One stand of Foot knights - Done

I checked out YouTube and looked for tutorials on how to paint armour.
Found a great one from Pete the Wargamer called: Perry Miniatures Tutorial: How to Paint Foot Knights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNkZpI1EMpI

Thanks Pete!
It gave me some inspiration to start cleaning, gluing and painting some of my Perry's.
So here is my first bloke.

I'll admit, I'll keep my day job but at least They'll be ready to take to the field and put down those Lancastrian pretenders!

Soon lads! Soon!


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