d’guy’s all new and totally improved 2019 painting diary

[mmcv]

I use a black felt-tip brush - use the edge only. It is quick and easy and I attribute my mistakes to shot or arrow holes! 

Thanks also Leman and Mr. Lemmy. Flodden is weird battle - part medieval, part renaissance. It the gateway drug  to a whole new century of warfare for me, I think.

Thanks for the tip (no pun intended)

[Techno]

Belting work, Bill 

They look stonking !!

Cheers - Phil

[jambo1]

Superb!, they look the business!

[Terry37]

Very, very nice Bill. At some point ....maybe, I'll get my armies of he period painted?? Yours are very inspiring though!

Terry

[d_Guy]

Terry, thanks so much. I bought the Pendraken starter Armies for Flodden then two already painted armies on EBay. I've mentioned that I didn't like the way these last were painted and ended up repainting the entirety of both. The only time savings was I didn't have to prime them! Expensive lesson. Have also now added in most of starter packs as well to get the numbers I wanted.
Going originally with the over-sized flags for the Scots an they all had to be re-flagged. I am at least now starting to like the looks of them.

[d_Guy]

Getting back into painting more and just finished up a flock of small bases to represent both fractional units and special purposes units for my messing around with the Flodden period. These take smaller, detachable flags, in this case to represent the Scottish factions taking place in the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge (1526).

The Lennox faction:


The Douglas/Howard faction:

In the left foreground is a timber barricade (obviously made of toothpicks) for the Linlithgow Bridge. The three rows behind the Douglas faction (heart) flag are for use elsewhere.

[fsn]

Right. I'm new to the period, but why are the top bunch running under the Irish flag, and a section fo the lower photo appear to be Japanese.   





(Still waiting for the book you suggested.  )

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

It's a ❤ not a 🇯🇵

[d_Guy]

  at a distance they might also be taken as Spanish!
Yes, Lemmy has it.

The St Patrick's cross flag is actually an abbreviation of the Lennox arms with the red rose in each quadrant omitted. 
At least one illustration in the book you are awaiting (The Heart and The Rose), shows a Lennox soldier wearing the same as a badge.
In fact when you see the map illustrations it will become obvious why I'm using faction flags. 

[Techno]

Those are VERY tasty, Bill !! 

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

 

[Steve J]

Lovely work there Bill .

[Terry37]

Wow! Look great to me Bill!!! makes me want to get started on my Henry VIII army!!!!

Terry

[Poggle]

Very nice! 

[pierre the shy]

Those look very nice Bill.

Can you use your Flodden stuff for other mid C16 Scots/English battles like Pinkie and Carberry Hill (OK thats a Scots v Scots one  and is more of a skirmish than a full scale battle).

Been reading a copy of "Killing Fields of Scotland AD83 to 1746" by R J M Pugh that Roy found in a booksale for $2. It goes into quite a lot of detail for C16 and C17 battles on Scots soil. 

[d_Guy]

Thanks again gentlemen all.

Peter, yes, I want to do things other than Flodden and the current project is in the book I mentioned to fsn (above), the Scots v Scots Battle of Linlithgow Bridge (1526). Part of the reason for doing those smaller bases is to be able to change the weapons mix (notably adding firearms) as the century advances. Solway Moss and Pinkie (two more Scottish disasters, fsn    )are good possibilities but about 25% of my Scots have pavise which really don't look right except at Flodden. Of course I have some of my Scottish aristocracy in Agincourt period armor so if it isn't one thing it's another. 

Thanks for the book reference, I'll take a gander.

[mmcv]

Excellent work! When you say detachable flags, do you just slot the flags on rather than gluing them to the pole so they can be lifted off, of have you some sort of clever drilling or fitting system for swapping out flags?

[d_Guy]

Nothing elaborate on the flags. I use a film of white glue, keeping the area around the pole clear, fold the flag and add the "waves" then carefully work the flag of the pole to dry. This makes exchanging flags really easy.

[mmcv]

Interesting, I had tried similar before forming them round a thin rod but they tended to be a bit too loose when attached. I suspect the rod was a little thicker than the pole, but I didn't strictly need interchangeable flags so didn't experiment any further. One for the future.

[d_Guy]

@MMVC
I pinch the flag into the pole as close as I can. Often after it drys it may gap open more. When that happens I work a small amount of glue and re-pinch until it closes.

Here is a tentative setup for Linlithgow Bridge based on Jonathan Cooper's excellent book:


A green on green checked bedspread?? Yup, making into a board game (sort of).