Monday, November 5, 2012

Spanish Tercio - 30mm Flats


"Watercolor" camera setting

Well, at least a portion of it.  I ran out of men with angled pikes for the 2nd rank but the idea is eventually to at least double this formation.   Most of the flats are from Alexander Wilken's Landsknechte series, with a few Scholtz Conquistadors and misc. pikemen added to the mix. Painted with acrylics, as usual.






At the moment, I'm painting more flats, a few Hinsch arquebusiers suitable for the Wars of Religion / 80 Years War.  I've also got a few 54mm Thirty Years War infantry flats, trying to work up the courage to paint flats that size. The order of later landsknechts & reiters has gone missing, I'm afraid.  Either between the Deutsche Post and USPS somebody fumbled the handoff, or worse - the package was stolen from my mailbox. Hoping it was the former as there's a chance they'll eventually turn up.
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10 comments:

  1. BigRedBatNovember 5, 2012 at 8:46 AM

    Very nice! Love the colours.

    Simon

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  2. Corporal_TrimNovember 5, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Thanks, Simon. That's one of the good things about the Renaissance for painters, it was a colorful era.

    Regards,
    Steve

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comNovember 5, 2012 at 12:25 PM

    Wow! They look great. It looks to me like the sort of thing one could almost get addicted to painting. Another reason for me to stay away.

    I'll cross my figures that the package shows. I've had few things go awol but the one that sticks out was a lot of almost 10 Schneider & Airfix? FPW molds.

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  4. Corporal_TrimNovember 5, 2012 at 4:14 PM

    Thanks, Ross. Glad you like them. And yes, flats are like crack, you won't be able to paint just one. Sure you wouldn't like me to send you a few free samples ? ;-)

    Ouch, 10 Schneider molds gone missing, that's painful. BTW, someone on UK eBay is selling 45mm Schneider castings, nicely grouped (such as a very attractive Prussian 3-gun battery w/crew)and already primed for painting. Very tempting, must resist...must resist.

    Regards,
    Steve

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  5. AlFrontNovember 5, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    Once again, just superb! You lead the field in this. Top hole!

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  6. Corporal_TrimNovember 5, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    Thanks, AlFront. I must confess that "top hole" is an expression previously unknown to me, but in the context of your other comments, I take that as a big positive.

    Best regards,
    Steve

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  7. SoA Shows NorthNovember 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM

    Lovely stuff, Steve ... sorry to hear about the lost order ...

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  8. Corporal_TrimNovember 9, 2012 at 4:21 PM

    Thanks, SoA.... I appreciate the kind words and the commiseration. There's some hope for salvaging the situation with the lost order, I'm working with the seller on that.

    Regards,
    Steve

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  9. PhilMarch 1, 2013 at 8:41 AM

    Very nice painting style, love the colors and presentation!
    Phil.

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  10. Corporal_TrimMarch 1, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    Thanks, Phil. It's good to see the old posts still get some attention now and then.

    Regards,
    Steve

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