New-Model-Army Pt9 - Dismounted Men-at-Arms Pt1

Apart from the kniggit with the great helm (who is from the Zvezda English Knights set and he´s the boss, so gets a Great helm ) and the bod to his right who is from Valdemar, the rest are converted  with heads from bods from other sets wearing kettle helmets. 

From left to right: Torso: Caeser, Zveda, Valdemar, Zvezda 

From left to right, Torso: Caeser, Zvezda, Caeser, Zvezda

The best sets for a supply of bods with kettle helmets are;

Accurate -  Hundred Years War English Men-At-Arms

Zvezda - French Infantry of the Hundred Years War

Italeri - Teutonic Knights

The best sets for head swops, virtually every bod in each set can be used for a head swop with a kettle helmet, are:

Caesar - Medieval European Knights 13th Century

Caesar - Dismounted Crusaders

 

New Model Army Pt 8

 Nope..I´m still here..

Sir Bodfrey´s cavalry contingent. All the bods and nags are metal and I think from Valdemar...the hound is from the Atlantic Davey Crockett set.

Who let the dog out?!

Sir Bodfrey´s and Sir Bodard´s Mounted Men-at-Arms

There will be a few light cav (turcople types)  and maybe a mounted sergeant or two later but now onto the Dismounted Men-at-Arms................or? :-)

New Model Army Pt6 - Mounted Men-at-Arms

 

Small bit of progress. Two of Sir Bodard´s Mounted Men-at-Arms. 

Both of the Nags are from the   Zvezda English knights set, the one on the left has had a head swop and both had the printed Coat-of-Arms patterns removed, which was quite a job. I used a fine scalpel to remove most of the patterns but this led, no matter how carefull I was, to a scratched up surface. To deal with that I laid the Nags on thier sides and smeared woodglue over the damage. After it had dried, I added a thin layer of second glue. 

The rider on the left is from the  strelets  English Cavalry of Edward I set but he got a head swop and the other is from Valdemar. 

A New Model Army Pt4

 Sir Bodfrey´s Standard bearer

The entire command group

Next, I mentioned something about it in the last post, a part of Sir Bodard´s Camp.

A New Model Army Pt3

Two more additions to the NMA. Sir Bodfrey (a Cousin of Sir Bodard) and sir Bodard´s standard bearer.

Both are Valdemar Bods........and Nags 

 

Looking through the bits box I realised there was a possible conversion for use in Sir Bodard´s camp (and possibly for other periods as well) so before I lost the vision it had to be done straight away....so it will appear soon. 

A New Model Army

So, I´m back! It appears Blogger has changed some settings which I´m not yet used to, one being how to set up the text, I can´t work out how to  left align the text.Any way.. after a long break, explanation underneath, I´ve decided to create a small medieval army which will be under the command of one personality. My usual carry on is to paint up a boss kniggit, maybe have a standard bearer and one or two men-at-arms but this time I`m going for a complete army. As far as possible most of the bods will be conversions..at least headswops,  unless I haven´t painted the bods in thier original unconverted form before....or as far as I can remember wether I did or not. 

Anno 1329

My personal contribution to the 1329 Teutonic Diorama..
40 nags - (22 with riders)
271 bods - Soldiers and civilians
9 wagons/carts
7 mules, 4 Dogs, 1 ox,  and 3 pigs.
10 sleeping kniggits and 12 empty beds
1 fireplace, 2 chairs, 17 tables, 18 benches and a heap of pots and bowls













Hospitaller Knights

From Valdemar -  VM062 Hospitallers.
Just to get my hand and eye back into painting medievals.

Two Templar Knights.
Poor fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon
The one on the right has  the colours are the ones used on thier Battle flag but they look good and make a change from the red cross on white.

Knight of St Thomas
Hospitallers of St Thomas of Canterbury at Acre

Knight of St John
Order of the knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Knight of St Lazarus. 
Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem
I´ve painted these before but as Foot Bods (HERE)

Weapons (swords/Mace), shields, sword sheaths (both empty and with sword) and the head of the downed Nag,  are all seperate.

When painting the nags I advise choosing the final colour scheme and painting the underside before attaching them to a base. Not only is  the underneath of the Caparisons visible (not so well in the pics) but the legs as well.

Legs. A couple of the Nags are posed with just two hoofs on the ground. I used a Pattex Perfect Pen, which  contains Loctite Super Attak gel. Takes a few seconds to hold and a few more minutes to dry but it works on Metal to metal, Metal to card, plastic.