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 

16 x Perry Miniatures Bohemond of Taranto Command Group of Normans completed

Status: complete  and dispatched on Monday 23rd of June.

All figures shields / light fabric have been given a wash of dirt wash.

Sword cuts were added to the edges of some shields so these guys look like they have on the road for a while.

Went for a banner 2mm squares which matches the shields with white tails 

Below a close up of Tancred(conversion)

Good Bayeux tapestry style silhouettes  above.

Arrows in shields look good, banner works well.

Mixture of shield designs complement each other.

Weathered appearance  gives the unit a campaign feel.

Crosses on four shields, chequers on five.

16 x Perry Miniatures Bohemond of Taranto Command Group of Normans.Progress

Status:  16 horses and basing completed. 16 knights complete, Shields 75% complete. Banner and pennants 90% complete, weathering and varnishing still to complete.

More photos here soon

Estimated completion date : 20/06/14

Below converted Bohemond awaits some weathering and varnish.

And his younger nephew Tancred

Again matt varnish, weathering and shields still to be added.

Above I have started looking at the shields,  I have painted a 2mm square  red and white chequred pattern on 30% them.

Below a close of one of the shields.

From most complex to the most simple,  a few shields always look good in simple plain colours with studs. I will add sword cuts and rips to some as well as weathering them to make them look dirty.

All 16 horses complete and varnished, bases need finishing and movement trays need to be made, magnetic attachments will be used.

Close up of the horses and one completed rider( no shield yet, leave those until last)

Four movement trays 80 x 90 mm with magnetic attachments, sand glued in place , ready for painting.

Below the bases painted, dry brushed ,

And static grass, plants and rocks attached to the bases.

Below I have started the  banner and pennants, I think I prefer the  one with solid red tales.

Below the knights completed,awaiting weathering and varnish.

I have completed two banners to see what looks better, the shields are not stuck on yet , like to be able to move then about before settling on choice.

I think the banner with the smaller squares looks Breyer at the moment

The whites on these will be washed to look dusty/ dirty .Pennants  added to all lances.

28mm Perry Miniatures British Napoleonic command,Wellington,UxbridgeandPicton

Status: Finished

Above the Iron Duke and Lieutenant General Picton and Lord Uxbridge finished, a lot of character in these command figures .

Above the Iron Duke and his horse completed.

Telescope in hand, this figure paints up really well, for a 28mm.

Close up of the work on the face, subtle shading and blending of skin tones combined with accurate paint strokes for the eyes and eyebrows.

Copenhagen was a chestnut stallion 3/4 thoroughbred.

Plenty of naturalist detailing on the base.

One white sock and a white blaze for Copehagen, happy with this piece, one for eBay, but it has inspired me to start building up my own collection, and to start work on some dioramas.

Above Genral Picton , died at Waterloo, as a soldier he was both respected and feared,injured at Quatre Brass he still led his em into battle at Waterloo.

Don't know how the Perry's managed it but they have caught the likeness of these British commanders in 28mm scale.

The faces paint up really well on these.

All angles covered in these photos.

Uxbridge finished sitting on his tiger skin.

Wellington, Uxbridge and Picton unpainted, love this period, great figures, really nice to be painting some again.

Wellington on  Copenhagen , good sculpt this.

Uxbridge before his appointment with a cannonball .

Below Wellingtons horse Copenhagen ready for varnishing.

This horse was 3/4 thoroughbred chestnut stallion with one white sock and a white blaze on his face according to the portrait  by Spode . A fast horse for getting around the battlefield or getting off it ?!? Being super critical for a 28mm figure but I think this horse is more 3/4 Irish Draught !