Friday 17 February 2012

Burgundian Halbardiers















Pictures of the first Burgundian Ordonnance halbardier unit, started a couple of months ago and now based up following the addition of a Perry casualty figure on the middle base.

Figures are a mix of Perry metals and plastics. The mounted conductor has undergone the most surgery - a head replacement and alternative sword-bearing hand, taken from the Perry Mercenaries box, grafted onto a metal Scurror figure. The flag is a free download from and is recorded by the Swiss following it's capture at the battle of Morat, as a flag belonging to Burgundian troops from Savoy.

I'm pleased with the overall sense of movement in this contingent - I want to try and replicate this approach in the Swiss pike bloc that I will use the same figures for on the front ranks (...which is some way off in my plans at this stage).

12 comments:

  1. Yet again I'm inclined to say to say "Wow!!"

    Love the whole bunch but the animation.

    BTW, is the heraldry on the musician's trumpet hand painted? I couldn't enlarge the last pic so couldn't get a good look at it.

    Top stuff as usual Simon.

    Darrell.

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  2. Very, very nice looking unit Simon !

    Best regards dalauppror

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  3. Wow! Your collection is gonna be fantastic

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  4. Simon, excellent work, fighters are very fine looked!!! Oleg.

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  5. It is not just your painting skills that make this such a superb collection but your knowledge of the period that really shines through in your work. Your blog has become a great reference material for anyone interested in this period so keep on leading the way.

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  6. Fantastic stuff. You have me chomping at the bit to get stuck into my own War of the Roses collection!

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  7. Beautiful! This is such a treat to look at!

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  8. Thanks so much for the great comments - really appreciated.

    Darrell - The herald's pennon is a printed flag, shrunk to fit...not sure I'm up to painting Burgundian arms so small when there's a cheating option!!

    Simon.

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  9. It looks the business though Simon, that's why I asked mate. I'm very much beginning to reevaluate the wisdom of painting all my heraldry when there are so many excellent sources for alternatives.

    Darrell.

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