A couple of people have been kind enough to ask if I have any better pictures of the Franco Scots figures, so here is a gallery for the army.. though I have to say it is somewhat daunting to paint these guys and be pleased with the results, then see the original magnified 5 times... As always, you can click on the pictures for a bigger version.
Knights & dismounts
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| D'Alencon, French allied commander |
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| Wealthy French noblemen together with the CinC Buchan. |
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| Wealthy French knights, Xantrailles, la Hire, de Rais, etc from the rear |
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| French knights 1 |
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| French knights - side view, and a stray banner has snuck in! |
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| More French knights |
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| And a side view |
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| Scots allied commander 1 - Keith |
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| Scots knights 1 |
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| Scots knights 2 including Stewart & another allied commander, Douglas |
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| Scots knights 3 - figures/heraldry unfortunately got mismatched |
Supporting cast
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| Baggage Wagons & the feared Jacquerie (revolting peasants) |
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| French Brigans, useful for doing nothing but hanging round their betters and fetching firewood |
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| French skirmishing crossbowmen |
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| Scottish feudal archers |
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| Highland archers, conversions |
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| Highland axemen, they almost certainly would not have looked liked this... |
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| A 'gonne' and some stick wielding Ribauds |
Well, that's it, thanks for your forbearance if you have made it this far.
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ReplyDeleteSome of the best painting on 15mm figures I have seen in a long time. Strangely the Scots axemen remind me of a viking figure I saw recently, but can't recall which; I'm shopping for Scandinavians.
ReplyDeleteThe Scots knights would have had wolfhounds with them ;-)
Cheers
Greg C
Hi Greg, these are basically Western Isles axemen or Gall Gaedhil, which were heavily Norse influenced. Also suitable for Gallowglass in Irish armies.
DeleteVery nice collection, you should be proud. Just a shame its such a crap army to try and win games with! :-)
ReplyDeleteTwo wins, two draws and one loss at their first tournament. Sounds like a good result to me.
DeleteNice stuff mate
ReplyDeleteFab work, Doug :-)
ReplyDeleteOne of the best painted colorful looking army I've seen - love the flocking of the bases too! Gorgeous brush work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Guys, these were fun to do, and surprisingly easy.
ReplyDeleteSuperb painting and great work overall (although I'm not a huge fan of the basing - am I allowed to say that ;-))
ReplyDeleteHi Peter, absolutely allowed to be critical, How would you have based them differently?
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