Work continues on my Baron’s War army. At times progress seems slow but at other times it doesn’t. I think it depends on what pile of figures I look at, the pile I’ve painted or the pile I still have to do. Mathematically I’m approaching half way on the foot figures that I have purchased which will be a landmark moment. Until such times as I buy more figures it will soon start to feel like I am coming down the other side of the mountain. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the mounted figures and I really must begin to make more progress on these.
Meanwhile back to this weeks figure.
I decided to deviate from authentic characters and heraldry and in doing so came up with this little chap. An uncle who died a couple of years ago whose name was Cecil Green came up in a recent conversation with my mum and dad and this served as my inspiration for the name Sir Cecil de Vert. I may well look at my family tree for further names if I continue down this fictional route.
The inspiration for the colour scheme came from the Orlando Bloom character “Balian de Ibelin” in the film Kingdom of Heaven.
Images below.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Really, really nice mini. Fantastic paint. Beautiful.
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Thank you, glad you like the little chap. 🙂
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Great work on that one TIM, and I like the family inspiration!
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Cheers mate, I think family names will be used again for made up heraldry as it feels like a personal but fun thing to do. 🙂
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Very nice, Dave! 🙂 Heraldry and shield look spot on! I thought there might me a family connection from just reading the post title.
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You were spot on John and I think it is something I will do again as it seems like a nice personal touch 🙂
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Excellent looking knight TIM, the crosses you’ve done look seamless, which is no small feat in it’s own right
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Thanks Dave. I certainly feel the practice is paying off and I’m getting better with straight line freehand. 🙂
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Lovely painting, the heraldry is again amazingly good.
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Cheers Matt, glad you like it. 🙂
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Really nice! one of your best yet.
Cheers roger.
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Cheers Roger. 🙂
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Terrific, I’m so impressed by the way you’ve painted this chap. The neatness of the lines on the symbol are particularly amazing.
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Cheers mate. The practice is starting to pay off which is pleasing. 🙂
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Brilliant work. I love the name inspiration too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete.
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Excellent work Dave. I really like the colours in this one.
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Thanks Steve. 🙂
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The colour scheme for this one is excellent and all the little bits of freehand really make it stand out – I’m sure Uncle Cecil would be proud.
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Cheers mate. It was a fun one to do and I think I will be visiting the family tree for more inspiration in due course.
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That is a fantastic tribute, mate. I love that you used Kingdom of Heaven as inspiration too. Orlando Bloom’s outfit in that movie is really nice looking and you nailed it with this mini. The knight project remains excellent and you’re keeping us surprised and very much engaged with awesome minis like this 🙂
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Thank you. I must say I am getting more out of this project than I envisaged and there are plenty more figures to be done yet!
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Every army needs a blacksmith turned knight…and as for inspiration I liked the movie, so I give it a “double thumbs up”. As usual your painting is excellent.
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Thanks Anthony, much appreciated.
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Having a bit of experience at shield freehand painting, let me say that this one’s shield is fantastic! The rest is great as well. If you ever sell him, double the price – well worth it – kudos!
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Cheers Mark. The shield painting is something I’m really enjoying with these knights. At some point I must do some for Ebay just to check the market.
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Excellent – really cool colour choice mate & great inspiration on the name 👍
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Thanks Alex. I think I’ll be dipping into the family tree again at some point as it seems a nice thing to do.
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That is a nice nod to your uncle mate, I’m sure you can continue along the same line with a lot of your family members ! I have to say you have done well with the colours you have chosen for Sir Cecil and again your brush skills are to be admired!
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Cheers Pat. I’ve got some some good family names to draw on so expect to see some more family members in due course! 🙂
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