up. I like to think of him as a 15th Century version of "the World's Most Interesting Man".

[Atheling]

Been away a bit and can never outrun my enjoyment of the hobby for long. It seems like the WAB scene has cooled considerable in the past few years, however, that is a great segueway for a thread about basing. (Something I've been struggling with for months as I weigh basing for maximum aesthetic value against game system versatility.

Thank's for the kind words. Its good to be back.

Cheers,
Fred

Good to have you back  .

Darrell.

[tancrede]

So, between some wine festival (I'm in Bordeaux, so...) and rugby match, I've found some time this week-end to paint my foot squires...
As said, I've chosen to paint them with a blue and red livery, just as my spearmen.




Those old GW minis are really a pleasure to paint.
Thanks to the Perry brothers !

Now, I must add 2 more to field them for SAGA / Hail Caesar / Lion Rampant games, and a little banner...

[tomrommel1]

really really nice figures