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He is a corker too. Have you contacted Giles at Dorset? He has all the figures on his website, even does the foot figures :)
 
Yes I know - that's where Sir William Morris came from. However, I found these two by chance on a day out - and couldn't resist the challenge at restoring them for very little $$$$$$$. The spare bits came from Giles!! But don't tell him!!!!

Heh Heh! johnnybach%^V
 
William Morris?????
From where in my head did that come from? He' Sir William MARSHALL!

"Stupid Boy"
 
I couldn't resist trying out a photograph of all three "Knights of Agincourt" together. This time I have snapped them in front of the Tower of London.

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Incidentally, I have tried out a new (to me) technique here. I simply get up on my computer screen a suitable background - then, on a pile of books in front of it, I lay a piece of green felt material. Position the items to be photographed - and play with the camera to get it right and - CLICK!

Voila! Sir Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan - Sir William Marshall; Marshall of England- and Sir John de Boscawen, a Cornish Knight - jousting at the Tower of London.

johnnybach
 
Very cool! I wish I had a few more of the knights left over from when I was a kid.

They are a lot of fun to look at.

Dave
 
They are very colourful - and have turned out quite well. It encourages me to obtain the rest of this series - and do similar things with them. My new book " A Dictionary of Heraldry: Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees" is a reprint of a much earlier book by Joseph Foster - first published in 1902 - but now with colour added to the hundreds of illustrations, because of advances in printing techniques.

I will fit them in to my project plans for sometime later on - and show them here, of course. Below is a sample page from the book, showing John de Boscawaen's details and shield at the bottom of the page, which I used as the basis of my version of him with the figure. johnnybach


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Very nice JB and I like the idea of using the monitor as the backdrop. I think there is a photo on this forum where I did the same thing. Didn't come out as nice as yours though, backdrop was to dark.

Love that you put som much effort into your research of the figures. It really shows in the completed figure. Good Job Sir :salute::
 
Hi Scott. I guessed that my idea of using the monitor wasn't a new one - just me not knowing how to change the ink cartridge on my printer really!:eek: However, that's just a "happy accident" that I will pursue in future - when taking some pics, though I think I will need a much bigger monitor for some bands that I have in mind!:)

As for putting so much research in - well, for me it just adds to the pleasure to be obtained from painting my own figures. Whilst I'm painting, I can then really feel "this is what they actually COULD have looked like" - which is rather different from " I think I'll just paint a squiggle here and a blob there! I've tried that - and the results are - well - YUK!:redface2:

Pleased you like them - and glad that Britains nowadays make excellent efforts to paint their figures up to a very decent standard.%^V
 
Hi JB

Youve made a first class paint job of these. I like very much, got me thinking about doing some knights now, well when I get the time:rolleyes2:

Regards John
 
Well - from you John - that's a real compliment - thank you. I must be honest - I even surprised myself at how well they turned out, and I really enjoyed painting them this way too. Still can't stop looking at your figures though, which are consistently just excellent. johnnybach:salute::
 
johnnybach said:
Well - from you John - that's a real compliment - thank you. I must be honest - I even surprised myself at how well they turned out, and I really enjoyed painting them this way too. Still can't stop looking at your figures though, which are consistently just excellent. johnnybach:salute::
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Here is John's website, not sure if you have seen it or not.

http://www.paintedsoldiers.co.uk/
 
Hi Scott - No, I didn't know about John's web-site - that's an excellent resource for me to look at. You know, when I'm going to tackle something new, I often look at how other people paint them. I've been looking at Obee's web-site for a few years now - and often look at how he does a subject. In fact I have tried to model the way I do it mostly on his way. Of course, when you have been on your own - so to speak - like I have since I started - well - you just don't know how you're doing.

So, it has been a real eye-opener for me since I "joined up", to see how other painters do things, where they show their offerings, that is. So thanks for telling me about that site Scott - I'll have a good look tomorrow - as I've just had a quick peep - and seen a few "old friends" in there. johnnybach:salute::
 
As my Knights of Agincourt seem to have gone down so well with a few people, I will show a couple more that I did quite a while earlier - this time with Windsor Castle in the background.

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This time they are Sir Edmund Beaufort, The Duke of Somerset - pictured here as he would have appeared at the time of The Wars of the Roses - c.1471.
On the right is Edward Plantaganet, The Prince of Wales (as he was King Edwards' son), better known as The Black Prince c.1356. So in reality, this picture would never have been possible. They look good together though. Again, both figures are from castings, this time from Tradition of London - so they haven't travelled too far up the road to Windsor! :)Another view below.

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Not such lively poses as the Roy Selwyn Smith figures - but incredibly detailed - at castings prices - and also great fun to do.%^V

I really like this idea of putting them in front of my screen with an appropriate backdrop - I think it makes a lot of difference to how the figures look, so will continue with it for the future - so hope you like them too - johnnybach:salute::
 
Ah, the Windsor castle "long mile". To your avarage tourist, a nice walk in the country, to the Household Cavalry, a place to run your bl@@dy B.F.T!

Martin
 
Hi Martin - I can remember doing a charity walk around Windsor great Park - many moons ago now, run by The Army Cadets - if memory serves me right. The last mile was that one - and I can remember my aching feet now. No horsies for us mate - just PBI for the day!:rolleyes2:

Incidentally, have checked out John Firth's site today.:cool: You have the right man!

johnnybach
 
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Johnny, great looking Knights, you can't really go wrong with tradition castings.

:salute:::salute::

Jeff
 
Another nice pairing JB. I like the one with the lance particularly, I think because it is a bit more unique with half a caparison and the spikes.

Quick question (still waiting to hear back from Anne) Do the Asset horses stand okay without a base?

Scott
 
Hi Scott. Yes they do - it's a quirk of mine to always have big bases. Asset don't supply them with bases - unless you ask. I make my own anyway. They stand okay without them - and some adjustment is possible by bending anyway.

Incidentally (won't apply for state dress 'cos they wear those silly hats) be specific on what head you want for review order. Something about onions?

Also, you can ask for different head poses for the horses. (e.g looking left with head down, tossing head etc). Ask Anne what sorts they have. It helps to make the group look more natural, 'cos you never see a group of nags all standing the same way.
Good luck with them - you won't regret it - they are superb castings at a good price in my opinion. johnnybach%^V
 
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