Wednesday, 25 March 2020

What I painted yesterday.

The first University of Edinburgh art history course I took when I retired was on Medieval Manuscripts. It was fascinating with an excellent lecturer’s input and good discussion from fellow students. One area I found particularly fascinating was that concerned with those bizarre small drawings in manuscripts, what are known as marginalia.
Strange pictures of snails fighting men, weird beasts and of course rabbits! Rabbits with bows,swords and much,much more. Here are a couple of examples

Then came the Kickstarter and how could I resist? The world of marginalia made into lead wargames figures. The sculptor did great research and made rabbits based on manuscript illustrations. For example the rabbit on a lion,the rabbit on a greyhound holding a snail as if hawking and a rabbit attacking a monk. I backed the Kickstarter and in time beautiful figures arrived. They had been put on the back burner until yesterday. So I decided to spend the afternoon enjoyably painting and ended up with a 24 point army for Dragon Rampant not to mention some scary rabbits! Here they are-





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  1. The Good Soldier Svjek25 March 2020 at 10:29

    Love the rabbits and quirky Medieval manuscripts .

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:31

      Well worth reading into as it is a fascinating subject. There is much online including complete manuscripts to flick through, the wonders of technology.

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  2. Maudlin Jack Tar25 March 2020 at 10:51

    Lovely pictures (what kind of mushrooms were the mediaeval artists eating?) and wonderful figures too! The bases are little works of art!

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:32

      The bases are those patches of model vegetation with a sticky underneath. I find them most effective.

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com25 March 2020 at 11:48

    Hare Hare (sic)

    Delightfully sick and twisted, very appropriate for DR.

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:34

      Hare you are them. DR gives an enjoyable game with more than a nod to old school gaming experiences.

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  4. WSTKS-FM Worldwide25 March 2020 at 13:28

    Wonderful!

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  5. Grenzer John25 March 2020 at 15:47

    Those figures are great! You did a fine job! I have a set I painted for my daughter's Kings of War Elven army.

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:36

      What a lovely thing to do, she must have been delighted. Goodness knows what the elves must have made of these critters...

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  6. Phil25 March 2020 at 17:17

    Brilliant! Well done Alan. A productive day! All the best. Phil

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  7. Herr Zinnling25 March 2020 at 17:57

    They look wonderful! Well done. Cheers, Karl

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:38

      Thanks, I am rather pleased how they turned out.

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  8. A J25 March 2020 at 20:39

    Bizarre and utterly delightful! "Ah'm tellin' ye, tha' rabbit's dynamite!"

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:39

      Plenty more bizarre stuff in the manuscript margins , worth a google...

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  9. Mark, Man of TIN25 March 2020 at 21:30

    Superb and just in time for Easter ...

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 07:18

      Puts a different slant on an Easter egg hunt. I think they are to the Easter bunny what Krampus is to Father Christmas. Also time for a chorus of Run Rabbit Run Rabbit, Run, Run Run...

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  10. Fitz-Badger26 March 2020 at 01:53

    Excellent!
    I was tempted by that kickstarter, but in the end decided I probably wouldn't do much with the minis. You did a great job on them. Such wonderfully quirky figures (both in the historical manuscripts and in the finished models).

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    1. tradgardmastare26 March 2020 at 06:44

      I signed up to the KS as I had some 28mm medievals just waiting for an opponent and because they were manuscripts come to life/lead. Thanks for your comment. They are just such lovely castings.

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