Siege of Neuss - Part XXII

The Condottiere Nicola di Monforte, Count of Campobasso, was in charge of Charles' siege operations and captain of the Italian mercenaries in the Burgundian host. As the siege dragged on, Charles was increasingly dissatisfied with the way the operation was handled by the Condottiere who spent most of the time relaxing in Mechelen (today Belgium) in spring of 1475. As the Neussers showed no sign of surrender after nearly 9 months of continous siege in 1475, Charles had engineers from Flanders and Brabant moved to Neuss to blow up the strong walls with mines. Due to the negligence of Campobasso, the Neussers managed to overwhelm the Italian guards and to capture the mines. Charles was furious and relieved the Count of Campobasso of his command and installed the Count of Chimay instead. Campobasso disappointed Charles later once more in 1477 when he defected the Burgundian lines and left Charles before the battle of Nancy.

Perry figures. The condottiere sports a magnificent helmet feather provided by Simon aka Painterman :-)

Heroquest Dwarf

More than 2 years ago I enjoyed painting some Heroquest monsters from my days of youth :-). Somehow I could not convince myself starting work on the heroes - maybe because the bad guys are always more appealing than the boring good guys. That shall change now and I will bring on some of the original Heroquest characters from time to time (as well as some replacements!), however, I will not stick to the orginal cover art. Lets start with the iconic dwarf  (pic got a bit dark again, shot in the evening).

Orcs XII

More Mithril Orcs...

Perry Knight

Generic late 15th c. knight, Perry Earl of Warwick with a head swap :-)

Orcs XI

Nazgul on Fell Beast. I like the overall look of the figure though I think the winged mount is a bit too large. Thats also the reason for the somewhat bad photos - I could not use my usual lightbox.

StuG III F 1/72

And another winter tankie, this time a Trumpeter StuG III F with three TQD Germans.

Burgundian Light Horse - finished