Command, Cavalry & Buildings - Project Update - The First Crusade 05

[@midshipman8654]

that’s absolutely epic. the range of drama and compositional energy in this one diorama is just fantastic. looks like a scene a painter would compose.

[@7thson726]

Thanks so much, these were great fun to work on 👍

[@PaulStanleyauthor]

Absolutely love the basing of these cavalry on a slant. Awesome idea and the finished unit looks great.

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much. I played about with the placement for a while before settling on the slant. I've found that the placement of the models can really help sell the idea of the unit beyond just mass and ranks 👍 glad you like them 😁

[@mabinogion7023]

Really like the basing idea with the light cav. Totally agree.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍 its something im going to keep doing i think

[@victormai5182]

That command unit is just phenomenal

[@7thson726]

Thank you 👍😁

[@jmaccsarmiesofArda]

The are absolutly stunning. Could be diaoramas in their own right.

[@7thson726]

Thanks so much 👍

[@paulbenson9015]

Absolutely Stunning Martin !!! Your painting skills go from strength to strength, your techniques have definitely brought the best out of these stunning sculpts, Well done👍

[@7thson726]

I really appreciate that, thank you 👍😁

[@Volgan16666]

That scale armour is something else. Well you can certainly dab and smear the paint on - excellent. The seljuks come out amazing and timely too as I was thinking of getting a box to try them out.

[@7thson726]

Cheers mate, the Seljuks are a good kit, and can be spruced up with a few simple additions from other sprues 👍

[@joeokabayashi8669]

Fantastic work! Excellent ideas on cavalry basing.

[@7thson726]

Thanks my friend 👍🙂

[@josephcade6425]

You are quite an excellent painter and one can instantly tell this whole project is a work of love for you! Excellent, keep it up. Crusades is one of my favorite eras to game. Will continue to follow this with interest.

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much, i really appreciate that. I like to add as much character as i can to the bases so visually they are intresting when on the table 👍

[@paulspaintshed3511]

Excellent painting Martin the command stand is bloody awesome mate.

[@7thson726]

Thanks buddy, really pleased you like it 👍 had alot of fun making it

[@brianshepherd935]

These are fantastic, every base seems to tell a story

[@7thson726]

Really appreciate that, thank you 👍😁

[@richm6400]

Excellent job mate, it has been so good watching you over time developing your very own style of painting that is pretty much unique to you 👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍 to be honest its oart of the fun of doing the videos is actually keeping a log as the project evolves

[@ben2061james]

Hey 7th Son, your videos are really engaging and your delivery is solid. Big fan of the content and your painting style. The only critique I can possibly think of is to have a number after the update so it's easier to ascertain the timeline of your vids. If that's the only negative I can mention then you're doing something right :D . Keep up the good work.

[@7thson726]

I really appreciate that, thank you 👍 to be honest im not sure why they aren't numbered, most my stuff is, thats been corrected haha 😁 they are also all in a playlist

[@MiniatureRealms]

Loving this project mate, that command stand is awesome too!

[@7thson726]

Really pleased you like it mate

[@midshipman8654]

always liked the look of 2 handed weapons with shields on the back. and those light cavalry turks have a nice implication of movement to them with the diagonal basing.

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much, they were all great fun to work on 👍

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

That was a really good VLOG. I loved the paint jobs on all your models. They look really good collectively. I mean they look good individually as well.

[@7thson726]

I really appreciate that thank you. I'm really enjoying working on this project 👍

[@leont66wargaming31]

Very nice work mate. Light cav look great like that. I must get back to this project soon lol.

[@7thson726]

Cheers bud 😁 look forward to seeing your stuff, gotta put down the epic napoleonics 😉

[@philRminiatures]

Outstanding job, superb painting and basing...👏👏👏

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much 👍

[@RHampton]

Fantastic looking minis.

[@7thson726]

Thanks 👍

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Great mini diorama compositions on these bases!

[@7thson726]

Cheers mate 👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Love the cavalry bases. The hoofprint details bring them to life!

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate im glad you like it. The hoof prints are now a must for all my cavalry bases 😁

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Beautiful work Martin the command base is perfect

[@7thson726]

Really appreciate that, thank you 👍

[@wargameshobby]

Looking excellent, as per normal.

[@7thson726]

Cheers 😁

[@ctid98]

Can't wait to see a battle report, hopefully not too long to wait for that!

[@7thson726]

Hopefully soon, just waiting on my mat and a few terrain pieces 👍

[@bloodsalt]

Fuck that looks amazing mate. I always learn so much from your videos, especially about basing; thinking about how to mix and match bases and "depicting" units. The light cav look absolutely phenomenal mate

[@7thson726]

Really appreciate that, thank you. Sometimes i get concerned maybe im overcomplicating the bases, but i really enjoy making them 👍

[@bloodsalt]

@@7thson726 not at all, if anything my bases are too* uniform, I'm slowly getting to the realisation that the base size is important, what's on top can be a small diorama

[@davidpriestley73]

Yes! Seljuk Turk painting video would be great. I like your style 😎

[@7thson726]

Thanks buddy 👍 I'll see what I can put together

[@royb1966]

Amazing work! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@7thson726]

Thank you 👍😁

[@AbuHildago]

The Minis look great 👌👍🤩.

[@7thson726]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@LawHawk-pu3is]

A painting video on the Seljuk cavalry would be great!

[@7thson726]

No problem, I'll see what i can put together 👍

[@d.p.mdavepaintsminis5811]

Outstanding mate , Really liking these , this is a period I’m really interested in and would like to try them my self at some point 👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, its a great period to model, lots of different things to try 👍

[@lionheart3916]

The project is coming along great 👍 I really like the command base lots of character also the horse archers look fantastic I’ve got them and there nice miniatures I’m going to get some of those buildings also

[@7thson726]

Really pleased your enjoying it my friend 👍😁

[@vonketteringham]

Excellent Martin

[@7thson726]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@kennethp1423]

👍🏻 yes

[@7thson726]

Thanks 👍😁

[@thelonelybolter8245]

You won! Congrats!!! awesome :D

[@7thson726]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@Megamix472]

Outstanding miniatures and bases. Fantastic paint jobs. What was the manufacture name for the foot command?

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much, appreciate the comment. The command figures are all by Caballero Miniatures 👍

[@outlawminiaturewargamechan2496]

Really nice 🤩

[@7thson726]

Thanks 😁

[@TheRendar]

Looking awesome!

[@7thson726]

Cheers fella 👍

[@gorram]

Fantastic looking work again. Really like the cavalry riding across the bases, gives them much more of a sense of movement than you normally see.

[@7thson726]

Thanks 👍 that's what i ideally wanted, i dont mind sacrificing models in the unit to just add some more intresting options 😁

[@marcolosi2572]

a beautifull work! Very well done! I love the terrain particularly. How do you achieve this 'sand' effect? I'm trying to do something similar with templar infantry from Fireforge..

[@7thson726]

Hi, thanks very much , sorry for the slow reply. I did a video about the basing which is here if its helpful kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3S8f5elr8iKock 👍

[@septimus64]

I love the command base which is very much like a diorama. did you say they were Caballero prints?

[@7thson726]

These are all caballero prints yeah 👍 glad you liked it 😁

[@carlschdroski3777]

Amazing figures,just a question on the caballerro figures do you use his shields and if so which transfers fit them.

[@7thson726]

The Caballero fmshields are roughly the same size as the Victrix ones so i swapped them for victrix and used the LBMS transfers to fit them 👍

[@carlschdroski3777]

@@7thson726 can you just buy victrix shields?

[@7thson726]

@@carlschdroski3777 not for the Normans i think. But the printed shields are pretty much spot on, i compare them in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn3ShZ9poqeagLM

[@Thor-Orion]

Great stuff! I’m about to start up my own Crusader army. I love the historical wargaming. I grew up on GW like many in the hobby did, but their anti-customer predatory practices has long since driven me away as a patron of their company despite my deep love for the 40k lore and my Space Marine Chapter which I still continue to add miniatures too, only 3-D printed or purchased from alternative companies. But the historical stuff really compelled me, personally. I’ve always had a deep love for history and the ability to make armies that represent my own style and tactical choices within the frameworks of real militaries gives me that feeling I love of really being the general of an army. But not some old crusty general who hides in a bunker. A real, Alexander, Arminius and Totila style general who leads from the front atop his noble steed.

[@Thor-Orion]

But that’s enough about myself. This is excellent workmanship in terms of the painting and assembly of the units on your part. Excellent display pieces in addition to being beautiful representations of the practical gaming side of our hobby. Excellent work, my brother!

[@Thor-Orion]

You should invest in a 3-D printer and learn the software as soon as you are able. Absolute game changer for the people participating in our hobby. I still purchase miniatures from others, but having the ability to make exactly what I want in addition to having the spare funds available whenever I want something that I see from a 3-D printing company (for convenience sake, which there is something to be said for) has been so wonderful for me within this hobby. Has enabled me to thoroughly enjoy our hobby as an adult, getting back that feeling I so enjoyed as a collector in my youth, before adult responsibilities made me begin having to be more careful and deliberate with my choices of purchases within the GW Line. Once I got my first 3-D printer about 7-9 years ago it’s been a remarkable return for me to the adoration of this hobby I’ve always cherished in my heart but which was becoming more and more difficult to cultivate in light of GW’s absolutely abysmal anti-customer culture and practices.

[@Thor-Orion]

3:52 somebody needs to make some Petra Inspired scenery/environment models. We also definitely need some of those Acre-Jerusalem-Crusader Kingdom castles and architecture as environmental models as well This is the best part about historic war gaming; getting to rewrite history and create an alternate timeline where anything can happen but where the sites, geography and scenarios are still quite familiar to all those interested in historic militaries.

[@Thor-Orion]

1:40 what is this company called? Cavallejo or Vallejo of CA?

[@Thor-Orion]

Liked and subbed, you seem like a nice fellow with a genuine passion for our hobby. Best of luck on your KZbin journey!

[@8eos80]

Another great project update! Does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy a samurai commander unit from (i.e. website)?

[@7thson726]

Thanks 😁 you should check out Grey for Now Games, footsore miniatures and Steel Fist Miniatures - they all have great samurai miniatures

[@gbennett69]

well done

[@7thson726]

Thank you 👍

[@BrushQuill]

Lovely work on all the figures Martin. The basing on the Cav makes perfect sense. Does the round base slot into the squares ok if you want to show commanders in battle?

[@7thson726]

Cheers buddy 👍😁 the base does hook onto the sides of the other ones, not flush but enough that it looks like a continuation

[@stevebetts528]

Great video, can I ask what bases you use (apologies if you've already explained this elsewhere I'm new to the channel)

[@7thson726]

No problem, they are from Big Red Bat bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/bases 👍

[@stevebetts528]

@@7thson726 thanks very much

[@norm977]

exceptional base. What do you use as your ink / shade / wash?

[@7thson726]

Thanks 👍 i use different washes on different parts. The armour uses strong tone before being highlighted for example. I use contrast paints to create a base layer then work the colours up with highlights using standard paints

[@norm977]

@@7thson726 thanks. Interesting, i have found contrast alone to 'not be enough' will try that.

[@markwarne893]

Nice bases, where did you get them please?

[@7thson726]

They are from Big Red Bat, bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/bases

[@YOUPIMatin123]

Not clear to me if you are pleased with your commander ...? /s :D

[@7thson726]

No I'm really pleased with him, this base is one of my favourites, I can't remember but I think I was operating on very little sleep when I made this one 😁

[@YOUPIMatin123]

@@7thson726 it was a bit of a jest, its very clear you are happy and rightly so!

[@7thson726]

@@YOUPIMatin123 ah I see lol 👍

[@edmundblackadder8313]

Where are them bases from?

[@7thson726]

They are from Big Red Bat bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/bases

[@edmundblackadder8313]

@@7thson726 Thanks 😊