Monday 28 November 2011

Hussite artillery (Upgrade)

I´ve added another  gun to the Hussite army..this time the Veuglaire from the Zvezda Medieval field Powder set.
Would the Hussites been in possesion of such a weapon???
Maybe not but it looks bloody good so why not?:-D
The previous RedBox gun was painted along with the crew OOB..
This time I´ve swopped some heads from the Airfix Robinhood set and the Italeri English Knights and Archers set.
 Both guns together

Saturday 26 November 2011

Norman shield wall

Made up using bods from Strelets sets and the HaT El Cid spanish Infantry set. The Strelets bods are due to holding thier shields to the front, good for creating the centre of the wall and the HaT bods, holding thier shields to the left or right can be used to close the flanks.


The right and left flanks
Hello to RazorOne223 from Miniature Wargames Junkie Blog. He has a Painting service which is no wonder looking at his "rushjob" painting 

Thursday 24 November 2011

Hussite Infantry (RedBox)

On the PSR review they get a pretty decent score..and I agree with it.  PSR  says that the set comes only in silver plastic..mine were cream coloured and the flash mentioned at PSR was virtually absent on my set of bods.
Some great poses and accurate weapons etc..a couple of the heads are a bit small but a transplantation will sort that...;.D
So, the bods painted OOB
None of them have been based as some are going to catch the bus...get put in the wagons and the rest are being added to another lot to create an infantry block.......or two.
The "missile" troops.
Flails and nasty clubs (sounds like a 70´s punk band...) Damm!! There´s that goose again!!!
Viscious pikes and what looks like a zulu club!!
Hello to Atreides from Marechel a 1:72..anotherfan of 1/72nd bods and all things attached. I painted about 7 from the 90 HaT El Cid Spanish inf...he´s painted the whole box!!!!!! :-D
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Tuesday 22 November 2011

Miniart Hussite Wagons

Ok...the bods in the set are quite ...er?? Ugly...but the wagons are ok.

Stakes from toothpicks, the Pavisen made like this
"Gods word is truth"
The axles?? The set comes with the axles either bent or they break off  so i just replace them straight away with wire. Cut to length, heat up and weld into place. The holes in the wheels need redrilling as do the holes in the staves that attach to the axle and run up the sides of the Wagons.


Here´s a link to a 1955 film about the leader of the Hussites and the battle of Sudomer...historically as accurate as a flim can get...and well worth a look.

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Sunday 20 November 2011

Mounted Knight V Peasant

My entry for a little competition  at Valdemars Forum, the place for all fans of 1/72nd medieval bods!!..




Friday 18 November 2011

Marching through the ages

A little test to convert a couple of Strelets Normans and run them a couple of centuries into the future.
Just simple head swops using heads from the Strelets Medieval levy (1) , medieval levy (2) and the Normans on the march sets.
All the converted bods together.
Originals in the middle, converts to the left and right. Pitchfork from the zvezda medieval peasants set, halberd from Miniart. The bod on the far left has recieved a head from the Airfix Robinhood set
Original, convert, originall, convert
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Sunday 13 November 2011

El Cid Spanish Heavy Cavalry (HaT)

Again, painted up as Norman cavalry. The PSR review correctly places them later than the classical 1066 Norman period..but as my Norman army is ( like all my medieval /dark ages) a generic one..they fit perfectly :-D

 The whole Generic Norman army...as it stands at the moment 

 The shield wall with archers in  skirmish mode

The Cavalry charges forward !!!!
The shield wall

Friday 11 November 2011

El Cid Spanish Infantry (HaT)

Meant for the wars around Andalusia but I´ve painted the heavy infantry from the HaT set   up as Normans. :-D The light infantry..maybe not the archers..I will use as Saxons.



Wednesday 9 November 2011

Persian foot command (zvezda)

I copied the colour scheme from the box art..
There´s a couple of things  mucked up and if I do them again would change.
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Monday 7 November 2011

Persian cavalry (Zvezda)

One of Zvezdas best set...so nice I decided to get it twice :-D


Hello to Michael from Wargamerabbit. Wargames..wargames...and more wargames..all periods from ancient to modern...and loads of bods..tanks ..nags etc

Saturday 5 November 2011

Sans - Coulottes

I did these after seeing the great idea on Vitor´s Blog Batalhas Napoleonicas. The set used is the Orion English Pirates. Vitor´s made his up as a Militia group and added an Imex bod from the American Pioneers set. Mine are an early french revolutionary gun crew..the so called Sans - Coulottes
Marianne and a couple of citizens
Barrel from Zvezda...the two gabions scratch built like this
The cannon (a 20pdr) is from the Zvezda Russian Artillery of Peter the great
Hello to 1939 Blog ...(no user name!?) Loads of nice bods all scales, all periods

Tomorrow is Herne......Lots of Plastic bods to be bought !!!!!!! :-D

And a BIG thankyou to Andrew from Ferrous lands blog for reviewing my blog....great idea and very kind :-D

Thursday 3 November 2011

Medieval children

For me, this new set from Alex is an absolute must have!!! I´ve already got a lot of medieval civilians, towns folk etc but there are just too few children and this set will go a long way to solve the situation in the town of Styrow on the Foam.
This little bod was created a while back but wasn´t released..






She is tiny but Her doll!!!!!!
Hello to Pascal from Sam´s Minis World . Sam is a fan of the 1/72nd bods and mainly medieval´s. Due to his passion for them he has made leaps and bounds in his painting..with every new post he gets better
Hello to Mindenjatek from..well..9 blogs!! I´ll name two...Playmobil Hungary (the titel says it all :-D ) and Seregfestes, where he covers 1/72nd to warhammer.
Hello to Candice Rigby from wiRo Designs blog...only just started. blogging..thanks for following :-D