Monday 6 February 2023

(Darrell H) Andalusian Noble Command Vignette Base (15 POINTS)

                                   

This piece was sitting in my undercoated and primed cupboard since 2019 and was just begging to be completed. I have minor wargames butterfly tendencies, nothing compared to years ago, but still find it useful to remain on focus for major projects (Thematic Byzantines for the AHPC this year) by fliting with other periods etc from time to time. 

The vignette is specific to my Spanish 11th CE project and features a Muslim Faris (Furusiyya, "Knighthood" is a martial tradition dating back to pre Islamic times) attacking a downed Frankish/Spanish knight. This piece but could sit easily in Spain or the Middle East during the 11th/12th CE as a command base or just a vignette to keep things interesting away from the main action on the wargames table.

For anyone interested in the origin of the miniatures, the Muslim Faris Mutatawwi'a Warlord on Horse and a miniature from Wargames Foundry's Norman Spearmen Characters from their Matthew Bickley Normans range. 

The shield is hand painted. 







I think I earn a grand total of 15 points for this piece?

What a lovely command vignette Darrell.  You've posed the figures to create a vivid scene and got the best of these fine sculpts.  As always really love the horse and trim.   The shield is wonderful, even the back side of it looks great with the wood grain.

32 comments:

  1. Your brushwork is as sublime as ever Darrell, great work.

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  2. What a superb vignette , the colours are so well chosen and that shield design is awesome 👍

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    1. Thanks Sander, I was worried it looked a little Christian when I gave it a second look!

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  3. This is great, what brilliant crisp colours.

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  4. Love it!!! Fantastic colours and paint work

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  5. Absolutely amazing. The whole piece is wonderful with colors eye popping. Well done.

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  6. Awesome work, surely you could have had a couple of points extra just for the shield!
    Best Iain

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    1. LOL Thank you Iain. I'll pester my points allocator for that one LOL. :>)

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