For the 20th post, I thought something special would be in order, so...
Here he is, Colonel Martin Schwartz.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Readepting
Like Henry VI, I have suddenly returned after a prolonged absence.
It's been a long time since I've posted anything, or indeed done any work on this project. The summer heat hasn't been conducive to painting, and I've been tied up with various other obligations, but the real reason is simply that I'd run out of enthusiasm. Well, last night I had trouble getting to sleep, and somehow I found myself staring at a pile of half-emptied Perry sprues and thinking, what am earth am I going to do with these? Before I realized it, I'd knocked together twenty or so new men. Needless to say, some of the poses were 2AM discoveries - ideas that don't seem nearly as good the next morning after a bit of shut-eye. But those who survived this morning's purge are being fine-tuned a bit for your viewing pleasure. Most of these are 'skirmishers,' who don't have any in-game function and mainly serve as decoration.
More Germans, who will hover around the pike block. The two swordsmen are using the Pflug (plow) and Ochs (ox) guards from the Thalhoffer manual.
Between these and the standard-bearers I've got in the PIP section of my table, I'm just about finished with all the non-Irish units in the army list. The recently released photos of the upcoming Perry French plastic set have gotten the mental cogs turning, and I think they should serve well as Irish bills and Galloglass, supplemented by a few sets from Claymore.
It's been a long time since I've posted anything, or indeed done any work on this project. The summer heat hasn't been conducive to painting, and I've been tied up with various other obligations, but the real reason is simply that I'd run out of enthusiasm. Well, last night I had trouble getting to sleep, and somehow I found myself staring at a pile of half-emptied Perry sprues and thinking, what am earth am I going to do with these? Before I realized it, I'd knocked together twenty or so new men. Needless to say, some of the poses were 2AM discoveries - ideas that don't seem nearly as good the next morning after a bit of shut-eye. But those who survived this morning's purge are being fine-tuned a bit for your viewing pleasure. Most of these are 'skirmishers,' who don't have any in-game function and mainly serve as decoration.
Some English men-at-arms. The one with the buckler is inspired by a Clifford retainer in Graham Turner's painting of the skirmish at Ferrybridge.
Some Germans.
Between these and the standard-bearers I've got in the PIP section of my table, I'm just about finished with all the non-Irish units in the army list. The recently released photos of the upcoming Perry French plastic set have gotten the mental cogs turning, and I think they should serve well as Irish bills and Galloglass, supplemented by a few sets from Claymore.
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