The original plan to complete the men at arms for the Burgundians had to be slightly delayed, for reasons which I’ll be able to share at a future date. So these are the Burgundian crossbowmen, peppered with a few handgunners, for the Cravant contingent. All are Perry AO Range figures.
They’ve been painted by me
using a different approach, aimed at getting figures done to a reasonable
standard in a much shorter timeframe. There is a compromise on my usual
painting standards and layering of shading and highlights, as the process is
based on applying GW washes over light tones of base colours, and then adding a
few selected highlights - primarily on the cloths, armour and flesh areas (belts,
shoes, padded jacks, crossbows were left just washed over). There’s a bit more
info on this faster approach on some Perry 15th century Italians on
my other blog. Basing has been done as normal, on 50mm square mdf bases
purchased from Warbases, so that the figures ‘tie in’ with my existing ones. I just need to add a few more Silfor tufts which are on order. I’m more than satisfied with the results; as the main target of getting more
finished figures for the Cravant game done is being met as I did these in just over a week and the figures look
acceptable at arms length viewing on the tabletop.
