The start of my Flodden project. I already have Swiss/French pike to stand in with new flags for lowland Scots. The English will be WOTR bill and bow with landsknecht command ( and maybe one or two more period specific English) The rest of the Highlanders will be made up from Perry Ansar,bill and bow/ mercenaries, Agincourt French infantry, Gripping beast Saxon Theigns and maybe their dark age infantry too! That's a lot of plastic!
We also spent Sunday afternoon painting terrain which was great fun!
All the best Iain
Got to love those Perry black boxes Iain! I ended up with a pile of 30 of them, had I been in UK I would have liked to have returned them for re use, went into recycling anyway. Lovely looking figure group, it's hard to beat Perry for casting quality and detail. Look forward to seeing this project develop.
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Sounds like a fun project with a nice mix of figures.
ReplyDeleteYes I think so and a little different for me! I was taking a close look at the gallowglass in your last post!
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What better way to start a new project than with a Father’s Day present. It will be fun following this.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! What could be better?!
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Nice! Working at the painting table is an enjoyable way to spend Father’s Day.
ReplyDeleteYes,it was fun, not as healthy as your day but still great fun!
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Lovely figures. Do you remember the good old days ....... when we used to just get socks! :-)
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But never neckties!
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Nice presents for a new project, Iain! Sounds like you'll be adding quite a variety of figures too.
ReplyDeleteAren't they just?! Salvaging from the plastic pile to be honest,no further purchases!( Well not many anyway!)
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I am really looking forward to seeing how these turn out Iain, a great part of the 16th Century to branch into!
ReplyDeleteIt was your posts with all the additional visual references that pushed me over the edge and into this! Thanks!
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What a great pressie. I shall look forward to seeing these painted.
ReplyDeleteMe too, suitably bearing the Flodden flags from your blog!
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Ah! Lovely minis!
ReplyDeleteAren't they though?!
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I took fantastic pieces too, and the work project was also fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI agree they are lovely,I hope the project is fantastic!
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Great presents and nother new project to look forward too - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThey are nice,I usually get second hand history books but this makes a nice change!
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Something NOT the Italian wars? Bless my soul.
ReplyDeleteExcellent gifts for Father’s Day. Good luck on the new adventure. 😀
Thanks Stew! Not Italian wars,more like medieval,but at least I get to have some landsknecht command!
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A great gift for Father's Day... with room for giving at future Holidays! :-)
ReplyDeleteA lovely gift and yes I can hope for more!
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Nice, a great new project quite a challenge so will be great to see it develop. 🙂
ReplyDeleteYes,I think it will be fun!
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What I love about this hobby is I keep learning new things. Now I need to learn about Flodden ;)
ReplyDeleteYes, there's an almost never ending range of new related subjects!
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Fireymonkeyboy, you don't want to know anything about Flodden - it was a disaster - if you are a Scot like me - and don't mention bloody Cromwell and Dunbar either! Great looking figures Iain and you are very lucky - I still get more traditional Fathers Day gifts - or I have the pleasure of shelling out $200 to take my family plus sons girlfriend out for dinner - I could think of a lot of better things to spend that money on!
ReplyDeleteYes, you have to say an underdog victory, the Scot's had a bigger up to the minute army trained in the latest tactics led by their youthful dynamic, every inch a Rennaisance king against local levies fighting with the techniques of the previous century led by a noble associated with the previous disgraced king, surely there could only be one result? I am lucky Keith with my presents,yours sound a bit rough!
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It is always a good thing Iain when you can carry over figures from an existing project into a new one. I look forward to seeing this progress.
ReplyDeleteI think so too,it's nice to have a head start!
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Always love a delivery in the little black boxes! Looking forward to seeing the results of your new project.
ReplyDeleteThe little black boxes are great,less keen on the packing, I've started converting vikings to gallowglass and fuzzy wuzzies to highlanders!
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Flodden is some classic stuff! This will be a fun project to follow!
ReplyDeleteYes! I've been having fun kitbashing vikings and medieval types to give me more gallowglass, great fun!
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