28mm The Baron's War (Footsore Miniatures) - Part III

Hello, I'm back again with a couple of newly finished miniatures from Footsore's The Baron's War 28mm range: Henry de Beaumont, 5th earl of Warwick, and Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester and Chief Justiciar of England from 1213 to c.1215. De Beaumont was a commander in King John's royal army (and my nearest local lord), and des Roches was one of the most important and influential men in both John and his son Henry III's governments. Both men fought for the infant Henry III's cause at the Second Battle of Lincoln in 1217.

I've really enjoyed painting these two over the past week. The sculpts are just wonderful, there's so much crisp detail and being of baronial/episcopal class they are a great canvas for some bright bold colours. The prominent fabric elements on both figures provided me with a great opportunity to work on my shading and highlighting, and I'm pleased with the results. I also got to try out the shield decals from Citadel Six for the first time and I'm very impressed with them, as someone with relatively poor coordination I didn't find them too fiddly as long as I took my time and had all my tools near to hand before starting the process. I did cock up the bishop of Winchester's shield and had to remove it, but thankfully Suzanne at Citadel Six very kindly sent me some replacements and I got it on with no futher trouble second time round.

Henry de Beaumont, 5th earl of Warwick

I really enjoyed bringing out the highlights on the cloak with a good bit of drybrushing

Seen here with his bannerman - a fine knightly pair!

I continued my use of The Army Painter's basing guide and I'm very happy with the results

Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester and Chief Justiciar of England (1213-c.1215). Getting this particular decal on took a couple of attempts but I think the finished shield looks great.

One of my main goals with this miniature was making the surcoat look rich and sumptuous. The bishop wields a mace, symbolic of the Church's rules against bishops spilling blood, but carries a dagger and a sword on his belt anyway - needs must!

I hope you enjoyed these miniatures, I had a great time painting them and I feel like with each figure I'm really honing my techniques. Which is a good thing, because there's plenty more to come!

- The Kenilworth Knight