When the Duc Giscard de Rainault left his brother's court to commence his chevauchée, he took with him the pick of the castle's bowmen: rough brigands used to a hard life outdoors, most hailing from the wooded vale of Clochemerle. He clad them in bright yellow and green broadcloth- eye catching stuff with a costly sheen. Their comrades mocked them mercilessly, and gave them a nickname meant to ridicule their unmanly finery- but the neat, quick work done with their needle-sharp arrows gave the name a fitting irony, and now they bear it with pride. In any case nothing shows up the dirt of campaign like yellow, and earth, sweat, blood and dysentery has dulled the lustre of their finery somewhat. Their banner tells a grim truth. For many of their enemies, if they know any Old Reman, it's the last thing they ever read.
The Seamstresses of Clochemerle - 12 brigands with bows and banner: 115 points.
For the banner, I tried a technique I remember people using when I was first getting into the hobby: Letraset. I bought a vintage sheet of Blackmoor (a classic fantasy medieval typeface) and I think it worked OK.
I love the backstory! Is Letraset a decal that you rub to the banner?
ReplyDeleteLooking good, nice to see old figures, well painted
ReplyDeleteThat lettering works so well - great Oldhammer craftsmanship! And glorious unit too!
ReplyDeleteYou can still get Prestype! Wow! Great idea- I should see if my horde is still functional
ReplyDeleteNice unit and love the small backstory. Didn't the technique, the banner look pretty nice and fitting.
ReplyDeleteI love a bit of backstory on an "ordinary" unit, very nice work.
ReplyDeleteBy coincidence, i also recently bought some "rub on" transfers to try out. Last time I saw Letraset was around 1990 - before affordable printers, my friend did all the labelling on his archaeological field work drawings with it. Looked great, took forever! Thanks for triggering that happy memory :D
Extra Oldhammer points for the Letraset - green and yellow screams old school Brets to me too. Lovely work all round.
ReplyDeleteGreat work - nuts how you can totally forget something from the past which would be useful in hobby - letraset being definitely one of mine! They look fab - and nice switching the capital letters to green! .👊
ReplyDeleteLetraset for the win! Fits the theme perfectly.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see these classic minis living their best lives. Couple some nice crisp painting with a solid colour scheme and you've got a great looking unit!