I am continuing my foray into the Italian Wars of the very early 16th Century.
Given it was the holiday period and I thought I had the luxury of time and quiet, I decided that I would use the time to try out my patience on a first unit of Landschnechts.
They are Foundry figures and again are based for Impetus. These will be Skirmish shot and can be quite nasty in early parts of a battle - although they will break quickly if not handled well.
Seeing the pictures close up I can see a lot to improve on the painting style - I need more definition in some of the slashing as an example. In relation to colours I think I have used too much yellow. Next time I will also want to introduce some stripes on the slashed arms.
Speaking of next time (for the Landschnechts) - I can see these driving me mad. I have close on 200 that I want to do - mainly pike blocks. I think they will be done in small groups - perhaps a base being 12 - 14 pikemen - at a time between other projects. Otherwise this would cause the painters block of all eternity.
From Curt:Schweeet! These look brilliant Richard - I love the way you've done the puff & slash of their uniforms. I must say I'm really enjoying seeing this period being tackled. I know it's not easy. My first large scale figure was a Landschnecht and I make a complete hash of it. It was really appalling. BUT I absolutely loved reading about the period and vowed that I'd give it another go in the future. Is 30 years enough time? Hmmm...
Great work!
Stunning paintjobs! Nice and bright, love it!
ReplyDeleteVery colourful. I admire any who would willingly tackle landschneckts as they are the most formidable troop types to paint right and yet you have do so,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work from probably the most colourful period in history ever!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and very colourful work Richard.
ReplyDeletevery bright and juicy, but I am embarrassed by a crooked stick in the hands of an officer
ReplyDeleteThey look superb! All the tiny detail on these guys would drive me mad.
ReplyDeleteFantastic painting work. They look really brilliant with those colours!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely and brave using so much yellow a tricky devil for sure
ReplyDeleteIan
They look nice and colorful! Very good work!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done. I've painted a few Landsknechtes and quickly came to appreciate their difficulty.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Glorious brushwork Richard! Anyone who is willing to paint puffed and slashed clothing has my sympathy and respect in equal measure.
ReplyDeleteWow... just Wow. Superb colours, nice and bright as they should be. First-class painting, sir :-)
ReplyDeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work. Lots of great colour. Cheers
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite periods. Great work with making the colors properly vibrant. There's always room for improvement I suppose, but I think you pretty much nailed it here.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for me to imagine a way you could improve this paint work. The shading and hues, especially on the reds and blues, looks fantastic. From what I can see of the faces they are well done as well.
ReplyDeleteFirst rate entry, awesome stuff.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
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