ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Thursday, 23 March 2023

15mm Carolingians… Lombard Heavy Cavalry.

Greetings…

This month continues without much hobby progress…

And to add to the building work disruption I have caught the latest office cold/cough… This one is a right sod, I haven’t had a good nights sleep this week, it’s been bad enough for me to actually take sick leave for the first time since I had Covid.🤧

So… Here are my 15mm Lombard Heavy Cavalry…




Just like the Carolingian Guard Cavalry these were a real joy to paint…Nicely sculpted with clean lines and well defined detail… perfect for my style of painting.
I must admit that I am tempted to move this project further up the mountain towards the front/top of painting queue.

The Horses are painted… Citadel… Mournfang Brown…Then give a washes with various Contrast Colours Browns.

The Leather Bits are… Citadel… Deathclaw Brown.

The Blue Bits are… Citadel… Caledor Sky and Teclis Blue.

The Yellow Bits are… Foundry… Ochre 4B.

The Green Bits are… Citadel… Loren Green.

The Leggings are… Citadel… Administratum Grey.

The Spears are… Foundry… Spearshaft Light 13C.

As always everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then highlighted with the original colours.

The figures are from Forged in Battle.

https://www.forgedinbattle.com/


The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

The bases are as always…

All the best.  Aly
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24 comments:

  1. Steve J.23 March 2023 at 12:10

    Sorry to hear about being KO'd by the cold and hope it clears up soon. Cracking work on the cavalry!

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    1. Aly Morrison23 March 2023 at 12:31

      Thank you Steve…
      On both counts 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  2. Phil Robinson23 March 2023 at 12:53

    Some lush Lombards you have turned out there Aly. Hope the lurgy clears, mine and Di's in particular still seems to be lurking though a legacy of lockdown perhaps?

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:00

      Thank you Phil…
      The lurgy is starting to lift now so hopefully I will be getting back to what I consider normal health.

      All the best. Aly

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  3. Jonathan Freitag23 March 2023 at 14:23

    Tough luck on the cold. Having enough energy to paint is bonus. Great looking horsemen.

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:02

      Thank you Jonathan…
      These were painted a while ago… I have mostly been doing a bit of rebasing at the moment,
      I should get back into proper painting this week.

      All the best. Aly

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  4. The Jolly Broom Man23 March 2023 at 21:52

    Sorry to hear you’ve been I’ll, but only you could knock out such great figures while at deaths door!

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:05

      Thank you JBM…
      See my reply to Jonathan re when these were painted…
      I always know when I am properly ill…. It’s when painting is the last thing I want to do…

      All the best. Aly

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  5. rross23 March 2023 at 22:55

    Very nice looking figures Aly, I can understand the temptation to paint more! Hope your man flu is gone soon 🤧

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:06

      Thank you Keith…
      The man flu is slowly in retreat…

      All the best. Aly

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  6. Pan Janek24 March 2023 at 07:56

    Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden! ;-)
    Lovely unit Aly! Hope you are well now.

    All the best,
    Jan

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:08

      Thank you Jan…
      Clearly the Lombards were inspired by the fashions and tactics of Middle Earth 😁
      I am starting to feel better now.

      All the best. Aly

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  7. David24 March 2023 at 09:46

    Very jolly little chaps there. A good job you didn't choose Phlegm Green though for their colour in the circumstances...

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:10

      Thank you David…
      It’s a very useful and descriptive colour… but it has its place 😁

      All the best. Aly

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  8. StuartInsch24 March 2023 at 23:12

    As said above, very Rohirric. Get well soon.

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  9. David25 March 2023 at 21:50

    I love that you have colour coded the Lombards and Carolingians. That will make a stunning army!

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    1. Aly Morrison26 March 2023 at 13:12

      Thank you David…
      I thought that giving a particular colour scheme for each army would help my old eyes tell the difference on the battlefield.

      All the best. Aly

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  10. Rodor27 March 2023 at 07:04

    We don't know why, but we would never have imagined a squadron of Lombard cavalry in blue... However, as has been said, this allows you to clearly distinguish against whom to charge on the battlefield, as soon as Charlemagne sends back home the daughter of King Desiderius and begins hostilities. Best wishes for your health: may your fight against the cold have a happier outcome than the war of the Lombards against the Franks!

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    1. Aly Morrison28 March 2023 at 07:24

      I of course have no proof one way or the other that Lombards favoured blues and greens but I liked the idea of ‘army red’ and ‘army blue’…
      Charlemagne will have plenty time to return Desiderius’s daughter while I paint up the rest of his army…
      It looks like the cold is in retreat and I hope for a surrender this week.

      All the best. Aly

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  11. Meic31 March 2023 at 11:46

    Lovely job Aly! I'm contemplating using contrast browns for horses, interesting to see you've applied over a brown, will definitely give that a go, lots of 15mm Huns and Goths to wade through.

    Cheers

    Meic

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    1. Aly Morrison1 April 2023 at 22:59

      Thank you Meic…
      Using different shades of base colours also gives some nice variety to the horses…

      All the best. Aly

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  12. caveadsum14714 April 2023 at 13:13

    Lovely looking Lombards! Glad to hear your feeling better too!
    Best Iain

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