I've painted hundreds of 17c figures over the last couple of years for my TYW armies, but of course haven't catalogued the progress . That changes now, so here are a few I knocked out this week.
A couple of Essex figures with a Minifigs shot barrow.
Redoubt this time. Lovely figures, but the moulds must be in a shocking state. The flash on them was terrible.
2 Redoubt ladies are escorted by a Bicorne dismounted Harquebusier. More complaining in that the Bicorne figure was sadly lacking in detail definition, and cast in a dreadful tinny metal. He painted up ok, but Bicorne charge a premium price for their figures and ought to do better.
Strange to say there seems to be a dearth of 17c manufacturers, or at least new ranges. With semi retirement in view and a strong desire to earn some bread and cheese away from gardening, I'm sorely tempted to do something to rectify this and maybe commission a new range.
Love the posts on the 17C painting. Do you think any of the foundry wars of religion miniatures are suitable for TYW or are they a bit to early as a range?
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's definitely my favourite period. I've used a few of the Foundry WOR range in my ragtag army of Mansfeld's. Absolutely ok clothing wise, they are just a bit small. Try Old Glory WOR range which are suitable and much bigger and cheaper.
DeleteI'm aiming for the very start of the TYW with a view to using many of the figures for Eighty Years War back to 1590s. IMO, and experience, well made clothing which is maintained last for decades, even with constant hard wear, so so called "Elizabethan" clothing is fine for 1610-20. Perhaps avoid extreme fashion's like peascod doublets and outrageous trunkhose. There is a common misconception among wargamers that people were aware that they were living in a particular age or named theatre of conflict, and dressed accordingly, and changed their wardrobe when a monarch died or a new war started. The truth is fashion was much more fluid and clothes were valuable commodities that were willed to descendants, even/especially among the poorer classes. There are plenty of contemporary pictures of peasants wearing what we would think of as 15c tight fitting hose, right into the late 17c.
Soapbox rant over... apologies.