Sunday 28 April 2019

Great Italian wars 34 More mounted crossbow men

Another unit of mounted crossbow men, once again mostly hinchcliffe with added Perry plastic heads with a few unknown ebay late mediaeval types to make up the numbers, gone for a more red and green type livery this time which I'm pretty happy with. The French flag is from the Perry plastic light cavalry set.







Next up another unit of stradiots in Venetian service and then probably more terrain, which I'm spending a fair bit of time on , the next pike block is probably a while off.
All the best Iain
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40 comments:

  1. Phil28 April 2019 at 11:30

    Top notch job, lovely units!

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  2. Jonathan Freitag28 April 2019 at 16:24

    Nice crossbowmen! What which rules are you basing these figures?

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    1. caveadsum147128 April 2019 at 16:28

      Thanks Jonathan! I'll probably be using them for either to the strongest or warlords pike and shot, the basing is copied from Olicanalads, the light cavalry are spread out a bit more so they have the same width 45mm but are deeper,it seems to work for me!
      Best Iain

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  3. Friends Of General Haig28 April 2019 at 17:36

    The basing does look really good. Will think about this for my TYW Croats.

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    1. caveadsum147128 April 2019 at 22:46

      Thanks a lot! I look forward to your Croats and hope to do them myself, someday!
      Best Iain

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  4. Aly Morrison28 April 2019 at 20:30

    Nicely done...

    All the best. Aly

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  5. Oli28 April 2019 at 20:37

    Another useful unit Iain, I like the head swaps.

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    1. caveadsum147128 April 2019 at 22:37

      Thanks Oli! Yes I think the head swaps help a lot!
      Best Iain

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  6. Baconfat28 April 2019 at 21:04

    A nice looking unit.

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  7. Fitz-Badger28 April 2019 at 23:30

    Excellent work as always!
    (but your math seems a bit off - I only count 8 figures; not 34) :)

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:16

      Thanks Fitz! Oh you know numbers aren't my strong point, it's all about the painting!
      Best Iain

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  8. Norm28 April 2019 at 23:41

    Very nice, the array of one off-set behind the other does give a nicer unit effect than everything ranked in a single line. Also nice variation in the horse flesh. I do have 3 boxes of WoR Perry plastics and really must get something done with them.

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:17

      Thanks Norm! Looking forward to your Perry plastic WoRs!
      Best Iain

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  9. Cyrus29 April 2019 at 00:46

    Excellent mounted crossbow!

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  10. Lawrence H29 April 2019 at 02:20

    Lovely work Iain, and the head swaps have worked well again.

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:18

      Thanks Lawrence! The headswaps help I think!
      Best Iain

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  11. Michal DwarfCrypt29 April 2019 at 04:18

    More excellent work sir!

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  12. Zabadak29 April 2019 at 12:02

    Very iconic unit and a good mish-mash of figures too, showing their irregular status. Nice to see them having a theme but not completely uniform.

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:19

      Thanks Joe! Nicely irregular was what I was aiming for!
      Best Iain

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  13. Paul Scrivens-Smith29 April 2019 at 18:33

    Nice work on these chaps.

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  14. The Angry Lurker29 April 2019 at 19:21

    I do like crossbow units, cracking work Iain!

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:19

      Thanks Fran! Good of you to say so!
      Best Iain

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  15. Stew29 April 2019 at 19:45

    Nicely done. If I had a crossbow I would feel even more dangerous if I also had a horse like these guys do. 😀

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    1. caveadsum147129 April 2019 at 22:20

      Thanks Stew! I think you're right! Early mounted infantry I'd say!
      Best Iain

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  16. Ronin30 April 2019 at 09:28

    great conversions, and in the movement of the staggered figures on the beautiful work bases.

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    1. caveadsum147130 April 2019 at 12:27

      Thanks Ronin! I think the basing helps!
      Best Iain

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  17. fireymonkeyboy30 April 2019 at 11:58

    Nice work on these Iain! I quite like the fellow with the yellow hat ;)

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    1. caveadsum147130 April 2019 at 12:29

      Thanks! Yes, he's one of the Perry metal 16th century heads,he works pretty well!
      Best Iain

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  18. Gonsalvo3 May 2019 at 01:51

    Great additions. These troops were far more useful before and after battle, than during it, I think!

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    1. caveadsum14714 May 2019 at 10:47

      Thanks Peter! Not the most useful but you've got to have them!
      Best Iain

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  19. rross3 May 2019 at 12:38

    More beautiful looking Renaissance troops Iain!

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  20. Ronin10 May 2019 at 08:25

    Bravo another complete unit, nice mix and nice conversions, I like the pieces that become unique with a few conversions.

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    1. caveadsum147110 May 2019 at 08:40

      Thanks Ronin! Head swaps are easy and useful!
      Best Iain

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