A Heap of lead...

..and resin.

A mix of bods, nags, Bullocks, carts etc from Valdemar and Toma Miniatures and all destined to take thier places on the 1329 dio.
There´s two other sets but I´ll Keep those under wraps for now :-D
A quick headcount of what´s in the pic, gave roughly;
35 plus mounted bods
90 plus foot bods
2 carts, and a mix of Bullocks, Donkeys/mules, pots, tables etc.....and;

Thanks Wolfgang, that should Keep me busy :-D

And...the Website for the
DIORAMICA 2016 (LINK)
is now activated

Medieval fight training

Knights weren´t Born knowing how to fight and had to be trained in the finer arts of disabling an Opponent. A set of Trainees and Trainers sculpted by Alex and produced by Valdemar.

The whole set.

 Young sirs practising. I painted the swords up as wooden ones.

 The lower orders practised archery.

Sword master. Hs Sword appears a bit bent but that´s due to the Picture. The stick is for administering "correctional advice"

A featrure or modern medieval fairs, Knock your Opponent of the log. I reckon the Clubs are leather bags filled with sawdust. 

 With this lot, my medieval civilian collection has topped the 200 mark..203 to be exact.
112 Adult Males, from that 16 Monks/priests and one Bishop
53   Adult Females.
38   Children, from babes in arms to "Teens"

I could add  another 80 plus, but 20 or so are based in dios or  they are town guard types or taking part in the Military convoy so not strictly civilians.

Medieval Bath time (2)

Another set of Valdemar bods, made by Alex Gussav.
The last post I made with Medieval Bathtime was of  a couple in the tub but this time it´s the  nippers who are due thier yearly clean. They were a lot cleaner than one bath a year, as written in the 14th Cent Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum "The bath cleans the external body parts of dirt left behind from exercise on the outside of the body.”
The bases I made from a section of plastic wooden walling.


The "haughty" Princess. My daughter wanted her to have red hair and a blue Dress...and her command was obeyed :-D

The "water" is made using Pattex 100. It´s "Kind" to painted bods (and the enviroment)as it contains no solvents.

This is an Excellent Little Vignette.

as is this

As ever..not only the poses and Body postures  are lifelike, the  bods stand on thier own two feet without bases or glueing (they are glued in the pics) but the faces are so expressionate.

Medieval street fight

Someone didn´t give way and tempers were raised, a knife drawn and blood spillt. Another set of medievals from the master sculptor Alex.

I´m not sure what the green effect is on the one on the left.....camera playing up probably.

The male could be rolling up his sleeves to prepare for fight but I went for him holding a cut.

"what´s behind my back?"

As always, the faces are really something.

Veritas vos liberabit

My entry for  a "competition" over at the  Valdemars forum

The rules for entry were;

- Only knights allowed -  hospitallers, at least one hospitaller present - Check!

- At least one holy symbol represented, relic, banner, cross, half moon' - Check!

- At least one Valdemar figure - Check!

- At least one animal - Check!

- Needs to be a new Piece of work to take part - Check!

On his travels to the holy land a hospitaller Comes across a wayside cross.

He stops, and as he prays, Dobbin takes a wayside Snack.

Both the Hospitaller and Dobbin are Valdemar. Dobbin came without a saddle so one had to be made. Got it all base painted but it just didn´t look right....no stirrups!!! Remove saddle, recreate with stirrups (very thin plastic Card) add saddle again.

The helmet is from the Caeser Dismounted Crusaders set.

The crucifix is from the Valdemar Tax collectors set and was carefully sliced out of the sedan chair. Not carefully enough...It broke into 4 parts, the right side of the cross shot off into "never to be seen again land" so that had to be reconstructed. The cross it´s attached to is made from high density styrofoam. The moss is tiny bits of old rubber foam.

Veritas vos liberabit ? A variant of Veritas liberabit vos (the truth shall set you free) and was used by the   Knights Hospitaller during the crusades. 

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

Gloria!!

A new set from Alex, combining some single sculpts that never made it into other sets. As the titel suggests one, the younger kneling bod is getting a knighthood from the old veteran knight.

Hello to Jonathan leboeuf  (twitter? ) thanks for following :-D
Hello to Ironbovin from MUCH to little time blog.  He´s just started with blogging and is doing a great job with the 20mm bods :-D
Hello to Sada from Page of Sada´s Hobby blog.. I like the look of napoleonic warships..but never have been able to get my finger out to attempt one..sada on the other hand has a complete fleet!!!!
Hell to Justin. Justin has 3 blogs..one of which has adult content, what, I´m not sure..I didn´t look..honest! and the others for Marketing.

Medieval Pilgrims and travellers

Another set coming up from Alex, this time a set of Pilgrims and travellers, but first the start of a new set, based on the 1957 film, The Seventh seal. ( Det sjunde inseglet) starring Ingmar Bergman and Max von Sydow.  If Alex can produce the two, death and the knight Antonius Block playing chess against each other then I´ll eat my hat :-D

Death (Bengt Ekerot)

Jof (Nils Poppe) and his wife Mia,(Bibi Andersson) with their baby son, Mikael,

and now the Pilgrims and travellers :-D

My favourite character of the set so far...I´ve named him Puck

More medieval drunks

The medieval drunks set from Alex has been added to...I love this set..an absolute must have for my medieval village.

This guy I´ve nicknamed  Timothy...he has such a resemblence to one of my favourite actors Timothy Spall

Obviously this pair will get a bench or chair...I don´t think even the most skilled drunk can keep his balance whilst doing this. :-D

Medieval drunks

Another brilliant  new set from Alex...the way the bods are standing...that "slightly out of balance" way that drunks stand..:-D 
There might be one or two poses added to the set but when it´s finished it will be available from Valdemar miniatures

A monk being tormented

One of the locals getting the boot.

What is he looking for ???

Hello Norman, from Junkyard Planet blog. I like the "technicals" for the Peoples republic of Mbotu ( formally known as Transequatoria ) and the seige wargame with the "moving"  trench system...excellent!!!