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Thursday, 26 November 2020

John Bourchier and retinue

He´s been put in charge of the archers and crossbowmen

John Bourchier - 2nd Lord Berners. I´ve painted up the TD Archers and Crossbowmen in his colours so they needed someone to lead them.
Nags from the Zvezda French Knights set as is the standard bearer and the  bottom half of John. His top half is from the Zvezda French Infantry of the Hundred years war set.
Spot the slight mistake with John. 
Standard printed and edges touched up. 

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17 comments:

  1. Rob26 November 2020 at 14:12

    Do these guys ever get to fight?

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  2. Jonathan Freitag26 November 2020 at 15:46

    Excellent work, Paul! Did you string the bows?

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  3. Norman Dean26 November 2020 at 16:55

    Looks like Lord John has a sword in his scabbard, in addition to the one he is holding? Fine looking troops, regardless! :)

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 November 2020 at 11:15

      Thanks Norman. Lord John does have an extra sword.

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  4. Jacko26 November 2020 at 16:57

    Fantastic!

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  5. Herkybird26 November 2020 at 17:17

    I Win! Its a mistake I have made myself! The sword is still in the scabbard, yet is in his hand!

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 November 2020 at 11:14

      Yep...I did notice before I painted him but thought..what the hell? :-)

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  6. Rob27 November 2020 at 03:38

    Lovely, but will these guys get a chance to fight?

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  7. Norber27 November 2020 at 05:31

    Simply mesmerising......

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  8. Andrew Bruce29 November 2020 at 00:09

    Very nice indeed I have shared your post here https://wargames-directory.com/forums/topic/john-bourchier-and-retinue/

    Feel free to join and share your work

    Take care

    Andy

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  9. Philotep1 December 2020 at 10:26

    This banner is simply wonderful, I love it!
    Regarding the mistake, who among us didn't make it several times ? :D

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  10. James Fisher4 December 2020 at 18:16

    My goodness these are well done. You strung the bows too!!
    I cannot see a problem with John; the beauty about an uneducated eye such as mine regarding things mediaevial!
    Regards, James

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    1. Paul´s Bods7 December 2020 at 04:03

      Thanks James :-) His second sword. Whilst converting i took care not to remove it or the handle as i was going to use another tophalf, but decided on the one as shown and forgot to remove the handle of his sheathed sword...DOH! Still, he´s rich so can afford a spare :-)

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  11. Brush Novice23 March 2022 at 22:00

    That looks really stunning. I love the banner. Do you have a source for that? I've also assembled some forces of John Bourchiers, and have not had much luck in finding out how the banner would have looked.

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    1. Paul´s Bods24 March 2022 at 10:51

      Hi. The only source I can now find is this one
      https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1506712/
      I did find another source but how I came across it I cannot remember

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    2. Brush Novice31 March 2022 at 18:03

      That's perfect. I can recreate that. Thanks!

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