More Welsh Archers and some "Wee Folk"

I did say I was leaving the bannockburn Project alone for a while but ......:-D
I couldn´t resist making up another  stand of Welsh Archers....

Sets used;
Ancient Germans ("Wee folk")
Army of Henry V
Army of Joan d'Arc
Medieval Levy (1)

Conversions. The bod on the far left had his "eastern" looking bow replaced, the two in the middle head swops and the one on far right was the top half from a mounted archer and the bottom half from the  arquebusier, both  from the Joan dÀrc set.

The whole of the english foot...so far.

Just so everyone´s clear on this..I know the "wee folk" were dressed and equipped like the rest of the army but  the Ancient german set has  got some dynamic running poses and with 3 stands of 15 bods each stand they should "dissapear" amongst the rest.

lots of Head, Shield and weapon swops all round

Not really my period of history but this looks (like the previous film) brilliant!

Ancient roman wagon MkII

The last one was more of a taxi, this one is more a Family  wagon, a one door hatch back, 2HP.

The most complicated part was the Suspension. Even though The straps are black, they aren´t meant to made of iron but black leather.

All the Little rings were handmade using the "chainmail " method and all the "ironwork" is made from thin card.

Getting the cabin to sit evenly on the Suspension straps was nearly impossible but a solution was found....simply cut a sheet of plastic to size, insert between the straps and the undercarriage and the cabin could be glued on using quite a bit of force without tearing the straps off or breaking the holding Posts.

The "Sports" and the "Family" Versions next to each other.

Finally, it´s the Weekend, the order has been completed on time  and the carriage builders from the woodworkers firm Plancus et Filius can go home.

Ancient Roman Wagon

An Ancient Roman travelling wagon. It´s Roman (latin) Name ?. Odemars (constructed and painted HERE ) calls thier four wheeled wagon kit a carpentum but mostly,  a vehicle refered to as a carpentum are two wheeled affairs.
Whatever they were called, the one from odemars is a bit fancy looking for my liking so I´ve built myself a test Piece. The next one (when I get around to it ) will have suspension straps added to the cabin, a bit more decoration, curtains etc.

As usual and because I like the idea of having bods travelling /interacting with thier  vehicles and if they are added inside, then I want to be able to see them,  I´ve left the Roof detachable.

Re-creating the front axle was a bit fiddly. The metal rings I made following a technique used to make the rings for chainmail. Simply wrap wire aound a pole, then cut along one side of the coil..Hey presto!, lots of little circles.

This (below) is the sort of wagon that turns up when you search for Roman Carpentum. Two wheeled.

Medieval army on Parade

Two years ago on the 14th of July I posted my medieval collection  as part of BIG ARMY DAY held at the Gloranthan Blog. Since then (this lot) the collection has grown slightly.
So, in celebration of  Bastille day I´m having a Parade :-D

Not all my medieval bods,  The El Cid Spanish/ Moors,  the Scottish/English Bannockburn armies are either not based or finished yet, a lot of other Odds n´sods haven´t been based and the civilians weren´t added to the "Parade" pics due to lack of space.
I also didn´t include  the Dioramas,  tents, houses,  Castles etc.
How many are there? I´ve no idea having never counted them :-D

 



Getting Close ups of the collected forces with the camera I own proved near impossible (and even now some of the pics aren´t that brilliant)  so I took pics of "themed" Batches and added the civilians as well.

 

Field Artillery / Siege Park

 

Hussites / Revolting Peasants / Guildsmen

 

Burgundians

The "Brotherhood"

 

Baggage Train

Blue Group (Loosely based on  a 100yrw French army)

 

Red Group (Also loosely based on an English 100yrw army)

Normans

Civilians

If anyone is into having a Big army day next year then add your "Yay" to the comments and next year I´ll give you a reminder about it next year at the end of June.



Medieval Prison Wagon MKII and Excecutioner

Due to a raising of taxes  there was enough funds in Hugh Jarse´s Koffers to have a spanking new prison wagon built. Not only was it affordable but due to some resistance to the tax rise, it was necessary.
This led to a bit of a conundrum with 22 non tax paying peasants having to be caught and thier property sold to raise the extra Money for the iron work, leading to the Phrase "catch 22".

As with the old Version, the door can be opened.....

....and the towing bar is movable. No yolk attached as yet some sutable oxen /draught horses Need finding. Some tax dodging individuals can Count themselves lucky that it´s not mobile.................yet.

For some unfortunate souls, the end stop won´t be getting them any further ahead in life...

Mr C.Hopper from Valdemar.

On Sunday it´s the 14th of July and it´s Bastille Day.
In 2011 there was the 14th of July challenge  over at the Gloranthan blog, I took part with my collection as it was then...HERE
This year there´s no big army day  but if anyone´s interested we could re-start the challenge for next year (and every year after)
Anyway, to clebrate the 14th, I´ll be posting most of my medieval armies this coming sunday.

Medieval Prison Wagon

Not a lot of evidence of there actually being such things in the medieval period. There´s a couple of so called medieval prison wagons at the Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum( Medieval Crime Museum)  in Bavaria but looking at them they look like (at the best) late medieval ones.
No smoothing down of surfaces on this wagon...it´s not intended for pleasure rides so I wanted it looking as rough and ready as possible.

The bod is from the strelets Norman army on the march set and the Oxen from one of the recent Linear-B or Strelets Transport  sets 

The door I´ve left open so that "passengers" can be added later.

One Problem solved. Normally I fix the beasts to the base and then do the basing, adding the cart or whatever last. This means the  height of the towing bar has to be adjusted taking into consideration a level of basing material which nearly álways means the Yolk doesn´t exactly match and a lot of fiddly adjustment is needed. With a movable towing bar the height is instantly variable.

After breaking the 1,000,000  hits barrier ( Yes,  0ne Million!!!) Big Lee is having a give away on his blog! ! Join in with the Party  HERE

Snail Shell house

Long Long ago, giant snails roamed the world. Being slow  they were generally not considered a threat and therefore tolerated. Sometimes a snail of great Age (and size) would pass away. moving slowly  to the great cabbage patch in the sky and some enterprising individual would find the remaining Shell and move in.
A bit of work was necessary to carefully remove the central spiral "walls" but after this was done a cosy waterproof abode could be constructed.

1/87 bod from Prieser, the cat from an Outcast-Figures set (available at the Croeburn 1813 shop)