Because of this, Im thinking of painting them as more like a unit of soldiers, rather then individuals. This will allow me to make the units look more military & coherant.

I've seen armies done like this, and they dont look half bad

Do you guys think thats a good idea or do you prefer how they look as individual nobles?

The way I did mine was to make sure that each knight included at least one colour from my lords heraldry. That way there was a few common colours running throughout the whole army, giving it a more coherent look

 

Remember, certain Lords can call a quest, where he may demand, that all who follow him on his quest wear the same heraldry and colour scheme. There were 2 battle reports in WD where this happened. One was a red a white scheme where a lord called a campaign against Tomb Kings, then when they released Bretonnians again, they did a second battle report following on from the last, it was the lords son, going on another campaign to avenge his father.

 

I'm painting my Bretonnians black and white and adding in Black Templar crosses. It makes them look very uniform and they look like crusaders. Try something like that and see how it looks.

 

Nice! atleast there's a fluffy excuse for them not looking like individual nobles.
Banded together for a quest under a powerful lord it is! :yes:

 

Why not try an individual shield pattern for each model that way you can paint the units colours the same but just paint a family coate of arms on each shield which wouuld look very cool!

You could research real names and coats of arms too!

 

Why not try an individual shield pattern for each model that way you can paint the units colours the same but just paint a family coate of arms on each shield which wouuld look very cool!

You could research real names and coats of arms too!

I just bought a force of brets to and decided to do exactly what he said i use just three colors red, white, blue, a tiny bit of gold (on the details) and silver with individual shield icons on each knight unfortunatly i also realized theat the eavy' metal team painted a lot of their knights this way as well (sigh) anyway mine have turned out pretty well (i think) and i really enjoy the look of them.

Deumus

PS i only have four guys done and only bought the force on saturday (I posted this on friday the 13th:yes:

 

Thanks for the rep buddy, if you need help again anytime, just PM me. Just one question, why is my rep star still on 1? I have recieved alot of rep off of people who have high rep power! Grrr.

 

i did mine all in red and bone to match the knights in kingdom of heaven.

 

I like the idée of a crusaders army with red cross. If you paint some dirt, like they have bin riding thro some mud or something. It can be like Rickard Lion hearts crusade army (or something that fits to the GW world).

I’m sure you will think of something good...

 

Yeah thats what the WD crusade scheme was like. Looked pretty cool. But personally i like the mix up of colours, and the fact that the whole of Bretonnia will rally against threats even though it is not their duty to fight.

 

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I think that you shouldn't make them all the same, because they are all different and have families and honour to uphold and all that jazz. Anyway, make them have different heraldry but you can make one unit white and blue and make them all have different heraldry symbols, and they will still look organized... slightly. I don't see where your coming from though, the different colours and everything look great when their put together! It's different then the bland repetition from other armies.

 

I'm gonna throw in a bit of historical stuff here. At the Battle of Crécy in 1346, the French army of between 30,000 and 40,000 men fought the english army of between 8,000 and 12,000 men. Nearlly the entire French army was mounted. Only the Genoese crossbowmen were on foot. The Frech army was organised on 3 "Battles" and in each "Battle" There was a number of Conris. A Conri was essenally a group of knights led by their lord or a more superior knight. Every man in the Contri (between 10 and 30 men on horseback) bore the symbol of the man who commanded them. This sort of thing could look good in a Bretonnian army.

However, Questing knights should all look different. They come together in battle to proove themselves worthy of the Grail, and afterwards disband to search for it again.

Grail knights should not have any personal heraldry as they are the Protectors of the Grail Chapels and other sacred sites.

 

Hi all,

Ive just purchased a large Bretonnian force & now its time to decide how to paint them. Im becoming more & more confident in steering away from 'Eavy metal schemes & doing my own thing.

Bascially, the idea with Bretonnians seems to be that each knight is a noble/lord of his own province, therefore each knight is wearing his own colours & bearing his own symbols on his shield. I dont really like this.
Individually they look very good but when you put them together, the unit as a whole looks very 'rag-tag' and inconsistant. Almost like a bunch of mercenaries, not a diciplined military force.

Because of this, Im thinking of painting them as more like a unit of soldiers, rather then individuals. This will allow me to make the units look more military & coherant.

Do you guys think thats a good idea or do you prefer how they look as individual nobles?

I was thinking of the old English Knight theme.. you know, white with the red cross?

Thanks

This was the same idea that i had. My solution is to use the same colours throughout the army. All blue and white but with individual heraldry. Though im using a mixture of patterns on the knights. the overall look im going for is an army under one lord, all adopting his colours but to their own pattern and with their own family symbols still.

 

Best looking Bret army i've come across was one that used just 2 colours for heraldry. Belonged to a guy named Korey who chose red and blue. The clever thing that he did to distinguish his knights was to paint the Errant knights halved (i.e. Blue on the left, red on the right). He then quartered the Knights of the Realm and the Questing knights in eighths. Finally on the Grail knights, he continued the checker pattern, but only by subdividing alternating squares.

To do this you must have clean sharp lines and really onjoy geometry.

 

i think a yellow and black checkered color scheme would look great!

 

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