The Crusade (against unpainted lead and plastic apparently) rolls onward with the start of the mounted component of my army. I very nearly finished a unit of Hospitaller sergeants too but the mounted elements are taking a long time to get right with all the hand-painted heraldry.
Anyway, here we have a unit of Knights of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, resplendent in blue, white and gold. A lovely colour scheme and one that I enjoyed thoroughly. The miniatures are all from Fireforge Games and comprise a combination of parts from the Mounted Sergeants and Templar Knights box sets.
One thing I find odd in the box set is the mix of caparisoned vs. bare horses (3 vs. 9 per box). The result is unless you buy a load of boxes it is impossible to make units of entirely caparisoned horses when using multiples of 4. Oh well...
So another 40 points plus whatever the Gods of Handpainted Heraldry deem my unworthy efforts to deserve in recompense for hours spent slavishly doing what a sensible, well balanced individual would do with decals...
Cheers,
Millsy
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Millsy, another splendid unit towards the completion of your Crusader army (as if such a thing can ever be said to be 'complete' - "One more unit of Turcopoles, just one...")
The handpainted heraldry (and I'm apparently a 'God' of this pantheon, so watch it, mortals!) plus the matching caparisons and pennons definitely merit bonus points; five points seems a fair reward for the amount of work you put in. I'd be putting in a call to LBMS for a batch of decals myself, but then I'm extremely lazy!
Well played, Sir!
Ev
Lovely, lovely work! Keep on listening to the dark gods of hand painted heraldry please.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful blue you've chosen. And the hand-painted heraldry is first class. Lovely figures.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely top notch. Those vibrant blue colours are outstanding
ReplyDeleteLovely bunch of crusaders!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Fantastic work Millsy!
ReplyDeletethese are fab
ReplyDeleteFantastic work Millsy :)
ReplyDeleteHand painted shields all the way!
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking unit.
Millsy. They are ace. Nice colour scheme .. and barking mad hand painted herarldry ...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work mate - lovely crisp colours and fab heraldry. Really like the pill shaped bases too
ReplyDeleteLovely looking knights Millsy!
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Brilliant! Bright blue and fantastic freehand work. You should be well pleased with these. cheers
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely - rich blue and fantastic hand painted fiddly bits
ReplyDeleteSmashing stuff, I’d be one for decals myself so I’m always impressed when people can get results like this without them!
ReplyDeleteCracking work Millsy! And isn't the caparison issue just a great excuse to buy more minis?
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic, I really like the colour choices you made.
ReplyDeleteSharing your pain with the hand-painted heraldry ;)
Smashing paint job Millsy! The hand painted heraldry is top notch.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! This project has become a labour of love but the end result will be worth it :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love how vivid these chaps are. Too bad how the boxes/figures are organized. That kinda stuff makes my OCD mind go nuts.
ReplyDeleteVery dashing Millsy!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, tedious application of decals, or torturous hand painting insignia? ;)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant work, Millsy! Love the colors and excellent insignia. Let's see the same on 15mm or 6mm! ;)
Gorgeous blues and flowing fabrics.
ReplyDeleteThat is one lovely blue tone Millsy, very striking!
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