Wednesday, 6 June 2018

Great Italian wars 21 another artillery piece!

So here we have a non landsknecht artillery piece for the Italian wars, the crew are foundry from their conquistador range. The piece itself is a mix of a barrel from a Spanish ship model range(who's twin was used last year in the Marigano Curtgeld vignette) some wheels from a GW snotling pump wagon I'd acquired and the carriage come from a reinforcement box for an MG ?game, the plastic figures of which were designed by GW: a mounted general, three mounted knights ,ten longbow men, five crossbow men,five halberdiers and an artillery piece with two crew in chunky 25mm in GW empire dress.
Even though I wasn't really doing much apart from 40k at the time I picked them up,at £2 a box I bought both boxes,20 years later I'm finally using something from one of the boxes!
I'm planning on using the rest of the boxes at some point to add to my Italian wars forces.




Next post will probably be some terrain as I'm trying to finish stuff off and generally improve the look of all the scenic elements.
All the best Iain

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23 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag6 June 2018 at 12:52

    Your gun is a real hybrid and looks great. Good job for putting some old figures to use!

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 09:01

      Thanks Jonathan, the barrel and the wheels were a bit oversized on the original model, so I'm building a carriage for them..!
      Best Iain

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  2. DeanM6 June 2018 at 14:34

    Wonderful artillery piece and crew, Iain. Cannon of the period with the high-relief sculpting are works of art unto themselves.

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 09:02

      Thanks Dean,yes nice decorative individual pieces in this period.
      Best Iain

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  3. Phil6 June 2018 at 15:15

    Most impressive, huge and splendid unit!

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 09:03

      Thanks Phil, maybe your looking at another post? But I'll take the compliment!
      Best Iain

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  4. Michal DwarfCrypt6 June 2018 at 20:00

    Awesome work sir!

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  5. Oli6 June 2018 at 23:26

    Really great gun and crew - I would never have guessed the gun was a mix of so many different pieces!

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 11:09

      Thanks Oli,I wanted to ensure my artillery park is as varied as they were in the period!
      Best Iain

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  6. Stew7 June 2018 at 00:05

    Very nice result from a wide mix of parts! 😀

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 11:10

      Thanks Stew! See it was worth keeping all that stuff...!
      Best Iain

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    2. Stew13 June 2018 at 03:49

      Behaviors reinforced by intermittent rewards are the hardest to break... 😀

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  7. Fitz-Badger7 June 2018 at 03:59

    I like the chunky cannon; very sturdy piece! Very nice work on the gunners, too!

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 11:11

      Thanks Fitz, sturdy is a good word for it,it would probably fit in with your dwarves!
      Best Iain

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  8. Cyrus7 June 2018 at 08:12

    Fine multi-part gun and crew!

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    1. caveadsum14719 June 2018 at 11:12

      Thanks a lot Cyrus,that's very kind of you!
      Best Iain

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  9. Chasseur7 June 2018 at 11:10

    Great looking piece Iain!

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  10. 'Lee.10 June 2018 at 18:45

    Another fine addition to your collection Iain, lots of animation in the crew.

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  11. rross13 June 2018 at 12:05

    More great looking figures - basing is particularly eye catching

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    1. caveadsum147113 June 2018 at 12:54

      Thanks Ross, I'm happy with the basing for this period and location now!
      Best Iain

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