The Divine Comedy

[Essex Boy]

Very nice. LT.

And that's your idea of just splashing paint around is it?

E

[Neanderthal]

Ta for the closeup. Looking good.
Papal war wagon next or a whole unit of medieval Italian poets?

[Essex Boy]

Hello Neadal.

[Neanderthal]

Hello cheeky! Nice to hear from you. How are things in the shadow of the bridge?
Not overrun by a horde of medieval Italian poets I trust.

[Neanderthal]

LT,
A few suggestions from Wikipedia for your unit of Italian poets :-
Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.
Guido Cavalcanti (c.1255 - 1300) Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement.
Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) wrote Divina Commedia, one of the pinnacles of medieval literature.
Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374) famous for developing the Petrarchan sonnet in a collection of 366 poems called Canzoniere.
Guido Guinizelli (1230—1275) moved from courtly loved to mystical and spiritual philosophical spirituality
Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441 – 1494) wrote the epic poem Orlando innamorato
Ludovico Ariosto (1474 – 1533) wrote the epic poem Orlando furioso (1516).

I do hope your rules allow for the pen being mightier than the sword. (terms and conditions apply)

[Essex Boy]

Hello cheeky! Nice to hear from you. How are things in the shadow of the bridge?
Not overrun by a horde of medieval Italian poets I trust.

'Kin' raining. Which means the bridge will probably close and gridlock the whole area, as usual. Can't have traffic using the bridge when it's damp of if there's a slight breeze, can we.

The Italian poets are running the trains like clockwork.........

Iain

[levied troop]

Papal war wagon next?

I do have a Carracio somewhere but it's gone walkabout. Not used so much as army standard at this period but I thought it might make a good casualty station.

And that's your idea of just splashing paint around is it?

Genuinely? Yes! I feel quite guilty

More progress:
A few archers and peasants plus Florentine crossbows and pavises:


I’m planning on using Lion Rampant, but rather than the specific Paviser rule I’ve upped the unit numbers to 18 from the normal 12 because it looks prettier and the extra numbers provide the residence the unit should have.

As I’m a glutton for punishment, a close-up:

Still a little frustrated with the finish, but definitely happy with the progress. I haven’t finished the basing yet partly because I’ll do it as a batch job when I’m done and (really) because I may tinker with the highlighting at the very end.


Horses are being done as a big batch before the riders (and the caparisons will wait until I’m ready to do the riders):


and a close-up:


Generally these are a base coat and then a Contrast Paint wash, with white markings picked out afterwards. Still experimenting with the various combos but the effect seems ok and I’m getting them finished very quickly for me

[Essex Boy]

I bought two brownie sort of Contrast colours to try on horses...........judging from your beasts, this could be horse painting woes.

Did I miss it, did you say what colours you used on the horses?

E

[Paul]

Looks like you're continuing the good start to the project. The horses look like they're going to be very nice indeed.

[levied troop]

Did I miss it, did you say what colours you used on the horses?

I didn’t, but I can (full project plan and Kanban mode)

Base coat - Contrast coat - Result out of 10
V cork brown Skelton Horde 6
V light mud Skelton Horde 4
V English uniform. Snakebite leather 7
V German pale brown Snakebite leather 8
V Iraqi sand Snakebite leather 4
C chestnut Agrax earthshade 8
V light grey Black Templar 8
V mahogany brown Skelton Horde 9
V flat brown Skelton Horde 8
F 53c Snakebite leather 9
F 42c Snakebite leather 8
F 53a Snakebite leather 9
V chocolate brown Agrax earthshade 8
F 32b Black Templar 9
None Black Templar 8

Where V=Vallejo, F = Foundry and C = coat d’arms

‘None’ was where I just sprayed black and then over sprayed white, otherwise they were all undercoated white.

Scores were based on my thoughts seeing the final results - I might try the lower scores again in an attempt to improve their look but it may not be worth it.