A drop of medievals

I'm not really motivated to paint at the moment, and to be honest, I haven't really used a brush for the past two weeks... But then, the weather, my studies... Anyway. Today, I present you my latest production to date, a mix of Corvus Belli and Donnington new era: crossbowmen. They're not especially powerful, armed only with their crossbows and their will to fight (erm). They can however be useful to support other units, or even to do some flank attacks. To follow, I don't know yet, I have a lot of stuff to finish basing, but you'll see soon enough.

Tata.

Je vais etre honnete avec vous, je ne suis pas tres motive pour peindre en ce moment, entre le temps et mes etudes ( c'est trop bon le web-design). Je n'ai guere touche un pinceau depuis 2 semaines... Voici toutefois ma derniere production en date, un melange de Corvus Belli et de Donnington new era, des arbaletriers. Bon, ils n'ont queleur arme de tir et leurs yeux pour pleurer, mais ils sont utiles pour supporter les autes unites, voire pour tenter des attaques de flanc. A venir, je ne sais pas encore, j'ai plein de trucs a finir de socler...

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Antoine de Chabannes

Right, another day goes by, and I may have another job opportunity. Still as a tutor, but I think mostly for teaching French in businesses. It could be interesting on my CV. Anyway, back to the minis, and today, you'll have one unit of heavy infantry, under the leader of Antoine de Chabannes, count of Dammartin (1408- 1488)

He was at his first battle at the age of 15 (battle of Cravant), then joined Joan of Arc. Afterwards, he became one of the Ecorcheurs, though he was amongst King Charles VIII's friends. One interesting fact is he despised his son Dauphin Louis, and the feeling was mutual. After Louis became King of France, Antoine was exiled for a time in Rhodes before coming back. He became Grand Maitre de France in 1467.

Les jours passent et j'ai la possibilite de commencer un nouveau job, toujours en tant que tuteur, mais en entreprise cette fois. Ca pourrait etre utile sur mon CV. Si j'en reviens aux figs, c'est pour vous montrer une unite d'infanterie sous les ordres d'Antoine de Chabannes, comte de Dammartin (1408-1488),

Participant a sa premiere bataille a 15 ans ( Cravant), il rejoignit les compagnons de Jeanne d'Arc, avant de devenir un des chefs des Ecorcheurs. Proche du roi Charles VIII, il destestait son fils le dauphin Louis, qui le lui rendait bien. Ce dernier une fois roi l'exila a Rhodes pour un temps. Il finit Grand maitre de France en 1467.

Pardaillec is back!

After the heat from the past few days, a somehow cooler weather is appreciated, and I can go back to my brushes. I finished a simple unit or armoured infantry, all of them coming from Corvus Belli. You will need to prep them, because of the heavy you need to remove, but otherwise, they paint really nicely. I'd say they're slightly easier to paint than their Roman range. Anyway, here they are, under the leadership of one of the most famous French knight: the Knight of Pardaillec.

And for those who don't know him, here is a video about his life ;)

Maintenant que la chaleur des derniers jours est passee, je me sens mieux pour peindre. Du coup, j'en profite pour vous montrer ma nouvelle production, une unite d'infanterie de chez Corvus Belli. Certes il m'a fallu du temps pour tout ebarber, mais j'ai trouve que ces figs etiaent plus agreables a peindre que celles de laeur gamme romaine. Bref, ces gentils soudards sont a la solde de l'un des plus celebres chevaliers francais, le chevalier de Pardaillec ;)

A second volley of bowmen

I was complaining about the dreadful weather last week, with so many showers and so few sun. Now I should probably do the same: complaining about the heat, the mind-numbing heat here in London. I really don't like to paint when I'm too hot. Bah anyway, you fellow readers are lucky because I now managed to finish another unit of bowmen, the usual mix from Donnington and Corvus Belli. The end is near! Hurray!

En bon Francais que je suis, je vais etre raleur. Je l'etais deja la semaine derniere alors qu'on avait un temps de merde, avec averses a repetition et pas l'ombre d'un rayon de soleil. Et voila maintenant qu'il fait trop chaud pour peindre. Puree, ou habiter pour avoir de bonnes conditions:soleil, pas torp chaud, et un peu de pluie?

Bref, j'ai quand meme pu finir une nouvelle unite d'archers, avec l'habituel melange de Donnington et de Corvus Belli. Enjoy.

As Custer would say: Charge!

Hi everyone. I seem to stick to the medieval warfare's cliches. Indeed today the knights are coming. The minis are from Mirliton and are really nice to paint, though a bit thin, and sometimes a bit fragile. But then, they really look good, and inking is quite easy with them. In my army they could be either superior or average, undrilled. So, they're more or less a me-see-me-charge type of unit. He he. I just hope their charge will be unstoppable. In fact I was impressed by the charge from the Serbian knights during our game with Gilles. So I wonder... Maybe... 

And if you want to know, in Art de la guerre, with those guys, you get 4 units of knights. And they're nasty too.

Je reste dans les bons gros cliches medievaux aujourd'hui, puisque voici venir les chevaliers. Ce sont des figs Mirliton que j'ai peintes avec amour, car elles sont vraiment faciles a peinturlurer. Attention toutefois, si elles sont tres belles, elles sont fragiles. Vous etes donc prevenus. A FOG, ils peuvent etre soit superior ou bien average, et ils sont undrilled. Bref, du bon gros chevalier type Francais a Crecy: moi voir, moi taper. Pour tout dire, j'ai ete impressione par les chevaliers serbes lors de ma partie contre Gilles. Donc bon, a voir. Et si je transpose a Art de la guerre, j'obtiens 4 unites de mechants chevaliers lourds. Niark!

Let the sky be darkened! We need the shade

I'm still busy painting this medieval army. And after some "exotic troops", it's time for me to present you an other one, though more common during the late medieval times: some longbows. Here you have either 1 small battlegroup for FOG, or 3 units for Art de la guerre. I just hope they can be deadly and accurate, otherwise, they'll be dead. Minis are mainly from Donnington, with some Corvus Belli. I really prefer CB over Donnington.

Don't be so rude guys

Apres des untes "exotiques" dirons-nous, voici une vision plus commune: des longbows. A base de Donnington et de Corvus Belli, la peinture fut rapide. Je prefere de loin les Corvus, plus faciles a lire et donc a peindre. Nous avons ici soit un petit battlegroup pour FOG ou bien 3 unites pour Art de la guerre. Esperons qu'ils ne me feront pas defaut en tirant a cote ;)

Ready to fire! pffttt...misfire

Right. Needless to say my friend's technique is time effective. I had started this new battlegroup at the same time as the last one, and they're already finished. If this goes on, I should have finished my medieval army in no time. This is a good news, simply because I'm about to enter a FOG-Renaissance competition in our club. Unfortunately, it will based on the English Civil War, and not the 30Years War, but then. 

These minis come from Corvus belli. And, with the last battlegroup, it took me about 3h to paint/varnish/base them. Quite interesting wouldn't you say?

La peinture de ces jolis petits joujous aura ete rapide. Environ 3 heures en rajoutant l'unite precedente. Plus rapide que ce que je faisais precedemment, c'est un fait. Donc je me repete, merci Gilles. J'ai pris du plaisir a peindre ces bombardes de chez Corvus belli. Esperons qu'elles seront efficaces. 

Petite note: a ce rythme j'aurai fini rapidement, ce qui me permettra de me remettre a la peinture de mon armee renaissance, car le club va s'organiser un tournoi interne, base sur la guerre civile anglaise. Yay!

Here, bidet bidet...

After the SAGA painting frenzy, I went directly onto my new project. Well, it's not that new since I've already started it: the Ecorcheurs in 1444. You have to remember I need this army to play in the medieval competition. So, better be ready ;)

And today, you're about to see 4 stands of light infantry, the bidets. I admit it's not much, but it's a try with Gilles' technique in 15mm. I find the results quite ok, so I should keep them that way. What do you think?

Voila. Apres la peinture de mes points SAGA, il me faut reprendre le fil du projet abandonne, les Ecorcheurs en 1444. Souvenez-vous, il s'agit de l'armee que je compte jouer pour le tournoi medieval. j'ai ici utilise la technique de Gilles, il est donc normal de voir un petit nombre de troupes, car il s'agissait d'un test, plutot concluant en 15mm. Allez zou, la suite arrive bientot ;)