Decided I needed a break from painting Cold War green (not quite true I am just half away through the basing of another Battlegroup) so had a look at to see what I could paint for my Italian Wars. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am completing my large Italian Wars armies and coming to the realisation that it couldn't fit on a 6" X 4" table. So I decided to split it up and have smaller armies representing each of the warring powers (MADNESS!!!). Having completed the army list it seems to need to paint even more figures, and having some pikemen left over I decided to start painting my Swiss for the Swiss Burgundian War.
So first up are some Pike Blocks for Venice. Figures are Essex and Flags are from Petes Flags on Ebay. 3 blocks, each made up of 48 figures
The Swiss - Again 15mm Essex and Petes Flags. Each block consist of 48 figures, portraying the Zug, Obwalden and Zurich Cantons
More Pike painted as the Soluthurn and Berne Cantons
Then three blocks of 32 fig halberds. Appenzell, Glarus and Obwalden Cantons
Finally some artillery
Those pike blocks are superb! I like how you do 15mm faces.
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice looking points bomb and a change from your other posts for sure, 996points must almost be a record. They look amazing all ranked up together well done
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ReplyDelete*Boom!* Lovely big bomb!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a ton of work. Love seeing all these massed pike. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteHoly Moley! Just the job
ReplyDeleteAmazing work Grahame and I’m in awe at your 15mm productivity. Personally with all of those sharp pointy sticks I would have taken my eye out - I’m constantly pricking myself and only working with a handful of knights!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work and a great points bomb. Well done.
ReplyDeleteWow, epic pike blocks!
ReplyDeleteTo me, a 'break' means something small before I return to the main game.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing work - both quality and quality. I do Italian Wars in 28mm, but the 15s you've done give a great look to the pike blocks.
RichardM
WOW!! Incredible work Grahame! A points bomb and a half! Knowing those Essex figures very well, it looks like you replaced all of the pikes as well! Amazing! Hope they see the gaming table soon!
ReplyDeleteI like your solution for the problem. These don't fit on the table, I split these up and then fill the table with each sub force. Madness, I agree, but in a good way. Excellent entry and those units look terrific!
ReplyDeleteIncoming! What a splendid points bomb, I also do the Great Italian war in 28mm ,yours are more impressive at 15mm!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
That is a lot of pointy sticks. Nice work
ReplyDeleteGreat to see a post with a large number of pike blocks like this in one go! Will be great on the table-top. Cheers Jez
ReplyDeleteOMG that’s amazing! Great job, well done. I love Essex figures!
ReplyDeleteNice and bright, great job
ReplyDeleteGosh, that's one heck of an entry, awesomeness!
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