English Archer Conversions SCULPTING GAMBESONS UPDATE 07/06/15

[Atheling]

Some of you chaps and chapesses may have noticed my plea for any spare models of the Free Agincourt themed mini my Alan Perry in the Wanted section of the Bazaar of Obscurities(?). Well, this thread is basically going to be illustrating just why I have asked folk if they can help me out. BTW, thank you to those who have pledged their mini- it's really very good of you and is certainly appreciated!

I'm planning four two six  bases of archers on two different types, some nocking, drawing a loosing to go with the two fingered 'salute' and a three bases in which the archers have dropped their bows, picked up whatever they have at hand, be it mail, axe, falchion or simply sword or dagger and are about to or are wading into the maelstrom that typified the Late Medieval battlefield. After all, all battles of the period ended up with some serious fighting even for the archers, or as in the case of Agincourt and Verneuil where the pressure put on the flanks of the French in melee won the day (French and Scots at Verneuil) .

Here's a few snaps of what to expect:

In the first pic I've simply replaced the steak with the dagger in (I plan on a conversion where an archer is reaching for the dagger ion another base). the second the archer, whohas a body out of the HYW Plastic box set- i've used procreate to fill in the missing sections of hood-  is steakless as I'm going to have him at the forefront of a base charging in with his maul. I have a whole series of conversion ideas, not all of them involving the Free mini but most of which do.

I will hopefully start the painting today- after tidying up my table etc as it was left in a frenzy of activity prior to Salute and I didn't have the heart to tidy it up until today!

The ProCreate putty was a new purchase at Salute. I still have some older ProCreate from a while back and I have to say that I think that the older stuff, being less tacky was easier towork with than the newer stuff! It's probably just a case of getting used to s=using the newer stuff so i'm sticking with it.

[Atheling]

The next two models started straight just after Salute are not conversions but merely taken straight from the box. They will be on the attacking (or about to attack bases. There's not a lot to see at the moment but here's what I have thus far (anyone familiar with the box set will probably immediately now which mini's I have to crate in mind:

[Engel]

Excellent, really interesting poses on the miniatures.

[Ray Earle]

Looking good so far Darrell.  

I had hoped to get my hands on one if the Salute figures to add to the ranks of archers but will probably knock up some kind of conversion from the parts in the original box.

[Atheling]

Looking good so far Darrell.  

I had hoped to get my hands on one if the Salute figures to add to the ranks of archers but will probably knock up some kind of conversion from the parts in the original box.

You didn't get one? I've got one promised to someone else Ray, if I do manage to collect a surplus I'll send you one too.

Thanks for the comments guys.... Simon's game gave me a royal kick up my Late Medieval Backside and has me working on a few bases as well as re-basing my entire HYW collection!!

Darrell.

[Ray Earle]

You didn't get one? I've got one promised to someone else Ray, if I do manage to collect a surplus I'll send you one too.

That's very kind of you Darrell. I've got a bid on one on eBay, so fingers crossed I might get hold of one soon. I'll let you know.

Thanks for the comments guys.... Simon's game gave me a royal kick up my Late Medieval Backside and has me working on a few bases as well as re-basing my entire HYW collection!!

Sounds like you got a busy time ahead.

[Atheling]

That's very kind of you Darrell. I've got a bid on one on eBay, so fingers crossed I might get hold of one soon. I'll let you know.

Well, just let me know and I'll see if I have any spares at the end of the conversion work.

Sounds like you got a busy time ahead.

Yep, but that's the way I like it 

Darrell.

[tomrommel1]

good start

[Paul]

Nice conversions..especially the one giving the greeting 

[rumacara]

Nice work Darrell.
Looking forward to watch the painted versions.

By the way, the perrys sell the archers sprues separated. I bought 2 for conversions.

[Atheling]

Nice work Darrell.
Looking forward to watch the painted versions.

By the way, the perrys sell the archers sprues separated. I bought 2 for conversions.

I've got three boxes! 

I'll be adding a couple of pics that I took a while ago of some metal conversions later on today as they will all be painted in the same batch.

Watch this space 

Darrell.

[rumacara]

Wow... 3 boxes is an army for me...
I will enjoy to see them painted.

[Atheling]

Wow... 3 boxes is an army for me...
I will enjoy to see them painted.

I've got hundreds of the metals too!! 

Suffice to say that I'm quite interested in the HYW 

Darrell.

[Anna Elizabeth]

Excellent work Darrell. I'll be watching with interest.

[Atheling]

Excellent work Darrell. I'll be watching with interest.

Thanks Anna- I'm going to post a pic a couple of older metal conversions that I did quite some time ago but they've quite good so no harm will be done. I'm painting them up today so they may well be done sometime tomorrow. I'll also be working on the archers dropping their bows and moving into the melee conversions.

I'm really looking forward to doing all of this. The HYW had been one of my lifelong obsessions so it's really great to return to my La Journee blog anf continue the work on Verneuil. I'm sticking with this battle before jumping ahead five yearsto the Siege of Orleans.

Darrell.



Darrell.