I’ve done it! My Teutonic forces completed in less than
month! My idea of painting all the white cloth before painting the other areas
paid off. Apart from the chainmail and armour there was so little to add. I am
especially pleased with the foot spearmen because the shield designs really
accentuate the figures. The flag also stands out.
The unit of mounted crossbow was less pleasing. I did not
want them to look too like my knights, so I decided to paint their cloaks grey
rather than white, and to add a green band to the horse barding. The green band
tended to negate the decal applied on top of it, which I mistakenly believed to
have a white interior on the shield design. I did consider going back and
repainting this part of the figure, but decided in the end to leave it alone.
The foot crossbowmen came out OK, less flashy than their
spear counterparts, and I wish I had not used a bare-headed figure in the mix. 
I finally
finished off by painting the free figure handed out at Salute; an English
longbowman giving two fingers to the French! I have a good collection of these
Salute figures which sit in a display case and are not part of any of my gaming
armies. The picture is again blurred, I can’t seem to get my camera to take
close-ups of figures (most annoying!).
Interestingly the completion of the Teutonics has pretty
much finished off my ‘lead’ pile that requires painting, and therefore I don’t foresee
another ‘Off the Painting Table’ blog post for a month or two. I probably won’t
buy any more figures until the Attack show at Devizes in July, which gives me
plenty of time to consider my options about what I do next. Having no painting will
also encourage me to do some more actual gaming, and next w/e I hopefully will
play the next game in the ongoing Longstreet ACW campaign.
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Number
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Scale
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Period
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Manufacturer
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Notes:
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97
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15mm
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War of the Roses
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Peter Pig
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|
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16
|
15mm
|
Pony Wars
|
Peter Pig
|
Casualty markers
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|
12
|
28mm
|
C17th British Cavalry
|
Wargames Factory
|
|
|
20
|
28mm
|
C17th British Infantry
|
Wargames Factory
|
|
|
12
|
28mm
|
ECW cavalry
|
Warlord Games
|
|
|
14
|
28mm
|
ECW pikemen
|
Wargames Factory
|
Conversions
|
|
8
|
28mm
|
Jacobites
|
Col. Bill’s
|
|
|
1
|
28mm
|
Napoleonic Rifleman
|
Bicorne Miniatures
|
|
|
1
|
28mm
|
Horse and cart
|
4Ground
|
|
|
6
|
28mm
|
Mounted Baltic Pagans
|
FireForge
|
|
|
6
|
28mm
|
Baltic Pagan Bidowers
|
FireForge
|
|
|
36
|
28mm
|
Baltic Pagan Foot
|
FireForge
|
|
|
6
|
28mm
|
Baltic Pagan MAA Foot
|
FireForge
|
|
|
6
|
28mm
|
Baltic Pagan MAA Horse
|
FireForge
|
|
|
12
|
28mm
|
Teutonic knights
|
FireForge
|
|
|
24
|
28mm
|
Teutonic infantry
|
FireForge
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|
|
6
|
28mm
|
Teutonic mtd crossbows
|
FireForge
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|
|
1
|
28mm
|
Salute free figure
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