Friday 9 September 2011

Ordonnance Pikes - WIP













These are pictures of work in progress for the first of two Burgundian Ordonnance pike units. These are figures for the rear three bases, at a painted but not yet varnished and based stage. They are all Perry plastic figures from the Mercenaries box, with just a couple of metal Tudor & Swiss heads added. As these are rear-rankers they've been done as speedily as I can and so do not have the usual final highlight stage painted on. Also for padded jacks I've brushed on Army Painter dip onto a light buff colour and let the dip do the shading work. I plan another set of three bases as front-rankers, which will be a mix of more plastics and some metal Perry figures. Burgundian and Flemish flags will probably be located in the middle rear rank base.


You may notice some wobbly looking pikes - although the castings are fairly sturdy and flexible too, I packed some to take away on holiday in an old GW carrying case lined with foam etc, but despite the extra care taken some still came home with non-straight pikes. A lesson learned. More soon...toodle pip.

4 comments:

  1. Simply put, already fantastic. Being an avid fan of this period, I am so looking forward to these in final state.

    Cheers
    SG

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  2. Good work! Very nicely painted minis !

    Best regards Dalauppror

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  3. These look great and not a bad result at all for the speed paining technique. A nice palette too.

    Stuart

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