Wednesday 4 May 2016

Bannockburn

Nope..not a return to the Bannockburn Project from 2014, this lot are a new Valdemar set.

Set contains 10 bods, 1 mounted kniggit, 1 downed nag and some bits and pieces, like shields and swords. The only small let down,,,no pole arms. You get a roll of copper wire to create spears which meant straightening the wire and creating spear heads. Easy enough to do but a bit of a pain so I raided the bits box for Spears and halbards.

As I´d just about exhausted the Coats of arms for the Bannockburn Project and for a bit more choice, I´m adding some from the Falkirk rolls.

De Pinkney´s nag seems to be looking for sympathy from the Viewer
The infantry I painted up as generic types with no  reference to them being scottish or whatever. Valdemar has a couple more Spearmen sets so the Intention is to collect them along with a couple more mounted kniggits and make a dio.


Henry de Pinkeny 
Fought at Falkirk and although he appears to be in a bit of a sticky Situation in the pic,  he didn´t die there.
Or a fess indented gules
Piers de Chauvent
That he was at Falkirk seems pretty clear but I can´t find any other info about him.
Paly of six argent and azure a fess gules

...now back to the lead heap and the 1329 dio.

10 comments:

  1. Fantastic set, you realy made a nice scene out of it.
    Always jealous of your painting style, and choice of colors.
    Well done Paul, maybe you can show these on FIGZ on the 5th of june...

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  2. Excellent work again Paul! Nice Valdemar set indeed!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  3. What a realistic and bloody battlefield, great work Paul!

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  4. Cracking work, I love the pleading nag.

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  5. i Really Like These Paul. Perhaps a few arrows stuck here and there could be added. Nice Work. BB

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  6. Thanks Paul
    It´s a WIP...the pics on the black Background are taken after the first two. When I´ve collected a few more bods I´ll make up a dio with arrows etc..and, if I can work out how..blood flying through the air.

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  7. Hi
    Excellent figures and painting.
    These look ideal to depict the demise of Brian le Jay the Templar after the Battle of Falkirk 1298. His horse was stuck in a bog and the Scots killed him

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    1. Hi.
      Thanks :-D I might re-do (add some more) and recreate Falkirk.

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    1. The good Thing is, there´s a 1/72nd model of the film Version of wallace, not historically accurate but fun :-)

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