From FrederickC - Medieval German Army for De Bellis Antiquitatis [Director's Chair] (162points)

 There is now less than a week left in the challenge, and I have been knocked out of 'The Top Ten'. Will I be able to claw my way back against the fierce competition of the 'Power Painters'? Too many factors out there to make a prediction.

Ten days ago I received an email from the Snow Lord that read as follows - "Okay, do you have anything that you've been avoiding for whatever reason, or perhaps something that you've been meaning to get to, but it's always managed to slip back to the rear of your hobby desk? Let's do something along those lines so I can tease out an Oscar level performance from you."

I give you the animated movie, 'Ritter Trenk' which I hope will fit the bill.  

'Ritter Trenk' from 2015

My submission is a De Bellis Antiquitatis army for the High Medieval Period, specifically IV/13(a) Medieval German 1106 - 1235CE consisting of 1 x 3Knights (General), 4 x 3Knights that can dismount to 4Blades, 4 x 4Spear, 1 x 4Crossbow, and 2 x 2Psiloi(Skirmishers). This is another army that has been sitting in the 'Pending' tray for at least quarter century. I had bought it as an alternative to my Teutonic Order army that I had been using in a local biannual DBA tournament, but never got beyond the priming stage. It gathered dust for many years in a tray on top of my filing cabinet before being put in a storage box where it was 'out of sight, out of mind', keeping my unpainted Spartan army company until now.

The figures are all Gladiator Miniatures from prior to the line being taken over by Black Hat Miniatures. Since 2018 they have been available from Fighting15s. While some of the figures look a bit chunky, I liked the attention to detail that the sculptor put into the armour. The only down side was that the mounted figures don't come with spears, so I had to make them from florist wire. I probably thought I needed to have bright colours on the figures, so I had primed them in white rather than black so many years ago. They were painted using Vallejo acrylics, including all the shield designs. The foot figures looked a little too clean, so they got a wash of Citadel Seraphim Sepia at the end. Here is the final result.

 

IV/13(a) Medieval German 1106 - 1235CE

5 stands of Knights with the General in the center

A side view to show off the shield designs

4 stands of dismounted Knights that count as Blades

4 stands of Spears

1 stand of Crossbows and 2 stands of Psiloi

 

The points being claimed are as follows:

40 x 15mm foot figures @ 2 points = 80 points 

15 x 15mm mounted figures @ 4 points = 60 points 

1 x Director's Chair @ 20 points = 20 points

I may try to squeeze out one more small submission before the deadline. Otherwise, I will see you all on the 'flip size' for the post-challenge wrap up. Cheers.

A wonderful set of medieval figures and a great entry for the Director's Chair. Hand painting shields on 15mm seems like a lot of work, so I have added a couple of bonus points to your total.

- StuartL