Monday, 14 January 2019

Great Italian wars 28 Command stands

First post of the year , finally I've got something painted! Six 28mm command figures, a mix of Warlord games and Artizan, one stand has s later figures burgonets and a pistol! Both of the flag bearers are from the Warlord plastic landsknecht set, although one set of arms came from the Perry plastic mercenary set,I've got a pike block coming up that's a mix of the Warlord and Perry sets, I didn't really fancy the Warlord plastics to start with but I rather liked them when I started assembling them. The Artizan figures are nice and chunky and were straightforward to paint. The flags are downloaded from the free kreigspiel site and are the arms of various German cities, I can of course swap them out for other Imperial, Italian or even treacherous French flags!


So that's the earlier command stand,I quite like the flag bearer, with his hair it looks like he's from a motorcycle patch club!





And that's both command stands together, do I really need any more command stands? Possibly not, but I've got the figures so they'll get painted, what I really need is light cavalry but don't hold your breath as it's one thing I haven't started this challenge, foolishly I've started a number of things at the same time! What was I thinking! 
This has been previously posted on the Analogue Hobbies Challenge site.
Coming up more Italian wars figures
All the best Iain


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34 comments:

  1. Phil14 January 2019 at 07:48

    So many splendid colors, wonderful painting and basing, great looking vignettes, never enough command stands, got the same problemm!

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:09

      Thanks Phil, nice to make little vignettes out of the command stands!
      Best Iain

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  2. Matt Crump14 January 2019 at 09:14

    Nice work on these, flags look great.....as to the number of command stands ...the more the merrier 🙂

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:10

      Thanks Matt! I guess your right,I'm sure they'll get used somehow!
      Best Iain

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  3. Chasseur14 January 2019 at 10:10

    Great job Iain, circular bases are great for command I think. :)

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:11

      Thanks Mark! Yes good to differentiate command from your fighting troops!
      Best Iain

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  4. Norm14 January 2019 at 10:47

    The period brings such colour and the flags are just a bonus to that, Making the command stands a focus of attention, as they should be. Nice job.

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:12

      Thanks Norm! Yes it's a riot of colour in the 16th century!
      Best Iain

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  5. Jonathan Freitag14 January 2019 at 13:15

    Excellent command, Iain! Flags look great.

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:12

      Thanks Jonathan! Got to love some colourful flags!
      Best Iain

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  6. DeanM14 January 2019 at 19:29

    Great looking figures, Iain. Nice kit bashing .

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:13

      Thanks Dean! We both like plastic kits,such fun!
      Best Iain

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  7. Aly Morrison14 January 2019 at 19:50

    Yup!... what’s not to like about command stands and flags aplenty.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:15

      Thanks Aly! Colour and flags,it's what this period is all about,oh alright and the development of early modern warfare,but mainly colour and flags in my book!
      Best Iain

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  8. Stew14 January 2019 at 20:14

    The command stands really came out looking good! Very pretty. How many you need depends of course on the rules and the size of the armies but it’s usually helpful to have a spare just in case.
    Sounds like you have some progress on many fronts. 😀

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:16

      Thanks Stew! You are of course correct, always good to have a spare!
      Best Iain

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  9. Suber14 January 2019 at 21:53

    Nice, colourful sets, I like them a lot :)

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  10. Cyrus15 January 2019 at 00:38

    Excellent command stands and flags!

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  11. Gonsalvo15 January 2019 at 02:29

    They came out very well, Iain. From the post title, I was expecting 28 stands, and thought to myself, "The man must be daft!" :-)

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:18

      Thanks Peter! You are probably not far off in your last statement!
      Best Iain

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  12. Fitz-Badger15 January 2019 at 02:45

    Looking good!

    "foolishly I've started a number of things at the same time! What was I thinking!"
    I know that feeling. ha ha

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:19

      Thanks Fitz! I don't think it's that uncommon,I'm sure it's not just us!
      Best Iain

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  13. Michal DwarfCrypt15 January 2019 at 04:34

    Oh, lovely work Iain!

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:20

      Thanks Michal! Good of you to say that!
      Best Iain

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  14. Lawrence H15 January 2019 at 08:00

    Very nicely done Iain, and I’ll have to visit that flag website for some Germans I have ahead of me.

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:21

      Thanks Lawrence! It's a great site there's some lovely late mediaeval Italian flags that are tempting me into another period!
      Best Iain

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  15. Oli15 January 2019 at 21:13

    They look great Iain

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  16. 'Lee.16 January 2019 at 09:33

    Once again great painting and lovely figures Iain. I like the way you mix the figures, this base has real character. I was not aware that Perry were making figures for this period, I must catch up with whats going on.

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    1. caveadsum147117 January 2019 at 19:25

      Thanks Lee,their late mediaeval plastic range goes up to 1500 but they do additional metal heads that can take them up to about 1520 and of course they're compatible with the Foundry line they designed and also the old pro Gloria line warlord now sell.
      Best Iain

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  17. rross7 February 2019 at 04:05

    Beautiful job on these figures Iain and I must check out that web site as the standards look excellent too!

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    1. caveadsum147110 February 2019 at 18:44

      Thanks Ross! Yes do, there's some lovely flags to download there!
      Best Iain

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