Thursday 5 June 2014

Medieval Hounds castings

The information on these models is on my other blog - http://je-lay-emprins.blogspot.co.uk/ - so forgive me for those who follow both, but I have commissioned some sculpts for medieval hounds, as none were currently available.



Typically termed aluants, they were greyhound-like hunting dogs and are regularly shown in medieval illustrations and tapestries. Steve May has done the wonderful sculpting and Griffin Moulds have converted them into some crisp castings. If anyone's interested, I have a modest stock that can be purchased as a set of the four poses. See the 'Je Lay Emprins' blog for details.


Also of interest is Perry Miniatures announced venture into plastic HYW figures - a box of English and French figures seems to be planned and Alan has shown some of the greens that he's working on. This will definitely re-generate my own project and extend the collection. I will be adding more French mounted figures for an Agincourt game soon. And I'm now thinking on what other theatres in the 1410-1430 period, these forthcoming figures could be used for...hmm.








8 comments:

Dave H said...

Well this post has answered my question in the comments of the last post! Lokking forward to seeing the mounted troops and what you do with the plastic figures.Dave.

painterman said...

Thanks Dave - just seen your last post - please feel free to copy anything you like!
All the best with your Agincourt project.
Simon.

Silver Whistle said...

Fine looking sculpts with the dogs Simon. Also look forward to seeing your Agincourt game.

fireymonkeyboy said...

The dogs are wonderfully dynamic.

FMB

nobby said...

Hi
I'd be interested in a set of dogs.
How do I get in contact with you, please?

nobby said...

Hi
I'd be interested in a set of dogs.
How do I get in contact with you, please?

painterman said...

Hi Nobby - ordering info is on the other blog page - but here it is...
There are 4 dogs per set (as per the photo) and cost is £3.55 including postage to the UK, and £4.25 for postage to Europe. Payment can be made by PayPal please, made AS A GIFT, to my Paypal account which is h.chick@tesco.net

IMPORTANT - Please also add your delivery address to the Paypal payment (or send me a separate email), as I've discovered that Paypal don't always provide this when I get the funds notification!
Many thanks.

Nigel Tallis said...

Hello - do you still have any sets of the hounds?