Here are 2 units of Gendarmes each of 8 mounted 28mm figures the first unit is the elderly unit in the title as they are venerable Hinchcliffe figures from long ago last century! As they were an ebay purchase the horses are from various sources and indeed as some of them came without heads I was forced to add perry heads to a couple, which have turned out surprisingly well I think. I used Hans Burgkmair's The Triumph of Maximillian as my source in painting them , I added some vines and flowers which are in other period illustrations , these are not terribly succesfull but they are done now and I'm buggered if I'm going back to them! En masse I'm happy with them and they were relatively cheap! The next batch are Old Glory and I wasn't looking forward to them but I think they have come out rather well and I enjoyed painting them, rather more geometric patterns which works well at this scale and fun with the lances, the (rather oversize looking now)banners are overpainted downloads.
This should give me 160 points which would leave me 25 points short of my total , I have another unit of Gendarmes and some bits and bobs so I should make that.
I do have a Curt geld dilemma as I have nothing arranged and the end is looming, I have got 2 nice renaissance figures that go together well, if anyone fancies painting the other one drop me a line at caveadsum1471@yahoo .com and I'll pop it in the post to you.
These should also count in my renaissance side challenge with Curt
All the best Iain
The Italian Wars have some of the most colorful units in history(to include historic personna equally colorful in name,atire, and character)The Gendarmes have always been my favorite ever since I seen some period prints which portrayed Roland and his men as Gendarmes. Big men in metal suits on big horses in metal suits and carrying colorful pointy sticks. These fellows more than live up to the expectation and I quite enjoy the colors and paterns you used on them. There is absolutely no mistaking them for their task. Beautifuly done, Iain!
Old school Hinchcliffe figures - very cool. Great work in these Gendarmes, I like the liveries. And the prickly-pork flag is very nice too.
ReplyDeletePrickly -pork flag is fun! Thanks Peter.
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Nice work Iain :)
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They look great!
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Gorgeously done, the lavish colours are brilliant and the banners imposing, great stuff.
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Nice work!
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I have old Hinchcliffe landsknechts and your post is a boost to get these out and finish painting. Great to see!
ReplyDeleteYes, they're worth painting up, I've still got hinchcliffe mounted crossbow men, artillery and carts to paint , the carts are really good, thanks Jez.
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Impressive work on the livery! great stuff
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These are just terrific. I'm particularly enamoured with the painted lances and the French ('Prickly-Pork') banner. I also love the Old Skool look to these fellow - venerable indeed!
ReplyDeleteWith this entry, Iain, you've soundly and rightfully vanquished me in our renaissance duel. Well done!
As a suggestion, why not give me one of those figures and I'll paint it up for you?
That's very kind of you I'll dig one out and send him out together with my entry figure, this has been great fun, it reinvigorated my interest in the period, I'd actually primed hundreds of napoleonic figures for the challenge, none of which have seen paint!
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The mix of bright colours and big clunky steel suits is most pleasing. I really like them. However, Italian summers can be quite hot - I hate to think of them boiling inside those suits.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like them and yes I've worked outside in Italy in July/August and it was tough in light cotton never mind the armour, thick damask would be bad enough!
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Very nice. Cheers
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