Thursday, 1 January 2026

From KentG: Barons wars 28mm mounted knights (45pts)

This (past year) I've painted literally hundreds of Barons wars plastic 
knights both Victrix and Wargames Atlantic,
 all of my figures are the Wargames Atlantic make.
I hadn't painted any of the mounted boxsets for myself up till now.
The knights you see before you are mounted versions of the foot
 I painted around 6 months ago, must admit I was a bit worried about trying
to match colours but am surprising happy with the end product.


When I painted this same figure mounted in Victrix i had painted the padding in 
4 layers per square which too me over a week and 
I just could bring myself to do it again.
The shields are my favourite part of the paint job and 
I think makes the figure really stand out.





this next figure is more basic but still has a lot of character, i used extra parts from 
the foot knights set to get the look I was after.




Next up is a French knight that I sat down on Tuesday night and spent 
four and a half hours paint most of which was while chatting with the guys. 
It's a great way to spend the night and quite productive if only one figure done.


Yes probably way to many pics of this one








Once I had completed the knight above this one I just couldn’t help
Myself and started this one which I completed just before the fireworks 
Started going of signalling the end of 2025 and heralding 2026




Group pic of my trusty mounted versions of my knights


Well there you have it the first of 12 knights
Way to much fun and probably to much time but 
Each time I look at them I smile

Points are pretty simple 
4 x 28mm mounted @ 10pms each = 40 pts


From Millsy:

OMG, what a first entry to minion! I was wondering how these would look after you mentioned how many fleur de lis you were painting on a recent chat. Simply amazing is the short answer.

How you've managed such a consistent size and shape across all of them is beyond me. Well done mate, absolutely smashing and worth another 5 points every day of the week.

Cheers,
Millsy

25 comments:

  1. Awesome work. The detail on the caparisons is amazing, that is some really good brush work. The time and effort was well spent.

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  2. Wow - I had no idea it was already Friday???

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    1. In Australia it is. Apparently there’s these things called time zones.

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    2. I do love that the Thursday minion slept in so late that the Friday minion posted before him.

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    3. Actually, he didn't have anything to post until I popped one off late in the day...

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  3. Awesome knights, really loving the attention to detail on liveries and shields. I’m with you, those are the fun bits of painting.

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  4. Lovely work on those caparisons.

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  5. They look fabulous mate! Great to see them after listening to you paint them! (*PS good call on re-doing the black band around the horse barding in white!)

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  6. Those are stellar! Beautiful work!

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  7. Brilliant Kent - how many Fleur de lis? Confirms your madness and no wonder it took 4 hours!

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  8. Gorgeous work on these knights. Results well with the effort.

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  9. Outstanding brush work on those Kent

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  10. They look great, excellent colours!

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  11. Fabulous work, love the hand painted heraldry.

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  12. I am staggered “chapeau’s off sir” by turns your work makes me want to paint something medieval and then horrified at the effort I would require to get remotely close to your work-so I will simply enjoy the pictures - the more the better:)

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  13. Great looking knights, Kent! Most especially the french knight, the fluer de lies turned out very fine!

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  14. Excellent work on these, especially the heraldry.

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  15. Lovely Knights mate, love a good Carparison 👍

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  16. Fantastic work, Kent! Just watching them causes me belly pain. Absolutely amazing!
    Martijn

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