This week sees my second mounted knight done, well except for some weathering and the base which as explained last week will get done later on.
Once again the heraldry is based on nobody in particular, I’m far more interested in the aesthetic of the diorama than historical accuracy to be honest and I’m therefore keen to add colour variety where and when I can.
As with the previous knight, and as will be the case for the other ten figures when they follow, this is a miniature from Mirliton, an Italian based company.
Little else for me to say other than that some images appear below.
Next week, and while I’m in the mood, I shall crack on with another mounted figure.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Very nice Dave, love the purple and your work on the white crosses is again magic!!
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Thanks Pat. It’s a nice bright colour which will hopefully stand out once the little chap is properly based.
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Great work, I must say I really like the face on this one and the helmet. Its going to be an amazing dio when it’s done!
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Thank you. I’m looking forward to getting these figures done so I can get stuck into the base work again and see how they look myself! 🙂
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Very nice, a knight to remember right enough!
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I’m told it’s the size of the weapon that lives longer in the memory! 😉
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Great looking knight TIM the colour choices and details work well, and contrasts well from the dark colours of the horse
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Thanks Dave. Hopefully I can achieve that on the others too. The overall aim is to make the mounted figures, well some of them at least, as eye catching as I possibly can.
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Gorgeous purple but I really love how you’ve managed the metals too – I can almost hear that chainmail 😊
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Thanks Alex. It’s quite a striking colour and hopefully it will stand out nicely. 🙂
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The purple surcoat really works, and the hand painted heraldry is great!
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Cheers Eric. I’m hoping to make each figure as individual as I can and varied heraldry and colours will be key.
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Very nice- the face is especially good.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete. The casting on this one was a bit better and it gave me more of a fighting chance to complete a better face job.
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Another cracking figure mate, what everyone said above just about covers it, though to me the horse looks a little sad (don’t know why he just does).
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger. I think it’s an old horse and the armour is heavy, I’m sure both have had an impact on the horses disposition. 😉
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Awesome work on the cross Dave… the purple looks great too.
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Thanks Steve. 🙂
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I like this one – a simpler figure made more striking by the colour scheme! 🙂 Very nice!
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Cheers John. 🙂
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This knight came out well and I think having varied colors in the knights will look great in the dio. As you probably know, Games Workshop had the Bretonnian army many years ago (which might as well have been Crusaders from history) and they always painted them in every color under the sun and they looked great together. I’m looking forward to seeing more knights and how you place them in the diorama especially 🙂
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Thank you. I wasn’t aware of the GW Bretonnian army but I do like the idea of painting every figure in a different colour. Hopefully I’ll inject enough colour in the figures I have to make the dio visually appealing. 🙂
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That purple is really nice and that horse is simply amazing!
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Thank you. 🙂
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