Timurid Heavy Cavalry and Italian Wars Miniatures

[@dartmart9263]

Addendum: Start by looking at the video that the The Terrain Tutor did some time ago: “A Guide to Making Pro Terrain Washes” In that video, he shows how to manipulate acrylic paints properly, without risking breaking down the cohesion of the acrylic colors.

[@philRminiatures]

A heavy and beautiful looking cavalry, nice job on the Timourid unit!

[@thekrausecollection15mmmin53]

Look at forged in battle 15mm. Saxons! They have a set of monks. They are really nice btw. You can use them for any religious order for 800 years. Still. Work for even now 😂😂😉😉

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@thekrausecollection15mmmin53 I also see they have nice terrain pieces, the minaret and Byzantine church would be nice for my collection

[@thomaswilliams5005]

Impressive looking little force there. I love a good set of pikemen

[@charleslatora5750]

Wow. As always, most excellent.

[@charleslatora5750]

Lots of my 15's are blue moon. Very happy with them. May set up some on my back table.

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@charleslatora5750 they are really good quality miniatures

[@tolemykus4805]

Looks like they'll rank up well. :)

[@regwirth3004]

I replaced all my pikes with the bristles from a broom (plastic type). Used a pair of pliers to fatten one end then cut it to a point. Looks good, are flexible, and won't stick into your hand when you go to pick them up.

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@regwirth3004 I have heard of that before just never tried it

[@regwirth3004]

@@Corvinuswargaming1444 Try it, you'll like it😁

[@ZenMiniPainting]

9 x 9 bases look really good, they look suitably dense and "formed".

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@ZenMiniPainting Thanks. I think for earlier Renaissance pike formations they need to look dense and large. Sometimes in 28mm especially the pike formations look a little too thin and kind of vestigial. Hopefully I’ll get the effect I want once they’re all painted and based up

[@wgeffoxdo9719]

nice job

[@thekrausecollection15mmmin53]

Have not forgotten to put up my tumrid army. Will try to this week

[@Dan-ds8sf]

Ugh, your channel is seriously starting to tempt me into 15mm Italian Wars minis.

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@Dan-ds8sf it definitely has some advantages over 28mm. There are some obvious ones like lower cost and you can fit more miniature on a 6x4 table. More specifically, I think its easier to represent the volume of troops in 15mm, especially for the pike blocks. The 16th century like formations are usually depicted as being large and quite dense, and to do that in 28mm you need many more figures I think.

[@rangerminiaturesandgaming3647]

I actually really like the game color washes. Tamerlane was one of the great commanders of history.

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@rangerminiaturesandgaming3647 It took me a while to get used to them, but now I am liking the results a lot more with them. Tamerlane is really interesting and left a big legacy on the history of Persia and Central Asia. He was kind of like Alexander the Great, really skilled commander and conquerer but just did not have the time to consolidate his empire.

[@charleslatora5750]

I like the six pikemen and the four mounted dudes. But what do I know?

[@SolventAbuseUk]

cool

[@thekrausecollection15mmmin53]

Also my video for the Spanish imperials and papal state video shows my tercios. Using blue moon. Might give you some ideas

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@thekrausecollection15mmmin53 I will check those out!

[@dartmart9263]

Why not make your own washes, from acrylic ink, distilled water and acrylic medium? Some people use a tiny amount of JetDry to reduce the surface tension and prevent beading, I prefer a small amount of Liquitex Flow Improver. I would stay away from using isopropyl alcohol as a flow improver on figures. I personally haven’t had any problems, but I’ve talked to several figure painters who have. They say isopropyl doesn’t always react well to some paint brands. I believe I saw several people on KZbin with their own formulas, equivalent to those Citadel washes (Nuln Oil, Agrax, etc). Let me see if I can find them again. Or just do a KZbin search for make your own washes, or make your own Nuln Oil. “Italian Wars Miniatures” Wow, now you REALLY have my attention, Sir! I’ve always wanted to purchase and paint up figures for a Spanish mercenary company in the Italian Wars. Q- Any 15mm figure suggestions for such Spaniards? Thanks!!!

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@@dartmart9263 Khurasan and Old Glory/Blue Moon have good ranges for the Italian Wars. Khurasan also has Spanish for the later 16th century as well

[@dartmart9263]

@@Corvinuswargaming1444 Are they compatible size-wise?

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@ There is a slight size difference. The Blue Moon pikemen I show in this video have a little more bulk compared to Khurasan, but on the gaming table the size difference isn’t that extreme. I will do a size comparison with my Khurasan Knights of Malta musketeers in a future video to give you an idea of

[@dartmart9263]

@@Corvinuswargaming1444 That’s excellent! Thank you so much!

[@Corvinuswargaming1444]

@ there is an exhibition right now of some tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia in 1525, if you search Battle of Pavia tapestries you can find it. It can give you an idea of the colors of the clothing