Saturday 23 March 2019

Great Italian wars 33 stradiots

Final light cavalry unit,another old glory unit, you have to stick the hands on before you drill them out! Still nice figures in the end and fun to paint.










So that's the end eight stradiots in the service of Florence,I've failed to complete Florence in 1500 but its a work in progress! Thanks a lot to Curt and to my fellow minions,it's been great fun! Oh and points 8x10 + flag 1 total 81.
All the best Iain

31 comments:

  1. Stradiots can see service under many a master. Excellent troops. I have several units of Perry stradiots and I do not recall much flash at all.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan! Yes,eminently usable troops,no I've never had a problem with Perry stradiots, quite a bit on the old glory ones,but they paint up nicely!
      Best Iain

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  2. All of them are cool. The pic of the four bases alongside together is evocative, I love it.

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    1. Thanks Suber! I think you're right,en masse they're better!
      Best Iain

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  3. He strikes once again...with wonderful units!! Well done!

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    1. Thanks a lot Phil! Im tempted by their Balkan and Ottoman ranges largely because of your posts!
      Best Iain

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  4. What a fine array of hats Iain. Lovely unit, you seem to be churning them out at quite a rate now?

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    1. Thanks Lee! Yes nice range of hats! Finished these on the last day of the challenge, normal service will be resumed!
      Best Iain

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  5. Great work on these very useful troops. Iain.

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  6. Looks great my friend. The collection is really coming a long. 😀

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    1. Thanks Stew! Yes I think I've got enough for both sides now,but I just keep going!
      Best Iain

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  8. Another great looking unit and I do really like the obvious light cavakry look.

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  9. Lovely work again Iain. Sticking the hands on would be fiddly enough, but then having to drill them through? I really don’t think I’d have the patience for that. Did many of the hands come unstuck during the proc ss?

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    1. Thanks Lawrence! Luckily no hands came off! I like the figures but well fiddly!
      Best Iain

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  10. Very nice too - although attaching an individual hand THEN drilling it must be a bit of a challenge for the glue you use! these are very nice sculpts - OG can vary from range to range but these are their better ones obviously!

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  11. Thanks Keith! Yes one of their better range,lots of character but a bit too fiddly I think!
    Best Iain

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  12. Another great looking unit Iain - you can't have too many Light Cavalry in the Italian Wars!

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    1. Thanks Oli!Your not wrong there, three more light cavalry units in the paint que!
      Best Iain

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  13. A shame with the hands but the end result has been worth it. Lovely painting and basing Iain.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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    1. Thanks Pat! Bit of a pain but all over now, it's all in the name of choice I guess and removing duplication, which I'm all for but there are limits!
      Best Iain

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  14. I love the basing you're doing for these. Really nice colour and texture.

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    1. Thanks! I think the basing works out pretty well now!
      Best Iain

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  15. Great work and presence throughout the challenge Iain!

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    1. Thanks Fran! The challenge has as always been great fun!
      Best Iain

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