tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35970587524814898292023-11-15T22:14:56.621-08:00Einer Für Alle, Alle Für Einen!A Fifteenth Century Swiss Confederacy Blog in 28mmBrewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-38923923440730238912013-02-11T10:55:00.001-08:002013-02-11T10:55:59.478-08:00A New Blog - Formigny 1450Hi everyone,<br />
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Just a quick message to say I've started a new blog based around the battle of Formigny in 1450. Here's a taster:<br />
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It can be found here: <a href="http://formigny1450.blogspot.co.uk/">http://formigny1450.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
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Hopefully see you over there!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-79692156214774424492012-11-08T08:59:00.002-08:002012-11-08T09:00:34.880-08:00A new blog..Hi Everyone,<br />
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Been a long while since I've posted anything here, this is largely because I've spent most of my time doing commisions. As a result I thought it might be a good idea to set up a new blog where you can have a look at my latest projects for other people and what I've got on my painting desk at the moment<br />
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If you fancy taking a peek it can be found at: <a href="http://thepaintingdesk.blogspot.co.uk/">http://thepaintingdesk.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
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The Swiss project is nowhere near complete and I'm sure I'll get back to it sometime soon, however you're more likely to find regular updates on the new blog.<br />
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Hopefully see you over there!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-85510233274031022942012-08-19T09:55:00.000-07:002012-08-19T09:55:02.493-07:00Vorhut (at last)So, it's been a hectic few months with one thing and another and, as I mentioned before, I've been painting a fair amount of stuff for other people. However I have succeeded in finding a little time to paint some of my own models. My Vorhut was basically complete, minus the last rank which has been sat on my painting bench since about Feburary. I finally managed to summon up the enthusiasm to get them painted and this is the result:<br />
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I'm really happy with how this unit turned out. The banner is that of Glaurus - I basically just threw it in as I liked it, not becuase it fits with the colours of the unit, but ah well. I painted it myself based upon an image I found online, supposedly of an original banner (though it may have been 14th C...)<br />
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I used the man at arms being helped to create a sort of small diorama, as the rear ranks part to let him through.<br />
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So this is what my army looks like so far - not much to show for nigh on two years work to be honest! I'm happy with it though, the units look fairly imposing when they're all together<br />
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As a side note here are a couple of the things I was painting for others. The below models were painted up for David over at Claymore Castings - they're English in Percy livery for the Otterburn game they were organising. Lovely models to paint up and I thoroughly recommend them!<br />
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<br />Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-80116178275592869912012-06-27T13:44:00.002-07:002012-06-27T13:44:15.342-07:00More Men at ArmsWell I've managed to get two more men at arms done over the last few weeks. They seem to have taken a long while as I've been fitting them in around archery stuff as well as making a concerted effort to improve my borderline awful French before we go away in a few months. Anyway I thought it could be nice to do one of the surcoated bodies (less plate armour to paint!) however I didn't want to just do them as retainers, I quite fancied tracking down some of the Lorrainer knights who fought with Rene and using their heraldry. So after a great amount of digging and several loose ends I discovered Oswald Von Thierstein - who had fought at the battle of Morat & Nancy with Rene.<br />
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I found this image first, from some sort of greeting card (you can get it as a phone case if you really want!) which shows Oswald on his horse and surcoated. I wasn't sure on how accurate the heraldry was, but I then found this when looking for the Von Thierstein heraldry:<br />
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.. I thought I may as well use it as a basis, even if it possibly isn't bang on with accuracy. Using that I produced this model to represent Oswald:<br />
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I'm fairly happy with how the heraldry turned out, though the deer was a bit fiddly to do! I tried doing blued armour on him, but actually it just looks the same as usual!<br />
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I also painted this other chap - Decided to go for a colourful look with the helmet and lance<br />
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So that's seven down now! Could be a little while until the next update though (they were hardly speedy anyway haha) as I've been lucky enough to pick up a couple of painting contracts with a couple of companies, so I'll most likely be doing them instead of my own. I may well set up a seperate blog for these (if I'm allowed) to show what I've been painting.Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-7479904796324472352012-06-10T08:00:00.001-07:002012-06-10T08:00:56.570-07:00Some Men at Arms (at last)Painting progress has been pretty slow over the last month or so - largely down to the fact that I hate painting full plate harness and also horses! So the new Perry stuff is sort of my idea of a nightmare, even though it is stunning. I've managed to get four men at arms done so far (7 more to do : /).<br />
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As you can see I've used a couple of heads from the WOTR and Mercenaries box, as I'm not overly keen on a few of the heads you get in the box. I'm going for quite a colourful look on these, multicoloured lances and bright barding etc. I quite like the chap at the end with the red and blue lance and gothic armour, he reminds me a bit of this Albrecht Durer drawing:<br />
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I've also done Rene's standard bearer, his banner was relatively simple to put together; I drew it up on Word and copied the birds in from an image on the web then painted it. Quite happy with the result.<br />
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Here's the Duke himself with his standard bearer. I've also had a little play around with some of the spare arms etc that come in the box. The seperate hands mean you can make some simple but effective conversions.<br />
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I put this chap together to lead my Nachut (who are a very long way off at the moment). I envisage them to be a fairly standard marching pike unit, yet to reach the action. As a result using one of the spare MAA arms I made this pose; quite like it. He looks as though he's fairly relaxed, but also fairly arrogant and skilled with that sword and buckler.<br />
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Well back to the grindstone - I'll try and get these last men at arms sorted.Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-53680336594998505932012-05-08T12:39:00.000-07:002012-05-08T12:42:16.496-07:00René II: Duke of LorraineWell it's taken many hours but I've finally got my first mounted man at arms done! I have painted this one up to represent René II - Duke of Lorraine who will be the leader of my Swiss force. I used one of the bodies with a surcoat on as a basis, as I was keen to try and get René's heraldry on there. However I then realised I didn't have a clue what this looked like. A brief inspection of the Perry box showed he wasn't on there - so I set about researching. I came across this image depicting the Battle of Nancy which looks reasonably contempary<br />
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René is on the white horse, and his surcoat looks a lot like this other image I found:<br />
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So I based the surcoat loosely upon it, and this is the result <br />
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As you can see there are a few elements I didn't include, however I'm happy with it and think it's still recognisable. I've used one of the horses with the full Italian armour for his mount, I figure if anyone could afford the whole panoply it would be a Duke! I only plan on using around 4 of the fully armoured horses throughout the unit, the rest will just have trappers or nothing.<br />
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Sadly the horse seems to obscure the surcoat a bit but I like the final result. I've got to say these figures are definitely some of the best I've come across in about 15 years of painting, the details that's been incorporated is crazy and with the seperate hand system they're also ridiculously versatile. Now just another 11 to go... That's a lot of plate armour!<br />
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That's right - the new Perry Mounted Men at Arms - I've only put two horses together this evening but Wow! The detail on the armour's immense and the various styles bring something completely new to 28mm plastic miniatues. Needless to say I'm impressed! After getting this far you may have realised that there is in fact nothing new to show off, however I basically wanted to pick the brains of any experts on heraldry out there.<br />
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I spent quite a while wracking my brains for a way to fit in a unit of mounted men at arms into a pike based army when I saw the models were being realised. After a little research I stumbled across Rene II, Duke of Lorraine who'd hired a force of Swiss mercenaries to reclaim the city of Nancy in 1477 (leading to the well known battle)<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine - have a look here for more info.<br />
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I'm thinking of using the body with the surcoat for Rene himself - so I can get his heraldry on there. However I'm fairly unsure as to what this looks like - my research has found this:<br />
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Which could be interesting to paint. I'm unsure if its right though. I'm also fairly unsure on Rene's banner, whether it would look like the above or something else. The Krigspil site has this:<br />
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Looks a little naff to me though. So, has anyone got any other ideas? If not I'm sure I'll come up with something, though it won't necesarily be correct!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-54528586608574261622012-02-27T12:54:00.000-08:002012-02-27T12:54:28.168-08:00Getting There..So since the last post I've managed to fit in a fair bit more painting. I got my fourth rank painted up:<br />
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Pretty standard - Couple of Swiss heads in there. Also recieved my new Mercenaries box through and set about using some of them to make a command group for the Vorhut:<br />
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The Hornblower is the Foundry one that Simon kindly sent me. I wanted something a little different for the unit leader so I used one of the Tudor heads and cut the large feather off one of the plastic mercenary heads and glued that on for a little Swiss 'flair'. I think the Talhoffer 'Ox' stance fits in nicely with a unit of levelled pikes. The standard bearer is just made up of standard plastic parts from the box.<br />
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<strong>While on the subject of command groups I've got a question for you guys -</strong> <strong>has anyone got any idea what sort of banner the units outside of the Gewalthut might carry?</strong> I was under the impression that the cantonal standards would be grouped together in the Gewalthut and as a result am not really sure what the Vorhut, for example, might carry. I see the flag sheet comes with a carpenters guild flag.. If anyone could give me any advice on this I'd be most grateful!<br />
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Finally with four ranks complete I decided to glue down the models and I'm pretty pleased with the end result.. <br />
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I'll be adding some broken pikes around the wounded chaps once they're based. I quite like the wall of pikes effect.I've added the wounded man at arms near the back, as if he's being escorted through their ranks from the front.<br />
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I'll be making one more rank from the plastic pikemen. Thinking of trying to get a bit of interaction between them and the wounded chap being carried - then once they're based it'll be time to move onto the final pike unit or maybe some skirmishes..Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-16578554517456888022012-02-15T10:33:00.000-08:002012-02-15T10:33:53.413-08:00Bring out your dead! And a kind donationSo, soon after I posted my last update on here the new dead and wounded set was released by the Perry's and I made sure I got my grubby mits on them sharpish! I plan on incorporating these guys into the first two ranks of my Vorhut to make it look a little more dynamic. As I see it the Vanguard should be the first to meet the enemy and as a result the first to take any casualties. Here they are: <br />
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I intend to use the hornblower in my Vorhut and the bagpiper in the Nachut. I'm quite tempted to remove the bloke playing the tabor in my Gewalthut and replace him with the drummer as he looks a little more serious, but we shall see.. Cheers again Simon!<br />
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Finally on an unrelated note (I hope this doesn't appear to be turning into an archery blog) I succsessfully made my first warbow at the weekend. It's made of Ash and still needs a bit of work but I'm very pleased with it!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've got another box of mercenaries and some European heads winging their way to me now, so watch this space!</div>Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-83837703112179293672012-01-21T14:06:00.000-08:002012-01-21T14:06:19.042-08:00Getting Back on the Painting Horse..Wow, so it's been 3 months since the last post - crazy. I once again fell off the painting wagon, mainly as a result of switching my focus to archery. I recently joined the English Warbow Society (EWBS), one of the only societies in the world to focus upon medieval style archery using heavy draw weight bows. I've spent the last few months putting together sets of arrows (shameless plug - if anyone's interested in having some put together PM me!) and wrestling with the new 95 lbs draw English Yew bow I bought from another society member. I've recently managed to source some Ash staves, so I think my next step will be having a go at bow making itself.<br />
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Back to the painting itself. My interest was re-sparked after seeing these beauties..<br />
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.. and thinking 'God, they'd look good in my Vorhut!'. As a result I grabbed some of the metal Perry pikemen who have been lounging around on my desk for ages and got them painted in record time. Quite happy with the results:<br />
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I'm pretty pleased with the results so far. Next up is rank three and then, yep - you guessed it, rank 4... I'm aiming for something around 30 models in the unit overall. Until next time...Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-23474138812454237342011-09-04T11:19:00.000-07:002011-09-04T11:19:00.658-07:00Send in the Firepower!So I've been quite busy over the last week or so and finally pulled my finger out and got this handgunner unit finished at long last!<br />
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Quite happy with the results and my Gewalthut finally has some much needed supporting fire. I've got a nine man crossbow unit as well, which is waiting for a lick of paint - however these will have to wait for a while as it was my birthday yesterday and I have something new to paint....<br />
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These guys will form the centre of my Vorhut (Vanguard) I want them to look more dynamic than my Gewalthut (as they'll be first to reach the enemy) I'll be beheading just under half of them and giving them the metal Swiss heads - to get the right 'flavour' for the unit. More updates soon!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-52028006745257555702011-08-25T13:03:00.000-07:002011-08-25T13:03:04.323-07:00The Painting Machine Rumbles Back Into Life!Well, it's been a very long time since I've posted anything on here. I'd like to say it's because I've been ridiculously busy but that'd be a bit of a lie.. To be honest I seem to have just fallen off the painting wagon for a while but I feel it's about time to pick up a brush and continue with my Swiss.<br />
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Before the new stuff however I have actually done a few vaguely interesting things over the last few months. Me and my Girlfriend went up to Leeds for the weekend and I managed to drag her over to Towton for a brief look at the battlefield.<br />
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I didn't have the heart to force her around the battlefield trail (which has only been in place a few months I believe) but I'd definitely recommend having a look if anyone's ever around there. It looks like quite a picturesque area, hard to believe the bloodiest battle on English soil was fought there half a century ago!<br />
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I've also been over to Rhodes for a week, which has a massively impressive old town - built by the Knights of St. John and besieged by the Turks in the fifteenth and sixteenth century.<br />
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As you can see it's pretty substantial! All I can say is I definitely wouldn't want to be besieging this place - hardly surprising the Turks gave up and went home in 1480. There are quite a few well preserved castles dotted around the coast which are very well preserved as well.<br />
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Well, onto the painting then. Nothing too impressive just a couple of the handgunners I said I'd paint all those months ago. <br />
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So, just three more hangunners to finish the unit. My birthday's also coming up so I've ordered some of the metal Perry pikemen to kick off my Vorhut. I'm thinking these will have a more dynamic feeling than my Gewalthut, as they'll be the first to get to the enemy - so lots of levelled pikes etc!<br />
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On a final note I also ended up painting (well repainting..) something completely random - A Waffen SS grenadier in camo smock, but I'm fairly happy with the results.<br />
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Well, as I seem to say everytime - Watch this space... Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-6618833236354908102011-06-05T09:49:00.000-07:002011-06-05T09:49:03.343-07:00Gewalthut triumphant!So, after a little hiatus I've finally done something worthwhile and completed my Gewalthut! It's only taken nigh on six months but I'm pretty pleased with the finished product! <br />
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I think it makes a pretty impressive unit on the battlefield and should be a nice centrepiece to the army (Could be a while before that's finished....) The bases were done with a few tester pots of emulsion I picked up from Focus (Seems a waste not to take advantage of their misfortune and make a few savings really!). The grass tufts are from the army painter range and I'm really impressed with how they work, they're ridiculously easy to put in place- basically idiot-proof, which is lucky when I'm using it. Now just two more smaller pike blocks to do - the Vorhut and Nachut - and I've got a few ideas on them already.<br />
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Here's a taste of what's next:<br />
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They're nothing too special - but it feels like quite an achievement as I've been painting this unit for what seems like forever. Kind of makes me wonder why exactly I want to do another two pike blocks... Think I might move onto skirmishers next.Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-42164145728628228462011-05-05T07:41:00.000-07:002011-05-05T07:41:16.484-07:00Painting metal studs is incredibly dull...As I mentioned in the last post my next batch of models are wearing brigandines, and I set about painting them with about the same amount of enthusiasm as I would have had for watching paint dry... And dull they were too. The rest of the models were finished in about two days but when it came down to the brigandines I suddenly discovered many more interesting things to do than paint, not helped by the arrival of this.. <br />
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.. This is the new Warbow I've been waiting on for a few weeks to be made, and as a result the prospect of pretending to be Robin Hood outside in the sun certainly appealed a lot more than painting hundreds of tiny rivets. However I eventually managed to get back to the painting table (because my arms were too sore) and finish the models and I'm quite pleased with the results:<br />
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I'm pretty pleased with the two guys to the right in cantonal colours, as I managed to get the rusted/dirty effect I was aiming for on their brigandines. The one on the right is wearing black as I basically couldn't be bothered to do much shading/highlighting. One more batch awaits and then it'll be basing time! And after that I might try and put together some skirmishers for a little 'variety'..Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-415347047001063452011-04-24T08:23:00.000-07:002011-04-24T08:23:08.874-07:00If There's One Thing I Really Hate Painting......It's got to be Arming Jacks, Aketons or any other form of padded armour. It seems to take forever and half the time ends up looking rubbish anyway. This is partly my excuse for the recent lack of updates, the pictured figures have been lurking on my painting table for quite some time - waiting for me to summon up the requisite enthusiasm to finish them off. I also started a new job last week so with one thing and another I haven't had much in the way of painting time.. However, from my current estimates, there are about seven figures waiting to be painted before the Gewalthut is ready to be based. Anyway, enough waffle.. here's the next batch of three pikemen:<br />
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The guy on the left is painted in Uri's canton colours while the others are fairly generic really. The one on the right looks like he has no eyes in this picture, I can vouch that he has though. Overall the jacks could have come out worse really - I'm just glad I don't have to paint many more in this unit. Sadly the next batch are wearing brigandines, which I also hate painting massively so don't hold your breath for the next update!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-39817790533132963292011-04-12T07:25:00.000-07:002011-04-12T07:25:43.449-07:00Standards and PikesHey guys, another small update for your delectation. I've painted up the final cantonal standard bearer, this one from Basel, and also another pikeman - so nothing too exciting. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the model on the left I used the body from the command sprue, but I wanted to make sure it looked suitably different from the leader I've made, so I painted him up in fairly dark browns. I also thought I'd throw in some variety and try a blue turban - I'm pretty pleased with the results. The guy on the right uses a standard body and the command arms in the more gothic style armour. When I first did the armour I wasn't particularly happy with it but it all seems to have come together nicely in the end. He carries the banner of Basel taken from the Perry's flag sheet.</div><br />
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</div>A better view of the standard - I probably took the photo a little too soon after painting it with matt varnish, which is why it looks a little shiny..Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-74094275591305641962011-04-07T08:13:00.000-07:002011-04-07T08:13:30.703-07:00And now for something... slightly different..After a request from Bedford I've taken a couple of pictures of my Towton themed Yorkist army to show you guys. They have been painted up to represent Lord Fauconbrg's retinue at the 1461 battle in the snow. Admittedly my painting has improved a bit from some of the earlier pieces!<br />
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This is one of my bill units (there's one more - but it doesn't look as good). I decided to model them as if they were advancing into an arrow storm, hence why the musician's clutching his throat and why two members of the second rank appear to be throwing some dodgy dance moves. Hard to see in these photos but I threw a few of the mercenary heads into this unit, as I was waiting impatiently for the metal Swiss heads to be released.. The banner is a livery banner I concocted myself, but I'm fairly sure should be reasonably accurate to a point.<br />
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These guys are probably one of my favourite units. The majority are Perry metals but I've also added a few plastic models in harness from the 'bow and bill' box. Before I put them together I'd been reading about the mass grave that had been found at Towton and that one of the theories behind the buried men's demise was that they had been caught while fleeing and executed by the victorious Yorkists. As a result I converted some of the plastics up to be either dead or in the process of being killed, hence why that guy is kneeling down. I have tried to place the front ranks in such a way as to look as though they are watching what's happening in the centre.<br />
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This is the Burgundian contingent. I'm not even sure if there are any records of Burgundian mercenaries fighting at Towton to be honest, but I remember reading recently that an early handgun barrel had been excavated near the battlefield - not too much of a stretch to imagine Burgundians being hired for the campaign, since Edward IV and the Dukes of Burgundy were fairly good mates it seems. They're all Front Rank and the handgunners have had a few headswaps with Games Workshop Empire models to get a little variety in. The St. Andrew's Crosses are sculpted from green stuff.<br />
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Here's Lord Fauconberg himself with his favourite drinking buddies. Again the models are all Front Rank, sadly I haven't managed to get round to get hold of Fauconberg's personal standard as of yet.<br />
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Finally here's something completely unexpected - a phalanx of Immortal Spartans. I bought these sometime last year and this is all I've got done so far. Sure one day I'll end up back doing them again though! I couldn't resist a quick pic though, since they're right behind my WOTR stuff.Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-39379229560949144842011-04-05T08:07:00.000-07:002011-04-05T08:07:54.254-07:00More Pikemen!So it was a bit of a frantic one last weekend with one thing and another - but I've managed to fit a little bit of painting in during the down time. These are the last two guys for the front ranks of the Gewalthut.<br />
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The pikemen on the right I've painted up in Basel's cantonal colours and the musician on the left is in the black and yellow of Uri (partly inspired by a picture in the Swiss Osprey book). I'm not sure how keen I am on having the drummer in my Gewalthut, it kind of feels like they should have something a bit more special. As a result I'd like to get my hands on a hornblower of some sort - I know Essex miniatures do one but I much prefer the Foundry one (or the bagpiper guy) but I'm not willing to pay out ridiculous amounts in postage for a single pack. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled I guess.<br />
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I can only apologise for the crap quality of this picture (you should see some of the others!) but my camera decided it didn't want to focus properly for some reason. Here's a rough idea of what my front three ranks should look like. Obviously the green bases are a bit of a let down but they should look much improved once they're painted up!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-65737833256731448872011-04-01T08:53:00.000-07:002011-04-01T08:53:27.125-07:00A Little Update..Hi guys, just a pretty small update this time.. most updates from now on will probably be fairly similar. I've come to the conclusion that batch painting large amounts of models at once really isn't for me. Instead I'm going to stick to doing two or three models at once, as I actually enjoy this a lot more and it's not like I have any sort of time constraint on this project - it can take pretty much however long it needs. So on that note I present two more pikemen for your viewing pleasure<br />
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I managed to paint these two up in an evening as they don't have any of the fancy Swiss feathers or anything. They turned out quite nicely and, more importantly, they weren't a drag to paint!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-53390073299082414232011-03-29T05:54:00.000-07:002011-03-29T05:54:49.158-07:00A New Batch of Pike!So I spent most of last weekend painting up some of the Swiss stuff I got through last week. They literally seem to have taken forever but I'm putting this down to the fact that I haven't batch painted in months and that I'm a massive perfectionist (which is getting quite annoying.) However after hours at the painting face I present you with the first new lot of pikemen!<br />
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These guys will be making up the front and second ranks of the Gewalthut (hence the pikes being lowered.) I'm really pleased with how they turned out in the end. The metal Swiss heads look a little hard to paint up when you first get them out of the box. But once they're undercoated it's quite easy to pick out the detail.<br />
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Here's a close up of three. The model on the right is the one I converted from a plastic billman and the other two are metal. <br />
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These two are metal again but were given head swaps with the Swiss seperate heads. I'm really pleased with how they came out in the end, especially the one on the right. Anyway, I'd best get started on the next batch I guess!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-62996495764050377852011-03-26T05:33:00.000-07:002011-03-26T05:33:06.246-07:00A Few Frantic Days of Gluing Later...So after recieving my Perry Swiss models through the post on Wednesday I've spent the last couple of days putting together what will eventually be my Gewalthut - I'm intending for this unit to be 35 models in total, based as five ranks of seven models but with the potential to reduce it down to five ranks of six if needs be. Overall the models have been pretty fun to assemble - the metal heads are a bit fiddly to glue on but I think this is always the case really. Here's two preliminary photos of the Gewalthut:<br />
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Apologies for the orange glow - it was sunny outside so I shut the blind without realising it'd make everyone look like they'd been tangoed.. You get the idea though - I'm hoping when the unit's painted and based it should make a fairly large and imposing centrepiece for the army with the various cantonal standards in the middle. I've also taken a picture of the plastic mercenary bodies with the metal heads to give you an idea of how they look together:<br />
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As you can see the heads fit very nicely on the models (as you'd expect really!) and add a very Swiss flavour to the models straight out of the Schilling Chronicle. As I said I also did a little bit of conversion work on the metal armoured pikemen I recieved.<br />
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In retrospect photographing them before undercoating would have been a much better idea really, but forgive me I'm new to this blogging thing! I basically sawed the old heads off and used a bit of greenstuff to fill in the gaps - they turned out quite well. I ended up drilling out the lower hands so a pike would fit in them which was less difficult than expected, the only problem was that a few slips meant some models needed greenstuff nose jobs afterwards, which was less than fun. <br />
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Finally I converted up a few front rank pikemen. I didn't particularly want the levelled pike models as they're a bit of a nightmare on the tabletop. So using, the plastic bill arms from the first Perry box and a couple of wargames factory Viking open hands (those models aren't good for much else), I converted up a couple of models.<br />
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The converting process was pretty fiddly but I'm pleased with the result. The one on the end is one I prepared earlier, when I was waiting for my other stuff to arrive. Right, now it's time to get down to some serious painting!Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-69011330676454850182011-03-23T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-23T06:00:56.072-07:00Some New Arrivals.Just a quick one really. I returned from work earlier to find a nice surprise waiting for me: My Swiss stuff had finally turned up from the Perrys. To be fair though it's certainly been worth the wait as all the models look great. I have one pack of the seperate Swiss heads (36 in total), which I'll use to convert the plastic mercenaries, and also a pack of the armoured pikemen with weapons at 45 degrees (picture below - though to be honest the pictures are better on the actual Perry twins site)<br />
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The casting on everything looks ace - a few mould lines here and there but they should be quite easy to get rid of. The only problem I can see is that some of the pikemen's lower hands are cast fairly solidly, so I'll probably have to try and get my hands on a smaller drill bit than the one I have currently to drill them out. I'm also planning on beheading a few pikemen and giving them Swiss heads instead, so there's a little variety in there. More updates to follow soon.<br />
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</div>Brewdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497580288727908726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3597058752481489829.post-6537086974506657342011-03-21T14:47:00.000-07:002011-03-21T14:47:02.724-07:00And so it begins....Hey guys,<br />
Welcome to my new all singing all dancing blog! I've been keen on the idea of doing a Fifteenth Century Swiss army for a while but didn't fancy taking out a bank loan to buy models from Foundry. As a result the Perry's releasing their Mercenaries box has been a Godsend. I've begun putting together an allied force focusing mainly on the four cantons of Berne, Uri, Basel and Lucerne (Mainly because these are the flags which are conveniently provided in the box..)<br />
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Since Christmas I've been waiting on the release of the separate Swiss heads that the Perry's have been promising for so long - and hopefully these should be making an appearance later this week (fingers crossed) so this project should hopefully be able to properly take off! However here are a few Swiss models I've been working on in frustration since Christmas..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cantonal Standards - (L to R) Berne, Lucerne, Uri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Various Pikemen (Couple of Assault Group models thrown in)</td></tr>
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