tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post1464694408732227310..comments2024-03-18T05:20:50.047-07:00Comments on I Live with Cats: For the pikes must be together...David Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06229259148925201182noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-32557065027123610502017-07-10T11:16:21.063-07:002017-07-10T11:16:21.063-07:00Those are really nice!Those are really nice!BigRedBathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622983082204451158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-73972014281922758602017-07-10T00:44:56.716-07:002017-07-10T00:44:56.716-07:00Wonderful figures and post, congrats!Wonderful figures and post, congrats!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-32434057505538672202017-07-09T08:33:14.268-07:002017-07-09T08:33:14.268-07:00The statue is a memorial to the rebellion of 1798,...The statue is a memorial to the rebellion of 1798, so the men are dressed in the civilian fashion of late 18th c. Irish countrymen. The lines quoted are also from a ballad about that rebellion, "The Rising of the Moon."<br /><br />I wonder how much bad reaction there is between acryllic and enamel, especially enamel spray. David Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229259148925201182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-81160498283735119522017-07-09T07:53:18.597-07:002017-07-09T07:53:18.597-07:00Great looking pikemen, David. The statue of them i...Great looking pikemen, David. The statue of them is eerie as they look like they're in modern clothing and holding ancient weapons. BTW, I read that you coat the figures with an enamel spray prior to the Minwax staining. I've never done this but it makes sense about the stain flowing better. That said, I once had issues when I used the stain over an enamel basecoat - it was metallic gold, and the stain started to break up the gold like thinner. Since then, I use the stain over acrylics only. Your method works though! DeanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724268555970663130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-74487210825739180702017-07-09T07:14:25.925-07:002017-07-09T07:14:25.925-07:00They're "EI17 Irish Kerns with Pikes Up&q...They're "EI17 Irish Kerns with Pikes Up" from Timeline Miniatures/Hoka Hey Border Reivers range (https://www.timelineminiatures.co.uk/store/index.php?page=border-reivers). Timeline also has an Elizabethan range that fills the gaps in the Border Reivers range. The Irish horse and Scots redshanks I have on order are from the Elizabethan range. They also have English demi-lancers, petronnels, musketeers (the Border Reivers range has only calivermen), etc.<br />David Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229259148925201182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-7752641187960289232017-07-09T07:07:44.337-07:002017-07-09T07:07:44.337-07:00Yes, Alan Rudd is my dealer. I get my Bowen fix fr...Yes, Alan Rudd is my dealer. I get my Bowen fix from him. Great service to the US. Every order arrives about 10 days from the time I make it.David Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229259148925201182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-52226184425968201512017-07-09T00:57:45.119-07:002017-07-09T00:57:45.119-07:00Beautiful work David. This is the perfect period f...Beautiful work David. This is the perfect period for Pikeman's Lament. What figures are the pikemen?<br />Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99962604511527341.post-5484197625352685272017-07-08T23:04:59.629-07:002017-07-08T23:04:59.629-07:00Hi
Enjoyed reading this. Are the Jim Bowen figures...Hi<br />Enjoyed reading this. Are the Jim Bowen figures the ones from Alan Rudd at Timeline/Hoka Hey miniatures?<br />I picked a dozen painted up at spares counter at a show two years ago and was very impressed with them. I have been buying more since and have 18 arquebus/caliver men and two mounted with my painter friend at the moment.<br /><br />I do a little of my own painting but am busy with an imaginary setting in the NW frontier of India in the 1920's.<br />Anyways, thanks for posting. A very enjoyable read.nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552663142940856622noreply@blogger.com