Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Great Italian wars 40 a Papal command stand and a pair of unnecessary guns

Here's a Papal command stand that I was trying to get done for a game of To the strongest with my daughter.  Too late but it was a fun game and she wants a rematch as I beat her but only just!
The landsknecht officer is Foundry as is the brother although he is from the conquistadors range.  The body of the standard bearer was part of a warlord plastics landsknecht sprue that Norm ( from Battlefields and Warriors blog) kindly donated to me ,his head is from the Perry plastic mercenaries box,his arms from the WOTR men at arms box the flag is of course from the excellent Pete's flags and I have as is clearly traditional painted the edges, it really helps!
The unnecessary guns are both from Foundry and the crew are from Old Glory. I say unnecessary as I have (as illustrated below) over invested in artillery pieces for this period and have over 3'0" of these. These are for the early period so at least I can use them for the WOTR,  I still have crew and guns for 3 more guns but I was thinking of building 3  or 4 of the war carts for Ravenna. At least I can now use them in siege warfare!
Anyway in addition is another brother who was going to go on another command stand but I figured that was overkill so he's the start of a Monks stand for Dux Bellorum.












 Oh and as nothing exists unless we have a image of it (thinking of you Jonathan!),here is some shots of the game, no AAR as I was too busy remembering the rules!



The last picture shows the command stand that has been replaced!
All the best Iain 

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50 comments:

  1. nundanket13 May 2020 at 09:52

    These are stunning Iain. The variety in the pike blocks is fantastic.

    As for the artillery, you can never have too many guns in my opinion.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:03

      Thanks! I don't think I have had a parade of my Italian wars stuff, I think I'll get it all out on the table!
      Best Iain

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  2. Norm13 May 2020 at 11:34

    It all looks lovely together, big pike units do look the business. Like the space given to the artillery gun and crew and the animation of the crew. Especially like the head swap, arm swap thing - delightfully old school :-)

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:04

      Thanks Norm! Glad you approve of the arm and head swaps!
      Best Iain

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  3. Michael Awdry13 May 2020 at 12:44

    3' of artillery, now that's an impressive collection! Love these, especially the shots of the battle. Splendid stuff.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:05

      Thanks Michael! Yes,it's a lot of ordinance!
      Best Iain

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  4. Jonathan Freitag13 May 2020 at 13:44

    You are very funny, Iain! Glad to see a few shots from your Battle Report. The action shots look super and the banners bring a Renaissance army to life. I will make up my own version of the table action!

    Love your guns and commanders. Three feet of artillery is quite a gun line. I have more guns than needed for my Renaissance collection too but not three feet of them. Well, I don't think so, anyway!

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:07

      Thanks Jonathan! I'm glad my poor joke made you smile! I realise now I just need to paint more pike,crossbow and gendarmes, simple!
      Best Iain

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  5. Ronin13 May 2020 at 15:14

    Great units! it must have been a lot of fun. I like the bases of cannons and commanders

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:08

      Thanks Ronin! Yes it was, I'm glad you like my cannons and command!
      Best Iain

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  6. Dmitry Svidlo13 May 2020 at 17:43

    Splendid miniatures, Iain! Gun and command bases are awesome! It's very inspiring to do something for this epoch:)

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:37

      Thanks Dmitry! You should try this period, it would look great with your lovely clean painting style!
      Best Iain

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  7. Phil13 May 2020 at 19:29

    Superb, love your gunners and your bases...

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  8. Michal DwarfCrypt13 May 2020 at 20:17

    What a fantastic miniatures!

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  9. Paul Scrivens-Smith13 May 2020 at 20:28

    Nice work Iain and you better let her win the next one or you may run out of lock-down opponents ;)

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:39

      Thanks Paul! I know, your approach seems to be working!
      Best Iain

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  10. Fitz-Badger13 May 2020 at 21:24

    Excellent additions to your armies!

    The shots of the game look splendid, reminiscent of old illustrations and map vignettes.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:40

      Thanks Fitz! That's very kind of you!
      Best Iain

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  11. Cyrus13 May 2020 at 22:35

    Great looking game, command stand and artillery!

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  12. Gonsalvo13 May 2020 at 22:54

    Love the command stand and the few game shots!
    Artillery for this era is hard to resist as there is so much variety available! I need 2 of these, and 2 of these, and... before you know it, you have 3 feet of gun line, LOL!

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:42

      Thanks Peter! Your spot on " oh I need considerable variation to reflect the period, oh and an organ gun,and.."etc etc!
      Best Iain

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  13. Lawrence H14 May 2020 at 00:52

    Very nice indeed, and the AAR shots look superb. The flags really are very striking.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:43

      Thanks Lawrence! Yes Pete's flags are hard to beat!
      Best Iain

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  14. 'Lee.14 May 2020 at 08:17

    It's all been said already above Iain, but I'll just chuck in one more superlative ......astonishing! The armies are so colourful and packed with character and animation. I ask myself why it's the one period I have never done. The huge pike blocks are quite something.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:44

      Thanks Lee! Of course you could knock out a couple of superb armies in a matter of months, I'd love to see that!
      Best Iain

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  15. Zabadak14 May 2020 at 12:23

    I like the idea of having a 'reserve' of artillery. Thinking of uses for the excess though is good planning - you could alos make a few 'wrecked ines maybe ?
    The pictures of the game you played are great and excellent eye candy but the sole Monk also a favourite

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:45

      Thanks Joe! Wrecked artillery will probably feature down the line! I'm glad you like the singular monk!
      Best Iain

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  16. Matt Crump14 May 2020 at 19:21

    Beautiful Iain and you can never have too many guns, you just need bigger armies

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:46

      Thanks Matt! Your right of course, more pikes and gendarmes!
      Best Iain

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  17. Stew14 May 2020 at 20:21

    Pics or it didn’t happen! —is what all the kids say.
    Nice painting and good looking game.
    But I am amazed that if you have 3’ of guns and a beautiful castle that some sort of siege / storming the walls scenario has not leapfrogged to the table. It’d be magnificent from the images alone. 😀

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:48

      Thanks Stew! Yes of course, I even have the siege lines built! I do have to finish the buildings inside though! Rome 1527?
      Best Iain

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  18. Oli14 May 2020 at 20:35

    The game looks great Iain and there is no such thing as too many guns in the early renaissance - you may need to conduct a siege!

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:51

      Thanks Oli! Your quite right of course, a siege it is!
      Best Iain

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  19. Suber15 May 2020 at 00:21

    Incredibly lovely pics. First of all, I have an objection -there is no such thing as unnecesary models! Specially when they look as beautiful as these guns. All the minis here are great, but the in game pics are absolutely delightful.

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:52

      Thanks Suber! That's kind of you! No Spanish in this battle, must try and bring them to the table!
      Best Iain

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  20. Chasseur15 May 2020 at 11:13

    A very colourful period, lovely work on all these Iain! :)

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  21. rross16 May 2020 at 13:08

    Great work on the new additions and the few images from your game leave me wishing it had been a full on blow by blow AAR!

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:54

      Thanks Keith! It took long enough without stopping for photos! I think I'll do a parade of all my renaissance stuff as I haven't done one yet!
      Best Iain

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  22. DeanM16 May 2020 at 16:13

    Beautiful figures, Iain. Your Renaissance collection is most impressive.

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  23. Mark Strachan16 May 2020 at 20:28

    Lovely work Iain. Unnecessary guns, is that a real thing?

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:55

      Thanks a lot Mark! Apparently it isn't, I just need more troops!
      Best Iain

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  24. fireymonkeyboy17 May 2020 at 14:29

    Gorgeous army, but I'm most impressed by getting your daughter to play. I wish ;)

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    1. caveadsum147117 May 2020 at 14:57

      Thanks Marcus! It's taken a long time and I wont hold my breath for the rematch!
      Best Iain

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  25. Dai17 May 2020 at 23:21

    Nice new offerings! always fun to include some religious support for that period.

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    1. caveadsum147118 May 2020 at 21:59

      Thanks Dai! Yes a bit of religious support for a Papal army seems only right!
      Best Iain

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  26. Bluewillow20 May 2020 at 07:10

    Beautiful Iain, got to love this period, while researching my 100years war Chevaliers and Écuyers I have come across quite a number who either fought in the Italian wars or their sons did, if you need some French names let me know I have quite a few.

    Cheers
    Matt

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    1. caveadsum147120 May 2020 at 10:52

      Thanks Matt! Yes it's a great period for spectacle! I know there is a fair bit of continuity of families right through to the revolution, a much higher proportion being noble in France than in Britain say. Hope that easing out of lockdown is alright, it sounds like it's working further down the Loire where my sister lives!
      Best Iain

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