16x Imperial Guard Grenadiers a Cheval 1815

16 x 28mm Perry Miniatures French Napoleonic Grenadiers a Cheval

Status: Horses nearly completed

8 x Perry Miniatures stradiots command group

Status: dispatched 03/03/16

24 Perry miniatures 1st Crusade archers and Crossbowmen

Status: 12 x Archers  100% complete,

12 x Crossbowmen  100% complete. Final basing being completed,
Quality control. New post and photos next week.

Group of 8 archers with converted leader and standard bearer, also I replaced one of the recurve bows with a wooden self now.

Close up of leader and standard bearer

Sword added to leaders belt

Crossbowmen unit of 12

Leader and standard bearer, both with crossbows

54mm Tommy's War "Gassed" Sculpture

Over the last year I was lucky enough to be involved with the production of a fund raising project for The Charity Blind Veterans UK.

Above the  finished item, now available from Tommy's War , a share of proceeds are donated to this excellent charity.

Will write up an in depth post on production here over the next week or so.

Raymond Toulouse, Adhemar le Puy, Stephen du Blois command groups

Status: Dispatched

20 figures assembled in two ranks of 10

Bishop Adhemar with the holy lance of Antioch  and Raymond discussing tactics.

 And in groups of four

Bishop Adhemar

Stephen de Blois

Raymond of Toulouse

Charging Knights

And the same again

Spare  magnetic movement trays included, so 5 x 4 figure movement trays and 2 x 2 movement trays giving flexibility in formation.

28mm Raymond,Stephen and Adhemar

Status: 100% complete , just final touches, adjustments, ready for dispatch

Proper photos here tomorrow, just some quick photos.

Command figures

Shields and backs of figure

Close up of Raymond's 

28mm Perry Miniatures 1st Crusade Raymond of Toulouse, Adhemar le Puy,Stephen de Blois.

Status: figure conversions under way, photos here shortly.

Above the command groups nearly finished the green putty stage.

Adhemar le Puy

Stephen du Blois and standard bearer.

Raymond Toulouse 

Lancashire Fusilier Tommy's War 54mm

Something different for a change, a figure from an excellent range of World War One figures produced by Tommy's War.

The figure is cast in a resin and comes complete with brass etched rifle strap, it is an excellent piece of sculpture.

The figure was easily assembled using super glue, any slight mould lines or flash flashing were removed with a scalpel..  The rifle and bayonet were straightened using a little steam from a kettle and holding the area to be straightened against a flat surface.

48 x Perry Miniatures 1st crusade Infantry

Status: Dispatched 10/03/15.  Expected delivery 3-5 working days

All 48 figures in  4 different lords colours

And here mixed up into one group

Close ups below

And again

And close ups of individual groups of 12

Robert above

Raymond

Godfrey

Bohemond

Showing flexibility of basing system, 4 x 12 or 8 x6

What to do to make an Adhemar le Puy

Bishop Le Puy, what did he look like? 

How can you make him from existing Perry miniatures .

Well what have we got to start with ?

A mounted abbot, a bishop on foot and a variety of heads from different figures.

Apparently Adhemar did fight/ aligned himself in battle and at one stage carried the "holy lance" into battle.

This is not a contemporary illustration  but it does show the bishop carrying the "holy lance",another near contemporary illustration below shows the Bishop on his death bed with almost identical  headgear.

Other references to use could be Bishop Odo in the bayuex tapestry , this might give us an idea of what a bishop would look like in a war zone.