Monday 30 November 2015

Front Rank Men at Arms - Lion Rampant

They are quite good figures to paint with plenty of detail. These six represent my first men-at-arms, four of them are in fact the HYW personality set consisting of the (left to right) Duke of Orleans, the Marshal, the Constable and Guichard Dauphin (Master of the Kings Household). The two on the end are men-at-arms. I used Citadel Six shield transfers on these guys (identifying them as Lords Crequy and Dampierre) and also the surcoat badges on the Marshal. I did however, paint the shield of Dauphin. I painted up two standard bearers, one for the Constable and the other is for the Count of Eu. All are based on 20mm (I used 25mm on the Pavasiers) MDF bases. Flags are by Maverick Models.







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8 comments:

  1. Phil30 November 2015 at 13:45

    Splendid, they look splendid!

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    1. Ken30 November 2015 at 16:46

      Thanks Phil, they are very different compared with my usual Napoleonic figures!

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  2. Jonathan Freitag30 November 2015 at 18:56

    Nice work on the heraldry!

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    1. Ken30 November 2015 at 19:20

      Thanks Jonathan, they certainly are more individualistic compared with massed ranks of Napoleonics.

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  3. Paulalba3 December 2015 at 02:25

    Lovely Ken, I'm really drawn to knights and men at arms although I know nothing of any of the periods. Must be all the fluttering banners, fancy coloured outfits and the shine off the armour?

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    1. Ken4 December 2015 at 18:55

      Thanks Paul, the heraldry just sort screams "look at me!". I also understand that the shields and surcoats identified a noble and theres a good chance he would be spared for ransom. Unlike the poor rank file who would be butchered!

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  4. DeanM5 December 2015 at 21:33

    Excellent French knights/MAA's, Ken. FR makes some nice figures - particularly for skirmish gaming like Lion Rampant. Foot MAA do very well with the rules too, IMO.

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    1. Ken6 December 2015 at 13:26

      Thanks Dean, I didn't have the rules at the time I ordered the figures so have more MAA than 24point system would allow. Not realizing that only six were in a unit.

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