I've been messing around trying to create convincing markers for my Anglo Danes for when they go into Shieldwall........ Great looking bases! That additional segment gets across the idea nicely. My only thought was, when would they not be in shieldwall? (Running away or marching onto the battlefiel...

Another great unit! How do you see this army’s character compared to the Late Imperial Romans of the 4th-5th Century?

Good job. Which contrast paints did you use?

Excellent job! (Although he does look a little exposed to archery stood up on that rock! )

barr7430 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:42 am

Nice conversion Adam!

Good news too on the sculpting front -

Now have 18 different Ottoman gunners and..................

DRUM ROLL

12 Armoured Sipahis - lances . firearms and bows - ooooh they look nice

Can't wait!

Are you going to do specificly Ottoman artillery pieces?

I've never liked Tufecki infantry. Always thought they looked weird and not very Turkish. Every miniatures range seems to have them (Warfare, Old Glory, TAG...) but I have never been able to find a reliable reference for them beyond the early 17th Century. I was interested then to see them illustrat...

Mojo restored, I'd have said!

Old John wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:02 am

....... nice intro by Barry Hilton there too

cheers Old John

Yeah, I skipped past that...

My copy of The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1718 by Bruno Mugnai arrived today and it looks well worth waiting for.



Brief first impressions - click here.

The first Xebec finished. And how I got there ( click here .) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oS5Gwbm-Uqs/XteWsRvKH5I/AAAAAAAABmo/1Cx5NHAzxj8AXEXW1R4PjSPqDiKTmErqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Xebec%2Bmodeal%2BA1.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eTBSF38HIx0/XteWsazJMHI/AAAAAAAABmk/KQMlA2T7LVEz3hsxG0EOP4pquxOP4-ZMQCLcBGA...

Seems you have got your hands full on a modelling scale :D :wink: 1/450th Scale you say? Pretty large. You know those two Companies and their 1/450th Ranges I presume https://minairons.eu/en/76-1-600-catalogue - 1/450th is part of that and https://www.peterpig.co.uk/pirateships.html Yes, it’s mainl...

After moaning about Barry's use of Xebecs in the free example 4Play scenario pack*, I decided to build my own 1/450 models... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pjdpXvq3bI/XtJGih6BPXI/AAAAAAAABik/PjdMuxMZmOkjcUIWsE1C1lhqBFM-bfCLwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/brig%2Bprow%2Bdetail02b.jpg The whole sorry procedure on my Wo...

Added some reinforcements to my nascent fleets (click here):



Two more Dutch ships and one English (they are starting to feel very outnumbered!)

Great minds...



(Mine are going to be Moldavians/ Wallachians)

Anyway back on topic (I think I managed to derail myself somehow...) Some thoughts about big models for use in my impractical chosen scale of 1/450... on my Workbench blog (click here... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epUcneXy03Q/XnJ21TR_waI/AAAAAAAABYQ/8JhFeynF8zQyhwi5QaNSqW5n3wDUq8ZXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/...