I got a bit distracted this week painting figures for other games, so my War of the Roses project took a bit of a hit. Nevertheless, I was able to put two artillery pieces together. These Culverins and crews are all metals from the Perry miniatures line. They arrived with quite a bit of flashing on them, and the elevation guides were pretty bent, so they required more cleaning up than I would have otherwise expected from Perry’s. Also, there's no clear up/down or left/right for any of the pieces so I made sure to refer to technical illustrations before cleaning and gluing - I saw a few of these miniatures online where the elevation guides were cut off and/or the barrels had been inverted.
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Looking forward to firing ... if the rain would stop! |
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Let's hope it doesn't blow up this time... |
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Kept the crew liveries generic so I can use them in different forces |
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Crew sizes were varied to add some variety |
I purposely left the mountings and barrels black, as most paintings and illustrations I could source for the period suggested they weren’t shiny gun metal (if anyone knows otherwise please let me know). I mounted them on 80x80x2mm bases and gave them the usual treatment of Vallejo muds, Noch grass, Tajima tufts, and driveway special gravel blend. Overall, I’m happy with how they turned out. Now to make about ten more…
Claiming the following points:
2x 28mm artillery & crews = 20 pts
6x28mm foot figures @ 5 points =30
2x28mm Weapon @10 points =20
Total = 20 50 points.
Great work on these Perry pieces Andrew. I have these kits in my Italian Wars Army and they are very nice, but I agree that one needs to pay attention in assembly. I really like the basing and posing of figures. These were typically wrought iron weapons, basically made of staves and hoops like a barrel. As far as I can tell black is the correct colour, think of an old timey fence. You seriously undervalued yourself on the points as you get to claim the guns and the crews. I've upped your scores accordingly.
They look great. Perry’s have some fantastic metals but some of them have a lot of flash. Worth the effort in the end.
ReplyDeleteThey've likely cast so many figures the molds are starting to show it.
DeleteAgree re the Perry's stuff...it always seems to have more flash than one might expect, but it is always worth it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure I have several bits of artillery in my collection where all sorts of bits are wrong :)
Agreed, at the end of the day it doesn't really matter :) but the trained historian in me loves the research regardless.
DeleteI find the Perry metal sculpts are great overall; I'll need ot get a few more of these I think. Cheers!
Mighty fine
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave!
DeleteThey look fabulous, Andrew. I've always liked how the Perry's have posed the gunners as being somewhat standoffish and tentative. I guess that comes from first hand experience (ooh, that may have been worded better, but you know what I mean...).
ReplyDeleteLol! Yes, they certainly know something about that!
DeleteOof!
DeleteLovely pair of wrought iron artillery, blacks right for them, they look great!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Cheers Iain!
DeleteThey look great, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSplendid Andrew
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat painted artillery, and the guns look excellent!
ReplyDeleteGood to see this sort of artillery given some care and attention- generic colour but still easy on the eyes
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! I also prefer black cannon.
ReplyDeleteLovely painting and great basing Andrew
ReplyDeleteGreat artillery Andrew. Well done.
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