I have about 40 years of experience painting miniatures armies but the painter of this Lot is a GRANDMASTER! Fantastic Work, Sir! I take my hat off to you! 😁
Hi Mike 👋 Beautiful work mate. Have the chaps at WI seen your Middle Earth collection? The Mumakil were amazing. Glad to see you enjoying the hobby so much 🙂👍
Just finished setting up my modest WotR collection for a game of Hail Caesar tonight and then came across thie. Fantastic work - way to make me feel inadequate! 😢😂
Aw...I am sorry it makes you feel that way. I have been doing this for more than fifty years, you will get there. If it helps, when I see my figures at this magnification all I can see is the mistakes! My painting has defintitely improved since I did this lot as I have seen my work blown up for Wi articles and it shows every blemish. Now I am much more careful to clean off any small hairs and to tidy up the blemishes after i have finished the figure. If I was to offer any advice it would be first of all learn to paint neatly, stay between the lines, every thing else will come with time.
@owbnid its alright really. I am and always have been a speed painter. Slap on the paint, get them to the table and let the spectacle of the masses do the work 😃. Block paint, washes and then make sure the bases look a bit more dynamic and i'll churn out an army in a month. Your stuff is beautiful, mine merely functional.
Basically, yes- although there were square livery flags. The livery standards were the long, tapering kind, consisting of the owner's livery colour(s) and also his personal 'devices' and motto.
@@peezebeuponyou3774 yes indeed, although there is no evidence that the long livery standards were used in the field. It is far more likely that they were displayed on castle walls or hanging from poles at tournaments for which there is evidence. There are hardly any historical records from this period and an awful lot of what we think we know is based on speculation. Personally,I think an eighteen foot long standard would have been impractical flying in a hedge of spiky, hooky Bills and the square burlap banner seems more appropriate
@@owbnid The large standards were used on the likes of ships masts. Shortened more practical versions were used on a spear or lance. Both versions can be seen on the Beauchamp Pageant.
I have about 40 years of experience painting miniatures armies but the painter of this Lot is a GRANDMASTER! Fantastic Work, Sir! I take my hat off to you! 😁
Thank you!
What a fantastic looking army!!!! Thanks for sharing with us.
Excellently painted army and a great interview Mike.
Fabulous painting, gorgeous miniatures and loved the stories
thank you
Top painting from a top bloke. Not only is Mike a very nice guy , he makes a mean jar of pickled onions too.
MORE OF MIKE! He's very relaxing.
hehehe! I doubt my family would agree
Outstanding work, those Banners!! Beautiful!!🤌👌☝️👍
Thank you
Very impressive work mike
Cheers mate
This army is stunning
Thank you, I am glad you think so
Really great work.
thank you
The flags are lovely
Thank you I wrote an article in Wi about my technique,I cant remember which issue but it was called Raising the Standard
Beautiful
cheers :)
Hi Mike 👋 Beautiful work mate. Have the chaps at WI seen your Middle Earth collection? The Mumakil were amazing. Glad to see you enjoying the hobby so much 🙂👍
Hey John, thanks mate, long time no speak, I hope all is good with you. No I have not revealed my mum's, might make a good article one day😊
Just finished setting up my modest WotR collection for a game of Hail Caesar tonight and then came across thie. Fantastic work - way to make me feel inadequate! 😢😂
Most relatable comment I've ever read haha
Aw...I am sorry it makes you feel that way. I have been doing this for more than fifty years, you will get there. If it helps, when I see my figures at this magnification all I can see is the mistakes! My painting has defintitely improved since I did this lot as I have seen my work blown up for Wi articles and it shows every blemish. Now I am much more careful to clean off any small hairs and to tidy up the blemishes after i have finished the figure. If I was to offer any advice it would be first of all learn to paint neatly, stay between the lines, every thing else will come with time.
@owbnid its alright really. I am and always have been a speed painter. Slap on the paint, get them to the table and let the spectacle of the masses do the work 😃. Block paint, washes and then make sure the bases look a bit more dynamic and i'll churn out an army in a month. Your stuff is beautiful, mine merely functional.
Which range of miniatures ? Perry ? Very great job !
they are mostly Perry plastics
Some Front Rank in there too.
@@peezebeuponyou3774 yes indeed! Front Rank are probably my favourite figures for this period
Very nice
thanks
What’s the boat in the background on your shelves please ?
It's certainly a very nice WotR army. BTW, square/rectangular heraldic flags are banners, not standards. Standards are for liveries.
Oopps!
Basically, yes- although there were square livery flags. The livery standards were the long, tapering kind, consisting of the owner's livery colour(s) and also his personal 'devices' and motto.
@@peezebeuponyou3774 yes indeed, although there is no evidence that the long livery standards were used in the field. It is far more likely that they were displayed on castle walls or hanging from poles at tournaments for which there is evidence. There are hardly any historical records from this period and an awful lot of what we think we know is based on speculation. Personally,I think an eighteen foot long standard would have been impractical flying in a hedge of spiky, hooky Bills and the square burlap banner seems more appropriate
@@peezebeuponyou3774 Which is why I qualified my comment with"heraldic".
@@owbnid The large standards were used on the likes of ships masts. Shortened more practical versions were used on a spear or lance. Both versions can be seen on the Beauchamp Pageant.