Thursday 24 October 2019

Great Italian wars 38 final hinchcliffe mounted crossbow men unit

Finally finished the last unit I've got made up of mounted crossbow men. Mostly hinchcliffe with Perry plastic heads added, a one piece hinchcliffe Henry VIII (as the proprietor) a spare old glory jinette and a foundry hundred years war mounted longbow man( now with added crossbow!)










Lousy photos I'm afraid but it was too wet and there wasn't time to take them to the shed to take better photos, the papal flag is a free download from the web, to add to my others from Pete's flags.
 I'm putting together a Papal army to fight my Venetian troops with To the strongest! I think I might almost be there with this unit.
Next up maybe some shot/ crossbow men, terrain? Something soon anyway.

All the best Iain

48 comments:

  1. Excellent work Iain, and great use of the downloaded flag

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    1. Thanks Dave! The flag worked out pretty well I thought!
      Best Iain

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  2. Lovely, the head swaps have worked perfectly. The 'Papal Flag', is this something that has been a constant down the ages or are there several Papal Flag designs? I ask, because of trying to identify the Papal Flag that was carried at Hastings in 1066.

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    1. Thanks Norm, it's actually a medieval,13/14th century I think, so slightly anachronistic but I'm pretty sure that the crossed key's are emblems of Saint Peter and red and orange as well as white were papal colours from the eighth century on I hope that's some help but I'm not sure it is!
      Best Iain

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  3. Nicely looking crossbowmen, Iain. A witty solution with an archer. It's good to see nonstandard things. It will definitely diversify the collection.

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    1. Thanks Dmitry! Non standard is the way to go especially in the 16th century!
      Best Iain

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  4. Good work, Iain! This unit is a real mish-mash of different manufacturers plus your own conversions. Neat!

    You have two TtS! armies ready to take to the field? I look forward to seeing them both in all of their glory.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan! Two armies close to ready, I've got a stand in command unit while I paint a proper one up.
      Best Iain

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  5. And very nice they look too Iain!

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  6. Okay, spill the beans. Is the guy with the GIANT feather a Perry head, or did you get carried away with the greenstuff? ;)

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    1. I know, it's a little insane isn't it? It's on the light cavalry sprue I think, possibly compensating?!
      Best Iain

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  7. Really fantastic, I specially like the group shots, they are so enjoyable!

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    1. Thanks Suber! They all work together quite well!
      Best Iain

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  8. Excellent mounted crossbow!

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  9. Yeah, that feather stands out! ha ha

    Nice work, cool unit of crossbow!

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    1. Thanks Fitz! He's certainly saying"look at me!"
      Best Iain

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  10. Venerable figures Iain but looking good! Love the mix and match approach and the head swaps.

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    1. Thanks Peter! All primed for last year's challenge, still at least they're done before the next one!
      Best Iain

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  11. Belli buon lavoro lain , sempre ottimi mix , per curiosità che misura di basi usi ?

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    1. Thanks Ronin! The base for skirmishing light cavalry is 45mm wide and 90mm deep, I just liked the look when I saw it on James Roach's Olicanaland blog and pinched it!
      Best Iain

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  12. Great looking additions, splendid painting, basing...and flag!

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    1. Thanks Phil! Yes I'm happy with my free flag!
      Best Iain

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  13. Fine unit once again Iain. I admire the way you mix different ranges together to produce variation it really works. Like the head swaps but my favourite has to be the Henry VIII figure.

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    1. Thanks Lee! I'm happy with the mix! Henry and his brother (I guess that makes him Arthur?) were free additional figures I got with some wagons from hinchcliffe, nice one piece figures!
      Best Iain

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  14. Great unit, but I'm a sucker for anything Hinchliffe - HVIII doesn't seem to be listed by Hinds Figures so I will have to scour eBay for one of those!

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    1. Thanks Rob! As I said he was a bonus figure I ended up with, so I can't tell you what reference number he would have, good luck with the dreaded eBay!
      Best Iain

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  15. A really useful unit for the Italian Wars Iain, I look forward to seeing more of the Papal army.

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    1. Thanks Oli! Yes you seem to need lots of mounted crossbow men,I want to do another couple of units with the Perry plastic light cavalry boxes, but that will be after the Papal army!
      Best Iain

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  16. I think it looks great. 😀

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  17. Nice unit Iain.... basing is a new alternative ?

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    1. Thanks Matt! Light cavalry basing 45mm x 90mm, Heavy cavalry 45mm x 60mm both with two horsemen,I think it works well to show the difference,I pinched it from James Roach's Olicanaland blog,it's also where I got close formed infantry ,6 figures on a 45mm x 45mm base which I think is nice and dense(except when I have levelled pikes, when it all goes out the window!)
      Best Iain

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  18. Lovely brushwork on those classic figures, Iain.

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  19. Great use of 'extra' bits and simple conversions to make a very interesting. almost (but not quite) uniformed. unit.

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    1. Thanks Joe! Simple conversions seemed to be the best way to go (I'm doing complicated conversions at the moment and it's taking ages!)
      Best Iain

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  20. Mounted Xbows are scary. Your's look great mate, well done.

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  21. Great conversions and a super unit - all set off with that fab flag :)

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  22. A superb job with the conversions and a good use of all those spare Perry heads Iain.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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    1. Thanks Pat! You end up with even more spare heads if you buy the metal Swiss and 16th century heads, like I did!
      Best Iain

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