Saturday 15 September 2012

Ordonnance Pike (II)





The second and final Ordonnance pike armed contingent for my army of Charles the Bold. Given my usual pace of painting, completing a 36 figure unit is a bit of a major undertaking; so most of the front two rankers have been painted for me by Rafa – who’s painting style and detailing is exquisite. I’ve hidden most of my more humble output in the rear ranks!

They are a mix of Perry plastics from the Mercenaries box and some metals from the WR and EA ranges. The captain is one of the newish Italians with a headswop and plastic buckler added; he fits in quite well.

The unit represents an Ordonnance unit raised by the duke from his Flemish territories, specifically Flanders. They are compliant with the ducal ordinance of Abbeville in 1471 which required pike armed soldiers to wear the ducal colours and cross of St Andrew, as well as carry a buckler. The flags are the Burgundian ducal arms, banner of Flanders and flag of the Guild of Silversmiths that originates in the Lowlands.




The Ordonnance foot are now gradually progressing towards a state of near completion. The only outstanding units to do – based on my initial army list which I’m still working to – are another handgun-armed skirmishers, a second halbard unit and ducal guardsmen. All of these I’ve started work on, in some form or another, although I'm unlikely to complete them until we hopefully get some Franco-Burgundian command figures for the Perry's EA range. I’ve plenty of mounted Ordonnance men at arms to do however and these are currently top of the painting pile.







Toodle pip....

16 comments:

  1. Lovely looking pikeblock. The drummer, a conversion?
    Cheers
    paul

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    1. Hi Paul, The drummer is a Perry metal from the EA range Italian command.

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  2. Great job! Really impressive!! What colors do you use for the faces??

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    1. Sirolf, Faces are GW Dwarf Flesh, washed with GW Ogryn Flesh wash, highlighted up with Dwarf Flesh and then GW Elf Flesh...think these are the old names for the paints. Hope that helps.

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  3. Hello,
    Great painting !!!
    Nikko

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  4. This collection is second to none!

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  5. Always a great overall impression with these banners flapping in the wind and these beautiful figurines...

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  6. That is a gorgeous unit. I love the look of that forrest of pikes!

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  7. These are top notch Simon - a very satisfying sight to see a forrest of pike on the march, the painting styles complement each other quite seamlessly and the positioning is superb. You've clearly thought about it - there's dialogue and life in each base, it almost makes you wonder what they're talking about.

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  8. Stunning work Simon !

    Very impressive sight to see a large pike block on the march.

    Best regards Michael

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  9. They look great.......awesome work.

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  10. Stunning figures as always.

    Regards,
    Matt

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