Saturday, January 5, 2013

Renaissance Armor

I have not done much painting this week as we were on vacation, but I did wander into a small independent bookstore and found a great little book containing twenty-four full color postcards of historical renaissance armor. The book is by John Batchelor and was published by Dover Publications in 1998. I've photographed the cards and have posted them below for reference.

Now that I am back in town, it is time to finish painting those ancient Spanish on my table!

Italian 1530, German 1420, French 1560, Italian 1625
Italian 1540, Italian 1500, Italian 1520, German 1530

German 1550, German 1520, Italian 1560, English 1550
Austrian 1570, German 1590, Italian 1580, German 1540

Italian 1570, German 1532, English 1540, Italian 1560
French 1600, German 1540, Italian 1500, Italian 1550

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  1. IanJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    Nice pics and good luck with the Spanish

    Ian

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  2. MontyJanuary 5, 2013 at 10:52 AM

    Great find! I see there are pictures of black armor. I've struggled to do black armor in 15mm and have had to settle for a compromise. At least you won't have this issue with your Spanish!

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    1. JonathanJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:39 PM

      Black armor is very tough and requires multiple steps of subtle highlighting and layering to not look 'flat' as you have found... :)

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  3. Wargame News and Terrain BlogJanuary 5, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    Thanks for these pictures, saved as an inspiration for some victorian science fiction era troopers!

    Cheers

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    1. JonathanJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM

      I'm really glad they were of use- and for science fiction!

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  4. Paul´s BodsJanuary 5, 2013 at 12:29 PM

    Looks like a lovely book.
    I´ve only just watched a video about the flexibilty of medieval armour..well worth watching;
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqC_squo6X4
    There´s a short clip , in the video of someone(from 1920) wearing the actual suit of armour that Henry VIII wore
    Cheers
    Paul

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    1. JonathanJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM

      Thanks for the link Paul!

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    2. Paul´s BodsJanuary 6, 2013 at 5:12 AM

      There´s some funny bits in the video..like the reproduction set of armour that looks like it needs to go to the toilet :-D

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  5. Ray RousellJanuary 5, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    Great pics, looks like an excellent book!

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  6. peterJanuary 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM

    Nice pictures of interesting armor!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://www.peterscave.blogspot.be/

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