JTinQT Week 12 - Sign Off Post - More Landsknechts

Hi All

Glad just managed to sneak in a last post although time difference nearly caught me out. Thanks to Curt and all for this blog - pleased I managed to post something each week although sometimes just a single figure. Anyway perfect to take my mind off everything and to enjpy so many other others brilliant painting.

My last post is a couple more pike for the second back rank of my French Black Band pike block. Pity I could not complete but will keep pushing on to do this. As before figures are Old Glory.

 
This next shot has the front base in the background and the figures for the back base, just 4 so far including the new ones for this week. Still you can get the idea of what I will be finishing.

Once again thanks everyone ...... also a thumbs up from my brother Matt in case he misses the cut for a post. Know he is on night shifts this week but he has really enjoyed it as well. We have a few big wargaming clashes to schedule in when we can.

All the best everyone ........... Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week 11 - Landsknecht Pike

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Still trying to post something every week although a day late on this week and only a couple of measley pike. Anyway all counts I guess. This is just plodding away on the second base for my new French Landsknecht Black band and the figures are Old Glory.

Thanks All - Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week Ten - VBCW - Man in Black

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Only single figure this week and it is really a carry over from last week. Another VBCW figure for my Government "Chaps" Battalion - this is the Jeeves figure from Warlord Games. He got missed off last week as did not like the original head swap so had to replace it. The Warlord figures Jeeves and Wooster come in the British Tommy helmet but I wanted a more bowler hat look.

This next shot has Jeeves next to Wooster - painted from last week. Jeeves head came from another Warlord figure, whereas I just filed Wooster's hat to make it look more like a bowler. 

Hopefully more productive this coming week.

Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week Nine - More VBCW Government Forces - The DFF's

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Few more government forces in VBCW genre and pleased to get on to a unit I knew I definitely wanted to field, although militarily they had a terrible record. The "DFF's" or Damm Fine Fellows! This was also a play on the initials of the unit commander Dominic Farrar-Foxley, old Etonian, City of London banker and socialite with royal family links. A brilliant publicist Farrar-Foxley made sure that the unit had plenty of newspaper coverage where they were often referred to with the other nickname of "The Chaps".

Here are the first six figures, from Footsore with an additional very old Western "Doc Holiday" gunfighter figure from somewhere, anyway he had the appropriate head ware!

    The Footsore figures represent the unit at the start of the conflict in civvies dress, although with his royal influence Farrar-Foxley was able to gain access to army equipment very quickly and later they adopted a more quasi army look. However the suits were typically from Marks and Spencer and very hard wearing so remained popular as a uniform throughout. I included the Footsore fictional "Bertie Wooster" figure with a few small adjustments and painted to fit in with the overall DFF unit look.

As mentioned the DFF's did have a terrible and incompetent military record. This is typified by the units destruction, hit in a friendly fire incident from its own mortar section during the Wimbledon Common skirmish. Still great to see more modern revisionist accounts stressing the value the unit had as a symbol of conservative English fightback.

Hopefully more to come next week .........

All the best Jez

JTinQT - Week Eight - VBCW - Police Reinforcements

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Just making a post to count for this week and a switch of genre for me. Time to beef up government reinforcements considering all the nasty red communist workers which have been appearing in recent weeks courtesy of my brother. Some timely police reinforcement figures from Ironclad Miniatures. These are technically from the Victorian range but think they fit in to my mix and match approach to the 1930's period ....

Also got a nice police sergeant rider from First Corps.

Added a sidecar option, also from another First Corps model, and have a choice of rider, created from a body swap with IronClad top half. Might do a different Command Officer figure later and can then use the sidecar combination for my command unit if I want. Not sure if the split basing will work but keeps it flexible for the moment.

Finally put a group shot of my police squad for a Bolt Action game. The police will be a militia squad so gone for a full 12 figures based on two sections each led by a pistol armed sergeant (one is in plain clothes). Also I have a 2 figure command squad also pistol armed, with an option to have them mounted or let them use the armoured police squad car. Finally sneaked in an option to field police snipers if I want.

Time to own up ... not actually played a game of Bolt Action yet. I was not especially interested in WW2 gaming but willing to go for the 1930's VBCW as an option. Just itching for the actual game now!

Hope everyone has a great week. 

Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week Seven - Landsknechts

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Hope everyone is well?

Happy to make more substantive post this week with 12 new figures. After doing some Swiss thought only fair to have a look at my Landsknechts. Using the same mainly Old Glory 28mm painted this front base of pike up as the "Black Band" who fought for the French at Marignano and Pavia. At Pavia they were fighting against the Imperial Landsknechts. As the name suggests the key point is mainly black clothing.

There are a couple of Games Workshop double-handers mixed in, an Artisan I think,and see if you can name the company for the fifer?

The fifer is a figure from the 1980's - QTModels I think, based in Yorkshire. Anyway a key feature was you could mix and match heads - very cutting edge for the 1980's. These figures are based for Basic Impetus wargames rules and need to get on now and finish the back rank base.

Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week Six - Swiss XBow Skirmisher

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Pretty pathetic single figure post again this week. In this years painting challenger I did a Swiss skirmish unit for Basic Impetus. This was a two figure unit base but decided skirmishers look better with three figures so just painted and added another in - luckily it fitted nicely in the middle space so an easy job to add in.

Think this figure is from Wargames Foundry - an old Perry sculpture. Well think all Foundry are old sculpts aren't they? Anyway just a little job out of the way.

Cheers Jez. 

JTinQT - Week 5 - Samurai Warrior

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Just a single submission for this week. Fancied a change and found this samurai warrior to paint up. I copied the material pattern from a picture of a sumo wrestling referee - they still wear traditional dress.  He might be useful in a samurai skirmish game sometime in the future and anyway fun to paint up.

Hopefully bit more output for next week ..........

Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week 4 - Swiss Pike

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Happy to get a more substantive post this week, that includes finishing a unit! First up are the figures painted this week. These are mainly Old Glory, but the two on the left are older Irregular Miniatures. The figure without the pike becomes a standard bearer in the finished unit.

Now these were done I could combine with those previously painted and some rebased figures to give the finished new pike block.This represents the third pike block at Marignano 1515 based around the cantons of Lucerne, Basle and Schaffhausen.

The ram flag is from Pete's flags and had to self create a flag for the Lucerne canton using the white cloth material left over from the flag sheet. Luckily Lucerne is a simple two colour banner white/light blue so quite easy to paint and weather in - should I call this a plagiarised Pete's Flag? Anyway pleased with the effect. As always great to base the figures and spend time to create the look of the unit. 

Post Covid this unit is going straight into action in a Basic Impetus rules Swiss army to take on Burgundians! Cant wait ..........

Cheers Jez

JTinQT Week Three - Italian Wars Characters

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Not much again for week three - slight digression from my Swiss pike project but some Italian Wars Characters. First up is an Imperial herald from Warlord Games. Basically copied the colours from the old Osprey Landsknecht book illustration  - looks like the model style was from there to.The second picture is him placed in my card model town square with another character I did for this years challenge.

Next is from the same Warlord pack and a priest I have painted as Cardinal Schiner, specifically so he can lead my Swis armies based for the Battle of Marignano 1515. Made a little change to convert the goblet to a bible - not sure why now. Perhaps thought the original figure looked too "Catholic"? However the final figure is painted as a Papal Cardinal ... anyway done now. In the battle the sources say he was was accompanied by a monk bearing a cross so will have to look out for a suitable figure.

Last up are another two casualty disorder markers for my Swiss army when I finally get the third pike block done .... just building the suspense for you all.

Cheers Jez

JTinQT - Week Two Swiss Pike Drummer

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Week Two post and just a measly single figure - my Swiss pike project will take a while at this rate. Anyway this is a Foundry drummer and painted him in the more traditional red and white colours for Swiss troops.

Also managed to paint some disorder markers for the Swiss. Will play basic impetus and a Swiss army has high strength troops - lots of strong heavy infantry, so there are just 9 bases in total. Not sure if I will have enough markers as most of the time all my bases are in disorder. These are Warlord figures and got some more unpainted so will come back to those.

Am aiming for a 24 figure new pike block but not totally starting from scratch. Will be re basing these unused third rank base figures and a command base and skirmishers to add in. This picture is more motivational for me and hopefully can finish the first base next week.Will be totally re basing as always fun to play around with the figure positioning on a base.

 
All the best Jez

JTinQT - Week One - Swiss Project

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In this Quarantine Challenge I am aiming for a single post per week and just put up whatever I have done. Just two figures painted this week but the start of a project to paint up a third Swiss pike block for Basic Impetus. I need two bases with about 12 figures per base. 

I am using Marignano 1515 as my battle theme and here the Swiss were typically organised into the classic three pike blocks. These figures will be for the third block, the troops from the Lucerne, Basle and Schaffhausen cantons. These first two figures are representing Schaffhausen - so have painted in the canton flag colours of black and yellow. I'll finish the basing when I put on the final game stand base and hopefully will get that finished this challenge.

The figures are Foundry flag bearer and an old Irregular Miniatures - I was quite pleased with this figure. Its an old style casting but painted up well.The standard is from Pete's Flag. The final picture is an older photo from this years challenge which gives the style of the finished block I will be looking for.   

Hope everyone is keeping well. 

Cheers Jez