Showing posts with label Standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Standards. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 October 2019

Roses - Personalities

All armies need leaders, so I've put a few together using the Foot Knights box.

First up good ol' Edward IV, accompanied by his standard bearer. Who has no name, so lets call him Blaybourne.

Fairly simple to put together, brassed up the armour to make him stand out a bit, as if a whacking great standard isn't going to do enough standing out.







On to Warwick - one of my personal favourites from the era, the magnificent duplicitous bastard.

Went for a more "barking orders" look to this one. Really, I should have done him hacking his horse to death and bellowing I AIN'T GOING NOWHERE YOU SLAGS, which I believe is what he actually said to the troops.





And finally, Somerset, because someone has to face these two. And I've made him almost the same pose as Warwick. This is because I'm an idiot who didn't really pay attention to the model I'd just made beforehand, but there you go.

However, came out rather nicely and a good commanding look about him.




Also, I managed to focus the above pic on the standard bearer, rather than the commander. Its not intentional that the Lancastrians got the rough end of this work, I promise.

Bit of a Towton theme going on here as well.


Lastly, the standards. Now, I enjoy painting these, I always do. Its a micro project in itself, but I always cock them up when adding to the model and getting the wave effect, so they go a bit out of alignment, but never mind, won't matter when the forces are lined up en masse


Start with the outlines.........


Bit of colouring in...... 




.........and we're done.











Tuesday, 15 May 2018

New King, New Standards.

Saturday night, after a hard five hours battling in the pub, leading the Parliament forces across Wendle Moor.



I'm sat recovering indoors when we find its Eurovision night. Now, I don't need to watch Eurovision intently, only being required to make the occasional comment, which left me with time..........




So I got on with beginning the next project




An army begins with its leader, as far as I am concerned, so I quickly knocked up my King for the Wars of the Roses









(theres a stray piece of flock on the tabard, which I promptly removed. Thanks, horrifically stark display of photograph detailing!)










BUT!! a King without a standard is little more than a pretender with no authority, in much the same way a regiment without a standard is little more than a skirmisher detachment or a band of scouts!




A standard is the colours, the rallying point and the authority of the persona, and a general NEEDS a standard on display. Any general taking to the field without his colours on full display and aloft deserves a thrashing, frankly.




Next day, spent a quick 15 mins drawing up the required design.












Then added colour later in the evening












(A bonus point to whoever identifies the heraldry.)








And now we have a King fit to lead and inspire his men.


















At some point, proper photography will follow. Perhaps when finishing the full division and making them look all flash.