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Blogger painterman said...

They look fantastic Simon!

21 September 2020 at 22:47

Blogger Peter Douglas said...

Looking forward to seeing these roll out. If you need to find a home for the unwanted knights....

22 September 2020 at 04:09

Blogger Keith Massey said...

That's a fine example of positive thinking Sir!

22 September 2020 at 07:56

Blogger Rob Young said...

As the owner of whole armies on the 'wrong' horses... wouldn't worry too much about it if I were you. Actually, this is one of those times when saying 'I wouldn't worry about it if I were you' sounds a bit daft as I've already said I don't worry about it!

22 September 2020 at 09:42

Blogger David said...

Life to short to agonise about trivia like that!

22 September 2020 at 10:58

Blogger Ray Rousell said...

Ooo very nice!

22 September 2020 at 12:14

Blogger fireymonkeyboy said...

Ginormous plumes are always to be appreciated. And the conversions look sharp!

22 September 2020 at 12:50

Blogger matheo said...

To add to your suffering, I believe that those tabards were held by a belt only on the front, and left loose on the back. See metal Italian figures from the Perry range, I can also throw you some reference links to Italian reenactors pics on facebook ;)

22 September 2020 at 20:01

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Matheo, I think the garments either could be belted front and back, or just at the front. I've done most unbelted at the back, they look better and are easier that way. I'd love to see some pics!

22 September 2020 at 20:17

Blogger caveadsum1471 said...

I'm doing early 16th century gendarmes from the Perry plastics as well, but mostly I'm just adding lots of plumes!
Best Iain

22 September 2020 at 21:41

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Iain, I'd love to see some pics. I was looking at a 1520's painting and they all had gorgeous white plumes.

22 September 2020 at 22:30

Blogger ljr70 said...

Based on your other work I am sure these will be amazing! I’m looking forward to seeing the end result!

23 September 2020 at 11:49

Blogger Unknown said...

Mildly OCD? My friend, you have it bad,and I mean that in nice sort of way.

8 October 2020 at 14:22

Blogger Ratmaul said...

Hello, great to see you are improving the look of the army!
If you want an image of a giornea here it is:
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Favalonsibyl.com%2Fimage%2Fcache%2Fdata%2Fgiornea-del-xiv-sec-1986-600x840.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Favalonsibyl.com%2Findex.php%3Froute%3Dproduct%2Fproduct%26product_id%3D1986&docid=GHuqKrT1Lj8pmM&tbnid=nOmJjvDwaGOM9M&vet=1&w=600&h=840&itg=1&hl=it&bih=653&biw=1024&ved=2ahUKEwiv9t_q5aXsAhWB_KQKHfeOBIkQxiAoBHoECAEQLw&iact=c&ictx=1

Version belted to the front and left loose as a mantle on the back :)

About the plumes, apparently in the XV century Italy they were used like sashimonos in Japan. Being quite expensive they were used mainly by the captains as a focal point, they could be in any combination of number and color: be creative! ;)

8 October 2020 at 21:11

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks for the link. Funnily enough, I'm painting plumes tonight; I'm going black and white like in the Rout of San Romano, I fancy a semi-uniform look like in that painting, where I think they were used to differentiate the two sides.

8 October 2020 at 21:45

Blogger Condottiere said...

Not to throw a spanner in the works, but Italian knights of the late 15th century had a mixture of barding. A lot of hardened leather, some steel often covered in cloth and sometime steel simply painted. Your "hosses" look great and I may "steal" pictures of your work when I recommence working on my lads. Here's a link to military modeler's site in Florence Italy, who has many examples of knights from the period: http://www.parvimilites.it/rinascimento-italiano/

11 October 2020 at 19:04

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Yes- I've also done a few horses with cloth covering over metal, for the leaders, and I'll mix in a few unarmoured horses for variety. I should probably paint some armoured ones, too, as you suggest.

That's an excellent modelling site- thanks very much! I was admiring Sigismundo Malatesta's knights only yesterday.

11 October 2020 at 19:26

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