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Wargame armies for the Burgundian Swiss warspaintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-88718420234625391752023-12-22T05:42:00.000-08:002023-12-22T05:43:30.727-08:00Mounted Longbowmen (I)<p> Just managed a quick post, before the Festive break.</p><p>This is quick update on the Burgundian longbowmen, who are a work in progress. I decided that these should be wearing long riding boots, as they represent mounted English archers in the service of the duke and this is how they are shown in the contemporary illustration by the Master WA.</p><p>This means a bit of work on nearly every figure, with scalpel and file to remove the existing shoes and the addition of greenstuff to build up the long boots. Mainly the putty is needed to add the roll-over of the top of the boots, to add the gusset of leather which enables the boot to put on/off and the straps which hold down this gusset. It all takes me time on each figure, with my limited precision, as the putty needs to dry once you've done one of those steps on each model.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jAlj7-dC_LkAQBce4T8lM1MM-BsWMqTW2FiTtTUUupQ3N_wFucB6cqZKyi57hCBHPXwemXyv4Ra7DSUVLBiP4X49waKb2ANmolscxvB-qwcKloYOUjscjMzCqSPMer-UVGEzUh3dg6CKxuT68bqAbLfl5EUJfp2D5_AOrQ9iqD5Is7FQBcrw9OMvdSIp/s1524/13566FFF-CC32-4259-AE47-FDBBAB1FA1D1_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1524" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jAlj7-dC_LkAQBce4T8lM1MM-BsWMqTW2FiTtTUUupQ3N_wFucB6cqZKyi57hCBHPXwemXyv4Ra7DSUVLBiP4X49waKb2ANmolscxvB-qwcKloYOUjscjMzCqSPMer-UVGEzUh3dg6CKxuT68bqAbLfl5EUJfp2D5_AOrQ9iqD5Is7FQBcrw9OMvdSIp/s320/13566FFF-CC32-4259-AE47-FDBBAB1FA1D1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxssTx7haW9ZtdkVGuxmp1hBa14IU9lQLHZ3kuApBOGyvhMfkSB15wYUI1Q4PZxVoiklmwWLALdpo6tVD9QDbZlQ6guwMMCqTuYTmg4tocZoM-EXkuBs_9qiCe1MQQOn_3rA3yB4O0J-wsnGhpg3VJBRrdpP2rb3idMrR5Glr8-Ago1u3H7IvwtpBCXmox/s1513/D5291C02-9AC2-4966-9ED7-7DE8F36C8A2D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="1513" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxssTx7haW9ZtdkVGuxmp1hBa14IU9lQLHZ3kuApBOGyvhMfkSB15wYUI1Q4PZxVoiklmwWLALdpo6tVD9QDbZlQ6guwMMCqTuYTmg4tocZoM-EXkuBs_9qiCe1MQQOn_3rA3yB4O0J-wsnGhpg3VJBRrdpP2rb3idMrR5Glr8-Ago1u3H7IvwtpBCXmox/s320/D5291C02-9AC2-4966-9ED7-7DE8F36C8A2D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So this picture are of the most progressed figures to date. There will be 15 on 3 bases and most will be in shooting/loosening poses, as I want to depict a combined unit of longbowmen shooting over kneeling pikemen. This was a drill covered in the ducal Ordonnance of 1473:</p><p><span style="background-color: #ebe3cf;">In like manner (they are to exercise) the archer with their horses, to get them used to dismounting and drawing their bows. They must learn how to attach their horses together by their bridles and make them walk forward directly behind them, attaching the horses of the three archers by their bridles to the saddle-bow of the page to whose man-at-arms they belong, also to march briskly forwards and to fire without breaking rank. The pikemen must be made to advance in close formation in front of the said archers, kneel at a sign from them, holding their pikes lowered to the level of a horse’s back so that the archers can fire over the pikemen as if over a wall. Thus, if the pikemen see that the enemy are breaking rank, they will be near enough to charge them in good order according to their instructions.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6o_ZLTJKWonck9MW2-6mYWGc-QXhoXeoIuRif4pLBGX6-rx_RsGGB7nhOYRfSLE3VnH6EnymI3QyEuODjCholXy1tQJmHZwcj27RJJbtkNtISn-tkCR0zzihQNadNDMFjPTe6dash7dTQuCOa2xArBv9y9UKF7ROAdKigUC_U_eQol_-M5A47ihXxcWmt/s1218/92A389AB-6B4C-4585-830E-F63EBBDB78A1_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="1218" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6o_ZLTJKWonck9MW2-6mYWGc-QXhoXeoIuRif4pLBGX6-rx_RsGGB7nhOYRfSLE3VnH6EnymI3QyEuODjCholXy1tQJmHZwcj27RJJbtkNtISn-tkCR0zzihQNadNDMFjPTe6dash7dTQuCOa2xArBv9y9UKF7ROAdKigUC_U_eQol_-M5A47ihXxcWmt/s320/92A389AB-6B4C-4585-830E-F63EBBDB78A1_1_105_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image by Gerry Embelton (Osprey publications)</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Whether this formation was used in battle is unknown, but it'll be interesting to try it in a game. Figures are mainly Perry plastics, with some Steel Fist bodies used.</p><p>I'll press on with the rest and post them up.</p><p>Simon</p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947557869246074068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-7719539737476081432023-12-17T10:15:00.000-08:002023-12-17T10:15:08.539-08:00Swiss - new 28mm figures for 2024<p>Well, a little unexpected revitalisation for the blog.</p><p>As you may know, I run Steel Fist Miniatures as a hobby-business. The sales so far have all been reinvested to create new figures and I've long had a hankering to expand the modest Late Medieval range. As the result of a combination of serendipity and planning on my part, I've finally reached the point where new figures are emerging. These are 'dollies' to compliment the excellent Perry plastics, so provide bodies to which arms and heads from the plastic spares box can be added.</p><p>Early in 2024, I will release the first Swiss figures. These are inspired by the Schilling Chronicle illustrations. These figures have been a long time coming - as I actually had the sculpts done early thisa year and have been tinkering with how I best turn digital imahes into metals, with a few false starts along the way. First releases are packs of open-handed figures in advancing poses, to bulk out the middle and rear ranks of pike and halbard blocks. Heads are separate, to maximise options for different versions and the head sockets should accommodate nicely more Perry plastics, so the overall visual of a block of figures should be a lot of variety.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbafKF2FDirKS3bgS-xqQBJ3Q0zJInN3JKrmAiZyBCx3wbVJgG9iOCJwPgDpcRdVogxcey784Ita-pWhgKot-zoJ36isPe9PtHNMMpb7k36jv5cMsPaRH91i18B1rSvCiN_Revcm2WAT8tXCLyhVwqKhiBmrRDj41n0ekgUiQZ9R9hD2R6aViQ74KofzfZ/s3462/515F9B44-8321-445B-A7D0-4E329C3DF256_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="3462" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbafKF2FDirKS3bgS-xqQBJ3Q0zJInN3JKrmAiZyBCx3wbVJgG9iOCJwPgDpcRdVogxcey784Ita-pWhgKot-zoJ36isPe9PtHNMMpb7k36jv5cMsPaRH91i18B1rSvCiN_Revcm2WAT8tXCLyhVwqKhiBmrRDj41n0ekgUiQZ9R9hD2R6aViQ74KofzfZ/s320/515F9B44-8321-445B-A7D0-4E329C3DF256_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I'm hoping that the skilled sculptor will be able to find time to add a few handgunners, crossbowmen and command figures next year too.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pENy-WxCQ9jlCDWih8zFD7iqME8w08KVnrNCLUwl34Ak4kpKEkrlCUItFdH3_OCBLkZdwKrS8_bo-zomMpEQPsbTN3s1DzOPN8HDQyPT-v3zE13rnq6wENYLi5wJNsFuZQQSOopGJkcLuQgXq8uD_obXeovah2-pZ3jxc9O7EopCmMOH3fxqoOBUWvEL/s3495/51171950-4FA7-4D44-B90D-BC5CD653E211_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="3495" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pENy-WxCQ9jlCDWih8zFD7iqME8w08KVnrNCLUwl34Ak4kpKEkrlCUItFdH3_OCBLkZdwKrS8_bo-zomMpEQPsbTN3s1DzOPN8HDQyPT-v3zE13rnq6wENYLi5wJNsFuZQQSOopGJkcLuQgXq8uD_obXeovah2-pZ3jxc9O7EopCmMOH3fxqoOBUWvEL/s320/51171950-4FA7-4D44-B90D-BC5CD653E211_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So I'll be using these - along with other manufacturer's figures - to build up my Swiss pike units and restart my collection. I also have commenced a new Burgundian longbow unit, with some conversion work as usual and I'll share these in the next post.</p><p>Toodle pip,</p><p>Simon</p>Paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947557869246074068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-79384745875629227732021-11-08T12:19:00.000-08:002021-11-08T12:19:02.439-08:00Blog Recommendation: Hand Built History<p> I'd like to recommend a new blog that I'll be keenly following, <a href="https://handbuilthistory.blogspot.com/2021/11/welcome.html">Hand Built History</a></p><p>It's a blog by John Boadle, who for those who aren't aware of John, is a master terrain builder, great figure painter and thoroughly generous and engaging chap to boot. John's been making high quality models for many years and I'm fortunate enough to have few pieces made by him which are the pride of my collection, when he the spare time to make some for others. John's buildings are all handmade from polyboard, plastic card, balsa and hand-cast items - not a single computer 3D image in sight. He's recently recently been making artillery pieces for Michael Perry's Franco Prussian range.</p><p>In the blog John's promising to show a gradual build and so give us an insight into his techniques. A first post shows a Swiss fortified church that he did for me, pictures of which are below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDv_ncoCacOzps3xwQHl9kdis50J-A5eSBMQHWnBnJNbQLGbuenOHskGbTSyyNRqXVjrZgqb6atnc2ob16GjnRiRQTg6_0msnsEGoWxC-ahtlWFHYq32Mqn_POD46pNE6KCYHgWo1frsXCqwRYjuQEaaVqmzPCF4Czez9mVMDoAT2cIfneUDDug0h6vQ=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDv_ncoCacOzps3xwQHl9kdis50J-A5eSBMQHWnBnJNbQLGbuenOHskGbTSyyNRqXVjrZgqb6atnc2ob16GjnRiRQTg6_0msnsEGoWxC-ahtlWFHYq32Mqn_POD46pNE6KCYHgWo1frsXCqwRYjuQEaaVqmzPCF4Czez9mVMDoAT2cIfneUDDug0h6vQ=s320" width="240" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfG2sO0StGBGmvI65MjYQHmYqpKgbvN4NZR99y4pqiLs3bv1yvidoKNporaiUTwN23ErnVpo5k1ews3k_08cGQkdF1Pzy1YY1XJbgkooNy_w2n4F3LYttOEho0biJxYSjOVPR0iOXSVVNow4Nj5TqapLpRbw8xdBwYTuNsJQDObm2jwJGW4zZGuGoBqg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1975" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfG2sO0StGBGmvI65MjYQHmYqpKgbvN4NZR99y4pqiLs3bv1yvidoKNporaiUTwN23ErnVpo5k1ews3k_08cGQkdF1Pzy1YY1XJbgkooNy_w2n4F3LYttOEho0biJxYSjOVPR0iOXSVVNow4Nj5TqapLpRbw8xdBwYTuNsJQDObm2jwJGW4zZGuGoBqg=s320" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Really looking forward to reading more on this.</p><p>Simon</p><p><br /></p>Paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947557869246074068noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-55572267633093351672020-06-07T03:26:00.000-07:002020-06-07T03:26:49.886-07:00Burgundian Conductuer's Pavilion - completedWell its only 4 years - on and off - and it's done. A feature for the Burgundian siege camp, showing a high status temporary living quarters, vaguely based a mix of contemporary illustrations, with a little artistic licence.<br />
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To finish it off I've added guy ropes, flags, icons and wooden fence to protect the entrance.<br />
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But what's occurring round the back? It's a couple of soldiers using the cover of the pavilion for a sneaky game of dice!<br />
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I'll add a few figures to stand near the front - the Perrys make some men at arms in casual poses and I have a Citadel trumpeter from their old Dogs of War range who's had a headswop and looks OK as a an Italiante Burgundian. Also some other encampment ephemera perhaps.<br />
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Now, to move to to some fighting troops...<br />
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Stay safe everyone.<br />
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I only realised a few weeks ago that it's - shamefully - four years ago since I embarked on this model. I had reached an impasse as I couldn't decide on how to represent the timber middle section - was it to be plain timber, painted timber or timber painted to represent stonework? So I kept trying to put off getting back to it and the dust layers grew.<br />
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Two images that I found on online have finally enthused me to get this tent finished. The first is an image of a tent - potentially a little fantastical - but which has the cloth depicted as a stone castle and the second is a close up from a late fifteenth century Flemish portrait of the weave in a shirt.<br />
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So I added a simplified version of the shirt onto the canvas sides of the tent - an off-white over a canvas base. The wooden sides of the central section are done to represent that the prefabricated panels to reflect a stone castle style building.<br />
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So far, I've added pegs (cut from plasticard) and guy-ropes. The embroidered 'Je Lay Emprins' sections running around the top of the circular canvas sections are re-sized flag prints which I've cut these pieces from (currently temporarily held with Bluetac). Longer guy ropes will be placed in between these sections and the pegs for these have been attached to the base.<br />
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To complete the tent, I have flags and religious sculpts to decorate the tops of the tents and I think a wooden barrier would complete the entrance, to prevent anyone of too lowly status from entering.<br />
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I'm pleased to get this progressed and hope to show the finished item next week.<br />
Previous posts are <a href="https://je-lay-emprins.blogspot.com/2017/04/conductuers-pavilion-ii.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://je-lay-emprins.blogspot.com/2014/10/conductuers-pavilion-i.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Cheers for now...<br />
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<br />paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-16070644022763564242020-04-17T13:50:00.001-07:002020-04-18T14:55:44.531-07:00Burgundian Vignette for Battle of Morat<i>This piece has been published in Wargames Illustrated Bite-Size Digital publication number 1, so apologies if you get that sense that you may have read this already!</i><br />
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One of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy’s famous defeats
was at the battle of Morat (Murten) on 22 June 1476. The duke had spent his
enormous wealth on building a ‘modern’ army. He’d hired professional soldiers
from across Europe, including Italians, Germans and English, and created a
military structure based on Companies, with written instructions on arms,
training, tactics and discipline. Yet he was comprehensively beaten by a
confederation of Swiss cities and cantons at Morat for one single reason – most
of his troops were waiting to be paid!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Burgundians had been besieging the walled town of Morat
and Charles expected a Bernese led Swiss force to attack for several days. For largely
unexplained reasons, on the 22 June he decided that no attack was likely and so
decreed that his Companies’ Captains should make arrangements to pay their
troops. Unfortunately this was the moment when the Swiss suddenly attacked from
nearby woods, in significant numbers, and overwhelmed those left on the
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There is a plan afoot for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bodkins</i> (a loose affiliation comprising Dave Andrews, Matt
Bickley, David Imrie & myself) to put on a demo game of Morat in the near
future. I love adding small vignettes for games, especially to populate those
areas of the table where the main gaming is not happening. They add interest
and help create a flavour for the period or specific battle. For Morat the
table layout needs to include the Burgundian siege lines and encampment and so adding
a group waiting to be paid, seems an ideal piece.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The soldiers waiting in line were selected for their passive
poses and most are Perry Miniatures metals from their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Labourers</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Italian Carroccio</i>
packs. Most figures have had some form of minor conversion, as I wanted to
depict them not waiting in full battlefield kit. So the addition of sunhats, covered
longbows and a crossbow seemed appropriate and these items were selected from
different Perry plastic sets. A couple are conversing and another holds his
coin bag tightly, whilst gazing at something which seems to be occurring in the
distance, near the woods. At the end of the line is a crossbowman swigging from
a pottery cup – a Foundry figure sculpted by Dave Andrews. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Moving to the Company’s clerk and his table set up for the
payments. The seated clerk is made of three parts – his body is a cut-down
Foundry medieval figure holding some parchment, his replacement head is from
Perrys WotR Mounted Knights box and I extended his body that sits under the
table with Knedatite putty. The soldier receiving his wages is another Foundry
Swiss figure – spot on for this vignette. Another Perry metal clerk and guard
from the Ducal Household look on and ensure all payments are made according to
instructions. The furniture is 1/48 dolls house mdf Tudor pieces by <a href="https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/">https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com</a>
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For various reasons, my painting has been curtailed for some time, and what I have had has been spent on other projects. But with the COVID 19 curtailments, I'm working from home for the foreseeable future and so this will save me a couple of hours with no commuting time - so I'm hoping to use some this at the painting desk.<br />
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So here's the Burgundian Coustiller conversion, that I did showed build in my post, now with paint on. Just the usual range of colours applied and mounted on a circular mdf base. He's a nice one-off for campsites or perhaps as a messenger about to set out.<br />
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I'm working on a new Burgundian pike base - trying to compose one which reflects the practice outlined in the Ordinances of St Maximin de Treves 1473, where pikes formed an integrated unit with longbowmen. Much figure converting needed and so more on this when I've made sufficient progress from my state of splendid isolation.<br />
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Here are some pictures of the three bases and with the unit of dismounted archers with riding boots that were started in the summer. They seems to work OK together. I'm working on another combined-arms unit for the Burgundian army in the new year.<br />
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I've also converted a coustiller urgently mounted his horse - either as a messenger or to portray the haste with which the Burgundians had to form up at the battles of Morat or Nancy against the fast-approaching Swiss. He's a plastic Perry Light Cavalry figure, chopped up a bit, with a metal Perry mount with saddle and stirrups added.<br />
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It's about how I've assembled my army of Charles the Bold over the last few years, largely using the Perry Miniatures range of figures, along with the conversion and modifications that I've done, in an attempt to recreate the look of a Burgundian army based on the evidence that exists and that I've been able to access.<br />
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For those who've followed this blog for any length of time, there's probably very little that is new to you. Writing the article this summer however, has prompted me to revisit this collection - ahead of putting more time and focus on building my Swiss Confederation army - and so the recent bits and pieces that I've done (the mounted longbowmen and their horseholders), or which are now planned, have been a result of this.<br />
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The second horseholder base is complete.<br />
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I like the composition of this one and although getting the reins lined up in the page's hands took some time, but I'm happy with the finished base.<br />
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I've now started work on the second one. The horses are Perry Agincourt and Wars of the Roses, with the page being a Steel Fist Miniatures model, with replacement head. Reins and stirrups were to be added, when I took the picture.<br />
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<br />paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-6091817206656544252019-09-18T04:00:00.000-07:002019-09-18T04:00:08.169-07:00Burgundian horseholders (I)So to complement my dismounted Burgundian longbowmen, I've started on the first of three bases of horseholders.<br />
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According to the Ordinances of Charles the Bold, it was the role of pages to manage the horses when longbowmen dismounted to shoot. Pages appear to have been the only non-combatants within the composition of the Burgundian <i>lance</i>.<br />
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For the first base I've decided to have a page sitting on his own mount, tending horses. You can probably see the Perry castings I've used here and the extras that I've added with green stuff putty. The page is from the plastic Light Cavalry box set, mounted on a metal horse. The other horses are from Perry Wars of the Roses and Agincourt ranges; I have to select those in passive poses of which there aren't too many. Reins have been removed from the horses and saddles added with putty. The trickiest work was the stirrups - these are bent from thin wire, which has had a thin layer of putty added, trimmed to length when dry and then glued on.<br />
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Think the overall composition works OK, as I want to do these on my usual 60mm square bases so they align behind the longbowmen. Painting is next, but I'm not looking forward to attaching the replacement reins to those horses!<br />
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Simon.paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-61380086250627501482019-09-10T05:03:00.000-07:002019-09-10T05:03:58.855-07:00Burgundian Mounted Longbowmen<br />
Following on from the last post, these are the painted and based unit of mounted longbowmen.<br />
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I decided not to add a captain - I did create and paint a figure holding a glaive in half-armour (with added riding boots), but decided that as my other units don't have one, that I'd be consistent and leave him off. One figure is gesturing forward so he's in charge...<br />
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Need to have a review of the army and see what else is needed. I'd like to do some horseholder bases to sit behind these, just to complete the unit. I have some ideas based on finding suitable horses who are static - looks like Perry WotR Heralds and their HYW Mounted Sergeants may fit the bill?<br />
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Simon.paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-15857896723716101562019-08-31T02:14:00.002-07:002019-08-31T02:14:35.342-07:00These boots are made for walking (and riding)I'm back tinkering with a new unit for my Burgundian Ordonnance army.<br />
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This came about from reading some of the Ordinances of Charles the Bold again. I realised that in relation to the proportion of troop types raised, via the <i>lance </i>system, I'm currently a little light on the total number of units of longbowmen. There were 3 longbowmen for every crossbowman or handgun and I have about equal proportions. Also many longbowmen were classified as 'mounted' in the Ordinances. This I am sure refers to their capability to ride alongside mounted men at arms on campaign, with all fighting done on foot.<br />
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Closer observation of the troops by the 'Master WA '(or 'Master W with a key') which is usually assumed to show Burgundians, clearly depicts all the archers wearing long riding boots, suggesting mounted troops. Riding boots were stipulated in the Ordinances of Charles the Bold for the mounted longbowmen - "<span style="background-color: white;">Knee length boots should be worn with short spurs and without piked toes, in order to let him walk freely". </span> So an additional unit of liveried bowmen wearing riding boots it is then.<br />
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I used the Perry Miniatures metal bowmen for most of them. I've used these figures already for my ducal bodyguard, but as they had been modified with plumes etc and wore different colour scheme on their jackets, I thought they'd be sufficiently different.<br />
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I removed the cast-on shoes and then used knedatite to firstly add the turned-over tops of the boots, then the extra leather which allows the wearer to put the boots on and which is then pulled tight and held down by straps and buckles. (I added the straps but cannot attempt to sculpt buckles!!) A couple of figures have boots which are rolled down further from the knees. I also beheaded the figures wearing a soft hat and replaced with helmets for some extra variety.<br />
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On some plastics I added arms with the covered the bows and arrow bags, from the Perry WotR Light Cavalry and Agincourt Knights boxes. I've selected figures to denote a captain and flag bearer, which are work in progress right now.<br />
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So they're almost ready for painting and I will need to select a suitable new Ordonnnace flag. Will post them up when done.<br />
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Cheerio for now,<br />
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.paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-18373588643366648882018-01-29T01:37:00.000-08:002018-01-29T02:09:40.157-08:00Flemish town buildings (I)So we're back! A long enforced hiatus between postings, as I've been focussing my time on transferring the Steel Fist Miniatures business from Oliver - who's been absolutely fantastic in helping out and so it's all up and running. I'm not going to include anything about the hobby business on my blog, unless there's an overlap with my Burgundian Wars wargaming topic.<br />
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This thread is the start of a modest project to make some urban buildings to populate inside my castle walls. I've an aspiration to set up a game that uses all my castle walls and Neuss siege of 1474/5 by Charles of Burgundy is an obvious choice, so I'm compiling a list of requirements for this.<br />
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I'm not a great model maker and seem to have a natural inability to cut straight lines etc. So I've been looking for pre-made models to use where I can. In my search for options, I've discovered the highly detailed resin models by <a href="https://www.artitecshop.com/en/buildings/" target="_blank">Artitec of The Netherlands.</a> They are HO scale and made with model railways in mind. They make a small number of low relief fronts of 16th century architecture, which I'm using to construct small rows of town houses. The benefit of HO scale is that the Hudson and Allen castle walls are 25mm and so not too high; therefore most 28mm models would risk looking too large by comparison. If I ignore the height of the doors, then these look fine re overall dimensions; most importantly the rooftops are not higher than the town walls.<br />
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First task is to try and knock 150 years off the models and make them more like medieval abodes. So I have added wooden shutters and doors with bass wood and glazing to the upper windows with fine metal mesh. I'm using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Campin#/media/File:Annunciation_Triptych_(Merode_Altarpiece)_MET_DP273206.jpg" target="_blank">Flemish late 15th century paintings </a>for my references - there are amazingly detailed street scenes in the backgrounds of several religious subjects who are painted sitting inside Flemish rooms, plus this recent find below.<br />
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Pictures show work in progress on the first block of three. The fronts are attached to a polyboard frame and I'll probably add backs too - walls and roofs will be covered by sheets of Wills flemish bricks and tiles. Others fronts will have some timber and render added to vary the overall look and to try not to locate them all as North European, as they're going to be used for a town on the Rhine! So far, so good....<br />
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I've known Oliver, the business founder and sculptor, for a few years as he's made and converted a few figures for me for my Burgundian & Swiss collection. I have admired his sculpting style since seeing his first figures and like many others in their craft, the quality of his work is continually improving in my opinion. Oliver also shares an interest in both the history and the armour, equipment & clothing of the periods he sculpts, so his figures look just right.<br />
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The good news is that Oliver will continue as main sculptor. We will expand all the existing ranges and have lots of ideas for new figures, as well as other areas that we can cover in due course. This is an exciting opportunity for me to get more closely involved in the hobby business and work closely with Oliver. I will be getting to grips with the sales process as soon as I can, including getting a new website, hopefully next month.<br />
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Here's the announcement from Oliver, which sums up where we are at the moment.<br />
Thanks,<br />
Simon.<br />
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paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-18724493500332302032017-09-22T05:14:00.000-07:002017-10-03T08:02:30.195-07:00Swiss - castings for sale.<br />
As previously posted, I have had some Swiss figures in full harness sculpted by Oliver of Steel Fist Miniatures for my own use. I now have some spare castings, if anyone is interested in buying them for their own use.<br />
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I can offer two packs:<br />
<b>1.</b> <b>Swiss front ranks.</b> This is a pack of 4 figures (2 different bodies), 4 pairs of different arms, 4 heads, 4 halbards, 4 baselard daggers and 4 swords.<br />
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You should be aware that these figures need assembly. The arms will fit on both body types, although there maybe a little work need to drill and fill any small gaps (with glue or putty). The heads can also be used on Perry Miniature plastics, and visa versa. The Swiss head with the large plumes maybe best drilled and pinned, as its a very large casting.<br />
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Price: £12 per pack, plus £1.20 UK post or £2.00 for Europe/World<br />
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<b>2.</b> <b>Arms and weapons. </b> I can also offer the 4 pairs of arms and 8 weapons, as they'll fit OK to Perry Miniatures plastics, once you have drilled a hole to fix them before glueing. (One pair of arms creates a weapon being held at about 60 degrees, on a Perrys body.)<br />
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Price: £5 per pack, plus £1.00 UK post or £1.50 for Europe/World<br />
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<b>The payment process:</b><br />
Please send funds via Paypal, to simon.chick@tesco.net<br />
Make sure that I have your delivery address too - as Paypal do not always provide this to me!<br />
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If you want to pay by other means, or contact me, just drop a note to the same email address.<br />
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NB: Whilst these are designed for use in my Swiss army, as they are sculpted in full harness they can easily be used as any well-armed soldiers for most Western European armies, circa 1460 to 1490. Giving them different choices of helmets or heads, can give them a 'regional flavour'.<br />
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Many thanks,<br />
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<a href="https://xulutec.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/wip-more-swiss.html?showComment=1507042790496" target="_blank">Stefan has some more examples of assembled figures and arms on Perry plastics on his blog. </a><br />
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<br />paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-81153222384970848792017-09-17T10:45:00.003-07:002017-09-17T10:45:32.367-07:00Berne Pike Block (III)<br />
One step backwards and two steps forwards.<br />
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After some self-cogitation, I've taken onboard feedback from folk on last posting of the Swiss front rank bases (thanks Stuart!). I've also been looking at other's ancient and renaissance pike blocks and borrowed an idea from <a href="http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/italian-wars-swiss-pike-from-bern.html" target="_blank">Curt of Analogue Hobbies</a> for some interesting bases he'd had done at <a href="https://warbases.co.uk/" target="_blank">Warbases</a> (thanks Curt!).<br />
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The result is another row of levelled pikemen added to the front rank bases. The aim is to create a more tightly packed group on each base, attacking shoulder-to-shoulder. Again these figures are a mix of Perry and my own castings; including a few Perry plastic bodies with my own open-handed metal arms attached, which seem to work quite nicely and create some new poses.<br />
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Now moving on to the supporting row, who'll have pikes held at a 45 degree angle, before I commit to any gluing and basing.<br />
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Think I'm OK with the arrangement of poses, but will wait until the next supporting base are done, before I commit to using the superglue. I guess a few discarded weapons and arrows could fill the space in front of the pikes.<br>
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This was started <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8933647311941754950#editor/target=post;postID=2803515661836995513;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=72;src=postname" target="_blank">some time ago</a> with the rear ranks - worringly much longer ago than I'd remembered! However I can now start to paint the front ranks, using a combination of Perry figures and the figures in full harness which Oliver at Steel Fist Miniatures designed for me.<br />
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The bases will be my usual 60mm frontage, with the front bases extended in length to reduce the potential damage to levelled pikes (always a thorny issue when wargaming pike blocks, from the Macedonians onwards, do you display all vertical pikes or not?). As the Swiss used pikes as an attacking body in these wars and the ensuing decades, my preference is to have the contingent range from levelled at the front to vertical at the back.<br />
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Here's the first one done, including a captain leading from the front (Perry metal standard bearer with one of my Swiss heads swopped and pinned on). The potential placement of the next two are also shown. I'll then work on the supporting ranks for these, where they'll be a slight reduction in the amount of plate armour. As with the rear rankers, I'm trying to run a colour scheme of predominantly red and black through, to reflect Berne's predominance in this block.<br />
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With these figures, I've also added some variations with Green Stuff, including a bend, half mail sleeves, gloves and tassets. I'll finalise poses and do the groundwork when I have a few more bases done.<br />
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<br />paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-80554051717296733152017-05-21T09:46:00.001-07:002017-05-21T09:46:27.000-07:00Urban OutfittersA year back I saw close-up the medieval town walls that <a href="http://www.tmterrain.co.uk/" target="_blank">David Marshall of TM Terrain</a> had made for Stuart for his <a href="http://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-walls-of-therouanne-part-iii.html" target="_blank">early Tudor collection</a>. I was particularly struck by the finely detailed carved Flemish Bond brickwork and immediately started to collate ideas in order to place an order. The result are these late medieval buildings made by David, which I received recently.<br />
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The building style is Flemish, with most of the visual ideas culled from studying closely the many background details of Flemish religous paintings from the later fifteenth century, although they'll not be out of place in any northern European setting. It represents an upper class dwelling, either urban or rural, protected by a tower and high brick walls. They comprise of 5 separate buildings and 3 gate/wall sections and are intended to be used in a number of combinations and layouts, to maximise usage (as well as allow for future additions).<br />
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The scenario was 'A gentle Stroll' from the LR rulebook and we applied some of Stuart's amendments to accommodate later period troop types and wheeled artillery, which really worked well. The setting was the revolt of Ghent and Liege towns in 1467/8 and the Burgundians had to cross the table diagonally, whilst harried by Flemish rebels - each side was about 30 points.<br />
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The Flemish were split across the other two table corners, with each wing containing pikes, shot and mounted troops and the single culverin placed with a line of sight across the Burgundian's route of advance. The Burgundians initially progressed well, with the English longbow keeping the Flemish at bay and a unit of Coustillers headed out at speed for the centre of the table. However they'd not yet encountered the Flemish mounted crossbowmen, who harassed and caused sufficient casualties to destroy them. This unit of models is now fast becoming notorious in the few games it's featured - having held up an entire wing of Tudor English men at arms in our Battle of the Spurs refight with the Perrys last year (it must be the witchcraft of <a href="http://saxondog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">David Imrie's</a> paintwork on them!).<br />
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The culverin then caused another Burgundian unit to leave the field, but thankfully never managed to complete a reload before the end of the game. In the end Burgundian casualties mounted and only a single unit of longbowmen got to their target of leaving the field edge. The Flemish had 4 units intact and so it was another defeat for Charles the Bold.<br />
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Phillipe appears to have been a military man throughout his life and undertook lengthy service for the duke of Burgundy. He was governor of Picardy and Artois for which he received a salary of £3,000 per annum and he made a Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1468. He commanded the Burgundian army at the siege of Beauvais in 1472 and is known to had been at the battles of Grandson, Morat and Nancy. After the death of duke Charles he entered the service of the French king and fought at Guinegatte. He was made Marshal of France by Charles VIII in 1486 and campaigned in the wars against Maximillan. At the age of 72 he was one of the signatories to the Treaty of Etaples in 1492 with Henry VII of England, following the latter's invasion of France. He died just before the French invasion of Italy in 1494.<br />
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<br />paintermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649916816073878873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933647311941754950.post-50146139550823733572017-04-20T09:10:00.000-07:002017-04-20T09:10:49.163-07:00Burgundian captains (2 of 4)The second captain all done - this is Nicola de Montfort, Comte de Campobasso, an Italian <i>condottiere</i> from Naples who was employed by Charles the Bold from 1474, along with two of his sons and 400 lances.<br />
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Campobasso was <i>conducteur</i> of the 16th Ordonnance Company and is noted as one of the main commanders at the siege of Neuss, although he became ill during the protracted campaign and was replaced. It appears that Campobasso had a turbulent relationship with his employer - by the battle of Morat in 1476 it was his sons who commanded the 16th Company, as Charles had dismissed Nicola from his employment. However by Nancy in 1477 the Comte was again leading the Company. Perhaps anticipating another Burgundian defeat he deserted prior to the battle to the Lorrainers and took no part.<br />
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The figures are Perry metals again - I've done a headship on the figure of the Comte, for a plastic one and replaced the baton with a mace. Again the models are on sabot bases, so I can do a bit of juxtapositions with them, when they're all done.<br />
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