“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”
The Black Knight, his Jester and Lady Companion join the Quest
It’s now coming to the end of April and I’m quite pleased with my efforts to produce a unit of Bretonnian knights good enough for the table-top. In addition, I’ve managed to repair the really characterful Tristan the Troubadour and given him two companions. The first is his faithful Jules le Jongleur whilst the second is a mounted sorceress on a spare horse from the Repanse kit. I recall iconic this up in a job lot off eBay yonks ago. I needed to gently squeeze outwards using a pair of long-nosed pliers the legs of the maiden so that she could fit on the horse fairly snuggly.
I wanted Tristan to become the ‘Black Knight’ but needed him to retain a sense of honour and decorum as he is not an evil or chaos warrior, hence the mount is light brown and the skull transfers also incorporate a fleur de lys. This image is replicated on the sorceress’s rear of her mount as well to connect the two as companions.
Jules is painted with a mix of colours to link the mainly black and gold Tristan to the white, red and blue of the maiden. The skull and fleur de lys is replicated on Jules’ balloon.
Three Amigos...A similar palette has been used as with the errant knights to provide continuity. The white micro arts graveyard bases were washed with nuln oil a few times and once dry the feet and bottom of the horses were dry brushed using Forgeworld light rust weathering as with the other knights. Again static grass was added to provide a continuity with the basing across the units.
And we’re off...
The beasts and knights army continues to grow...
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