Thursday 27 December 2012

Percy, Lacey and Blundeville

Three more Magna carta Barons using the battle set from Valdemar
Richard de Percy, (b. 1170 -  d.1244), 5th Baron Percy. Another of those who ended up being excommunicated by Pope innocent III. His full history HERE
Ranulph de Blundeville (b.ca 1172 - d.1232) 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of lincoln, ( Fourth Creation ) Viscount of Avranches (Normandy). Also known as de Blondeville. His full history HERE
John (Jean) de Lacey (Lacie, Laci)  (b.1192 -  d. 1240) 2nd Earl of Lincoln ( Fourth Creation) 8th Baron of Halton and 5th Lord of Bowland. His full history HERE.
His daughter, Maud de Lacy, Countess of Gloucester, was one very interesting 13th century character. In 27 year period she was in court for various lawsuits and litigations no less than 77 times!

19 comments:

  1. Very nice knights Paul !
    More of that please
    Best regards Michael

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  2. Excellent Paul
    I love the color that you give to your horses, your base coat is white or black?

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    1. Thanks Vincent.
      Black. I nearly always base with black...very rarely with grey. It seems to suit my style..i like muted colours :-I

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  3. Great figs and interesting stories.

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  4. These are excellent figures and painting Paul. Well done.You add more depth to the story with these characters.

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  5. Really lovely work on these knights! And I agree with Vincent about the horses!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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  6. Very nice, Ranulph de Blundeville is my favourite...
    Phil.

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  7. The poses on those horses are so dynamic. Really like the shading and highlighting you achieved with them. The bright blues against it was a great choice.

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  8. I keep on telling to everyone that you are the Middle Ages expert!
    Excellent painting Paul.

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    1. Thanks :-D
      I´m no expert :-D I keep getting sidetracked by different bits of the period...like the "Anarchy" 1135 to 1153, King Stephen and the empress Matilda.

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  9. nice work Paul, I must say your heraldary work is excellent

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  10. Wonderful heraldry and crisp colours again - you are the master!

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  11. belles fig

    joyeuses fetes a toi

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  12. Great looking figures Paul painted up well and a nice bit of info to boot.Keep up the good work!

    Best wishes
    Willie

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  13. Great minis and a very suitable paint-job, I like them :)

    Happy New Year by the way I hope you could enjoy some quality christmas time, too.

    Cheers, Nico

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