Showing posts with label Hohenstaufen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hohenstaufen. Show all posts
Friday, 7 November 2008
Aragonians, Langobardi and troups from Pisa in the Sicilian Army of Frederico II
Lately I've been painting up some auxilia-troops for my medieval sicilian army of the 12th/13th Century. All from "Crusader-Miniatures".
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Manfreds Last Stand
February 26th 1266 The Battle of Benevento. Manfred, the last swabian King of Siciliy, fights Carl of Anjou. The King dies with most of his army: a large contingent of saracene missiletroops and 200-300 muslim light cavalry, 1200 still loyal german knights and 1000 lombard and tuscan mounted.
Manfred is shown starting the battle, the saracenes (in front) charging the french battleline while some lombard foot secure a flank.
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Saturday, 17 March 2007
The Sicilian Army 13th Century
Miniatures from: Crusader-Miniatures, Artizan, Black Tree. The Knights look a bit dated - Still them good ole Normans...BUT: I ordered the right models for this period from Mirliton...but that's another paint-job...will it ever end?
By the way, these pictures make for great desktop-backdrops.
Painting Shields and Textiles
I practice the designs first on a sheet of good drawing paper, experiment with colour schemes and get used to painting them with verve so they appear more lively on the model.
Monday, 26 February 2007
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Hohenstaufen 1152-1268
Just finished painting and basing the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. As the Banners show this element can stand for any Hohenstaufen-General:
Frederic I Barbarossa 1152-1190
Henry VI 1190-1197
Philipp II of Swabia 1197-1208
Frederic II 1211-1250
Conrad IV 1250-1254
Manfred 1254-1266
Conradin 1266-1268
Frederic I Barbarossa 1152-1190
Henry VI 1190-1197
Philipp II of Swabia 1197-1208
Frederic II 1211-1250
Conrad IV 1250-1254
Manfred 1254-1266
Conradin 1266-1268
The gonfanon with the three black lions on gold is the coat-of-arms of the Hohenstaufen as dukes of Swabia. The single-headed eagle was introduced as an empirial device in the last years of the reign of Barbarossa. The tinctures black and gold became commonly used around the middle of the 13th century.
Henry VI besieging Napoli in 1191 (Petrus de Ebulo).
Actually Manfred and Conradin weren't Emperors. But I drilled a hole through the hand of the eagle-standard-bearer so I can easly pull the staff out and swap it with another banner for instance the coat of arms of Jerusalem. Frederic II held the Kingship of Jerusalem in the 1220ies but lost it in his quarrels with the Pope. Konradin usurped the title but nobody else believed him...damn!
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This blog is dedicated to ancient and medieval miniature wargaming. I'd like to share pictures of my painted armies and models, self made terrain-pieces and sketches of projects still residing in my head or on a piece of paper.
My main interest at the moment is creating armies and accessories, researching for historical or made-up scenarios and campaigns for the fast-play wargaming rules from "De bellis Antiquitatis" (DBA) with 25mm and 15mm figurines.
I use the blog-format rather unconventionaly. It is more like a scrapbook. And I update the older posts so keep checking. I recommend utilizing the labels to the left. So if your just interested in miniatures click the "Miniatures"-label and you will be presented with posts concerning painting, figurines etc. And don't forget to click on "older posts" at the bottom of the page for more. And many thanks for commenting!
Photographs showing painted toy soldiers, terrain pieces, scratch-built things and drawings © Menic Rüttimann 2.Nov.2006. Please notify me if you wish to use these.
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