A number of Wargames Foundry mounted crossbow units have passed across the painting desk and one more such unit musters off the workbench today. Not nearly as impressive as Iain's Herculean effort of fielding 108 pikemen in a month but these three horsemen allow me to clean out some lingering figures in The Lead Pile.
These figures are from the Late Medieval range and sculpted by the Perry brothers. Fine sculpts but unfortunately the Late Medieval range is smaller than Foundry's Renaissance range. The horses and riders are a fair bit smaller than the much larger knights siding astride huge horses found in the Landsknecht figures. Despite this size differential, on the gaming differences are minimized. With my recent focus on painting 15/18mm figures, switching in a unit of 28mm figures is a welcome relief. Expect more 28mm work in the coming weeks including more for the Italian Wars project as well as the Reconquista.
Lovely wok Jonathon. I love the mounted Xbows, but always struggle when trying to represent them on table. Do you allow yours to fire on horseback, or must they dismount?
A really useful addition Jonathan - I know what you mean with the size issue, I have used some mounted Foundry Wars of the Roses figures in my collection, I put them on TAG horses and moulded the saddles in greenstuff as a solution
Thanks, Stew! The basing is my convention used in Impetvs to denote cavalry classification. Light cavalry have three figures per base; medium cavalry four figures per base, and heavy cavalry five figures per base. This way, I can tell at a glance the troop type. With only three figures per base, the light cavalry really are "light." Anyway, it works for me...
Great work as always sir!
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DeleteA splendid addition, no doubt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phil!
DeleteI really like that splash of yellow colour it has taken its shading well.
ReplyDeleteThe splash of color does provide some interest for the composition and focuses the eye. Glad you like it!
DeleteLovely wok Jonathon. I love the mounted Xbows, but always struggle when trying to represent them on table. Do you allow yours to fire on horseback, or must they dismount?
ReplyDeleteThank you. Under Impetvs, there is no separate dismounting of the mounted crossbow so they must fire from the saddle.
DeleteNice work......😀
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DeleteDamn fine work Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated, Ray!
DeleteExcellent as always.
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DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Greg!
DeleteNice work Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteA really useful addition Jonathan - I know what you mean with the size issue, I have used some mounted Foundry Wars of the Roses figures in my collection, I put them on TAG horses and moulded the saddles in greenstuff as a solution
ReplyDeleteThanks, Oli! You have a good solution for the small Foundry WotRs figures.
DeleteLovely work on these mounted crossbow men,glad to hear there is more Italian wars on the horizon,very kind of you to mention my pikemen!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Your fine work in gigantic proportions deserved a mention. Hopefully, a few will will follow the link back to your pikemen to see for themselves.
DeleteNice painting as always!
ReplyDeleteSeems like the base is very spacious, is that part of the overall scheme? It looks good, but somewhat unconventional.
Thanks, Stew! The basing is my convention used in Impetvs to denote cavalry classification. Light cavalry have three figures per base; medium cavalry four figures per base, and heavy cavalry five figures per base. This way, I can tell at a glance the troop type. With only three figures per base, the light cavalry really are "light." Anyway, it works for me...
DeleteAh! I understand. That seems really logical and a good system.
DeleteThere is a method to my madness.
DeleteNice unit Jonathan. The face on the figure on the right looks more fatherly than the grimace that most figures have...makes a nice change.
ReplyDeleteFoundry facial features certainly look more fatherly than some of the crazy Old Glory facial expressions. Some look quite crazed.
DeleteIt is always refreshing to change scales. I'm about to try my hand at some 3mm Napoleonics!
ReplyDelete3mm Napoleonics? Really! I look forward to seeing what you create.
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