More 'Otterburn'

Here are some more samples of the units I'm creating for the Otterburn 1388 Campaign.

The first pics show the command stand for John De Lilburn (English unit.)

Below - John De Lilburn's command stand all based and finished (right.)
On the left is a man-at-arms base for my next English unit Sir Robert Ogle.

 

A couple of knights - Sir Robert Ogle on the right. The figure on the left will be Sir Robert's trusted shield bearer on the finished base.

 

 

 

Sir Robert Ogle's command base complete (bar basing) with shield bearer and banner.

Flags and shield transfers by Flags of War.

'Otterburn' Units Based

The figures for 'Otterburn' are now based and ready for action.

First up is Sir Mathew Redman's contingent followed by 2 units of English archers.

All flags and shield transfers are by Flags of War. All figures are Claymore Castings.

 

 

I'm using the archer unit below as part of the Percy's retinue. I have nearly used up all the castings I purchased from Claymore Castings so the Percy Battle itself will have to wait until I get some more. Good news is I'm close to having painted all I bought so that fits in nicely with the 'reducing the metal mountain' plan I had back in January!!

 

Archer unit which is part of Sir Mathew Redman's retinue:

 

A few painted 'bits and pieces' (including some of the new casualty figs) which I will use to make up another unit if I have enough figs.

 

 

NOTE
I've been having problems loading pics into my blog hence the lack of recent posts. I think I may have been 'over heavy' on the pics on this blog as I get the impression things are starting to slow down and 'fill up' if that makes sense.

I posted some other pics of the Otterburn figs on the Steve Dean Forum last Friday under the title 'Otterburn 1388' figs but was unable to get them uploaded to this blog. I kept getting the message 'server returned invalid response' so I am none the wiser. Anyway with a bit of playing around with Picassa I've managed to get the above pics uploaded.

Claymore Castings ' Otterburn Range'

Here are my attempts at some of the Otterburn figures from Claymore Castings. The figures are delightful and a pleasure to paint. My WIP on these figs is shown below.

I have painted all of these from a black undercoat and am experimenting with various colours/ colour schemes until I decide how I want the units to look. I have used Dave Imrie and Andrew Taylor's colour schemes as my starting point as they look perfect for the period (and who could doubt their choices when it comes to beautifully painted figs!!)

The 'Scot Spearmen'

 

The unit progresses with more figures being based.

 

 

 

The completed Scottish unit of Sir John Swinton.

 

 

The Archers
First batch are for Percy's retinue;

Second batch for Sir Matthew Redman's retinue;

 

The flags are by Flags of War which are superb.

ECW Dragoons (2)

Here are the yellow and blue coat dragoons - could be used by either side during the war.

I've used all the dragoon castings I could find - when/if I find some more I'll do another 6 in blue coats giving 3 regiments of 9 men each. Command figs will be done at a later stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up some pics of my first real attemp at a unit of Claymore Castings 'Otterburn' figures - a unit of Scots. Despite my efforts not to spend this year and focus on the existing 'Metal Mountain' I have been swept away by this range and have started a small collection based largely on the collection of Dave Imrie (Saxon Dog.) which he and Andrew Taylor displayed at the Claymore Show this year.

Back from holiday and back to normal. Brushes and paints are all back in action.

Here are some ECW dragoons I've been doing - just completed the last few although some were done a while ago.
First batch are red coats - these will serve as Okey's Dragoons of the New Model Army.

Castings are from Renegade - these particular castings, if I'm honest, are not my favourites from Renegade but do look ok when painted and based.

 These are based for 'Victory Without Quarter' rules by Quindia Studios.

 

 

 

 

 

Next up ECW dragoons in yellow and blue coats.