Well a couple of days later than planned here are the Janissaries that were beaten to the post by my last post containing Orc Big Boyz!
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| New Siege of Vienna Ottoman Janissary Orta, 28 figures strong! |
I got these guys from an eBay lot that contained a box of Warlord figures, several blister packs and a three 'toy' tents that were advertised as being potential 28mm after a bit of work.
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| Command stand plus flanking Musketeer bases |
You saw the contents of one of eth blister packs earlier in the challenge when I painted up the Janissary Cooking Pot, and you may have seen one of eth tents in background shots of other figures I have been painting. I was hoping to find some suitable bespoke Ottoman Guards figures to stand outside the tent but it wasn't to be!
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| Mixed Musketeer, Swordsmen and Pole Arm bases |
Anyway it'll look good as part of the Ottoman Head Quarters camp when I get the others done.
So as with the rest of my collection, this Orta will consist of 7 bases of 4 figures, with a mixture of guys armed with Firearms and Hand / Pole weapons - to give a feel that these are indeed ferocious fighters with multiple ways inflicting damage, either at range or close-up.
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| Two more bases of Janissaries |
As ever they are undercoated white and then I applied a Veilejo 'Flat Red' colour for the coats, I opted for a bright, light green for the trouser leggings and a lining of white and plain linen for the under vests etc.
I then added flesh and leather for equipment before adding details in Gold and silver. I opted to give the coats yellow lacing with silver buttons as it looked better to my eyes than gold on yellow.
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| Final pair of Janissary bases |
I think I've said before that modern thinking is that the Janissaries did not have 'uniforms' on campaign but I began my collection in this manner and that's how these were done. I have done the irregulars in much more muted and varied colours.
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| Close-up of a musketeer stand |
Various coloured washes were applied and then a cot f matt varnish to protect eth figures.
Basing was fine sand, then electrostatic grass and tufts to taste!
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| The command base, two officers, musician and Standard bearer |
The two mounted Ottoman Officers were done in much they same way, they have differing colours in their uniforms but I opted to give one a leather coat - as with the officers in the Janissary unit - maybe reflecting the colder climate they were operating in versus the one they were used to at home.
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| First Officer, with a gabion on the base giving a nod to the Siege positions |
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| Second Officer |
The tent is made of soft plastic and is some sort of 'cheap' toy to go with what I'm guessing to be 54mm figures, I cut it down and then attached to a 100mm round base and painted in raw linen with burgundy type trim. I believe the HQ tent at Vienna was famously red, so I'll do another the same colour as this one and reverse the colours to give a ten suitable for a Sultan - maybe another post coming on this!
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| Head Quarters tent with Guardsman |
