Wargames Figures of Steel Eel Studios

Thursday, 5 March 2015

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

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

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.

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Norman conversions (Perry miniatures)

Status: nearly completed.

Nearly completed this conversion of a Norman command figure, given him a one piece spangelhelm with some gold around nose piece. I have not decided who I want him to be yet , but he will be a high status knight.

I have just given him a generic dragon shield until I decide.

The sword works well resting on shoulder.

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

48 x Perry miniatures 1st Crusade Norman Infantry group

Status: completed, last touches, some plants to add to bases and proper photos to be taken tomorrow.

Raymond of Toulouse and Knights

Robert Curthose group

Below the two groups awaiting finishing touches and completion of bases

The four command groups below

Godfrey's group

Bohemond 's men

Below converted axe man into dismounted knight with lance

Below the finished figure almost complete in his group, with pennant on the end of his lance, like the leather boot on this figure.

Horn blower from Bohemond's foot command .

Work in progress most of the command figures complete or nearly there. Four command groups to match the cavalry, Curthose, Godfrey ,Bohemond and Raymond's Colors represented on these foot figures, could be these leaders dismounted or subordinate commanders of their familia. Started putting arrows in shields.

Going to put a couple of axemen with Curthose group to reflect post Hastings Anglo influence.

48 figures split into 4 groups of 12 would give 8 movement trays of 6 (3x2) ?

But I think trays of 8 look better so that's 6 trays in total , 4 with one flag each 2 with poorer unarmoured infantry. Mm

Get on with painting and decide later

Saturday, 25 October 2014

4 x 28mm Perry miniatures 1st Crusade Norman Cavalry

Status: Dispatched on 12th of November.

Above the completed group looking good, longer chain mail and surcoats on the two figures on the right really add some variety to this group.

Above a close up of the lengthend surcoats after painting.

Above and below work in progress on the alterations;longer surcoats and chainmail in a later/ Italian style.

Here the extra work in green putty above.

And below the finished group before requested alterations.

These conversions were quite time consuming quite but relatively easy to do

The surcoats and head gear help to add variety to quite a small range of figures.Details such as the arrow and sword cuts in the shields help bring the figures to life.

Here green putty is used to to create surcoats and arabised headgear for these for riders,two swords have been removed and drilled out for spears/ standards.