Sunday, February 3, 2019

'Mercenary' from KenR: Italian Wars Artillery


The thing about an Italian Wars Army is that a great deal of it was Mercenary, last week's entries of both Stradiots and Swiss Polearm would have qualified as would next week's Condottiero Gendarme, so I didn't really plan for this bonus round, it was literally a case of what fell of the paint table nearest to the submission date.



So it turned out that this gun ended up being finished at the wrong (or right) time to be the Yarkshire Gamer Mercenary Bonus Round Entry.

The figures are 28mm Foundry being sold as a set with the gun and 4 crew, under normal conditions it would be 1 crew weapon at 10 pts plus 4 figures at 5 for 30 points but with it being a bonus round an extra 50 to make a grand total of 80 s gratefully accepted.



The start of the Italian Wars saw the introduction of the cast cannon ball and the Artillery Train of the French astounded the Italians when they first saw it. Still relatively new Artillery wasn't far off a form of magic to the average person with Professional Gun Crew the norm.



Another addition to the Italian Wars Project, more Gendarme next week.

23 comments:

  1. Lovely. Your Italian Wars stuff is very impressive :)

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  2. Nice job, on both costumes and gun.

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  3. A real beauty, Ken. Well done!

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  4. Beautiful work Ken! That cannon is a gorgeous sculpt.

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    1. Cheers Foundry did most of the work for me πŸ˜‰

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  5. Great looking gun and crew!
    Best Iain

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  6. Another great addition to your collection. Nice!

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  7. Very nicely done. Your Italian Wars collection is looking fantastic.

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  8. Oooh lovely stuff Ken. Kudos for getting the quartered livery on the one chap. The blue pants win the most ridiculous piece of clothing award.

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    1. πŸ˜‚ I know, I can't believe how big those blue pants are, "Chunk in the Trunk"

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  9. What a terrific gun! Splendid work on the crew as well!

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  10. I'm loving all your Renaissance work Ken, bootifully done Sir!

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