Jump to content

NorthStar 1672 Civilians: Lord Barstead's Soiree

Rigel

By Rigel,
in Show Off: Painting

 Share Followers 0

Recommended Posts

Rigel

Rigel 11229

Posted
Posted

The parson from this four-figure set showed up in my recent post on the Salem Sisters. Let's ratchet several notches up the social scale for the other three. First, some Ladies at Court:

DSCN9406.thumb.JPG.734f3da7b303ebc75d1518bff9645ff2.JPG

Or courtiers, or courtesans, it's not easy to draw the line in King Charles II's time.  Lots of flounces and furbelows, lots of gossip. 

"Of course the Barsteads have wealth piled upon wealth. It is said that the family were blaggards and privateers who got rich off of Spanish gold in Queen Bess's time"
"Well, *I* heard that the Barstead fortune came from a devil's bargain! The coffers will never run empty as long as the Good Folk take the firstborn to pay the tithe to Hell!"

 

DSCN9407.thumb.JPG.e3b0a30d62d9a01710e2b1105bf8c8d7.JPG

"Hm! The way the family carries on, it seems Old Scratch got the worse end of the deal, paying up for what would rightfully come his way in due time with no effort on his part."

 

DSCN9408.thumb.JPG.ef4f412ffca663862f1a67b7e75aa0ce.JPG

DSCN9409.thumb.JPG.2b963fbd9ca38b92ea429d882326c7ed.JPG

 

And here is Lord Barstead himself. Rouged cheeks and mad eyes, definitely drunk and dissolute. The sort of person who would horsewhip the servants and call people "cack-handed slatterns." The kind who will squander the family inheritance on cards and drink. Maybe enclose the Commons later, on a whim, or start a tobacco plantation in the New World, or just sentence a peasant to hang for poaching. 

 

"...Very old family, the Barsteads. In the War of the Roses Sir Ranulf Barstead invented the Barstead sword. Why, back in the Conqueror's day half the nobility in this part of the realm were Barsteads. Demned upstart vagabonds these days, jumped-up weavers and tradesmen get a little money and start thinking of themselves as Peers? Why, it makes a Barstead's blood boil!"

DSCN9405.thumb.JPG.dd1c5e590be75e76e118b6ead833815e.JPG


"You DARE? Insolent whelp, I'll see you dead and damned at dawn! Pistols, or swords?"
 

DSCN9401.thumb.JPG.3f686c6c741718ff8f4ecf8a7922aaa9.JPG

 

DSCN9403.thumb.JPG.a33ad37577715e120083a1b49ad12ec6.JPG 

 

DSCN9404.thumb.JPG.b0f68a59e7e4b78a17706b60ebc4dda2.JPG

 

 

DSCN9410.thumb.JPG.fc33ad82c64b7dd6bddb87b059f14b50.JPG

DSCN9402.JPG

  • Like 21
Link to post
Share on other sites
  • Replies 5
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Iridil

Iridil 7965

Posted
Posted

Another great setting - love the ladies bright colors and makeup, but Lord Barstead is stealing the show with they way you painted his face - indignant, insolent, dissolute...

  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
Glitterwolf

Glitterwolf 213043

Posted
Posted

Love the setting and story.

Good work!

I can see that the ladies despite their gossip won't mind the attention of this rich handsome man. 

  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites
Rigel

Rigel 11229

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thank you all and sorry about the delayed response! 

On 5/13/2021 at 7:05 PM, Chaoswolf said:

Good work on some not so good 'nobles'.

 

On 5/19/2021 at 10:07 AM, 72moonglum said:

Very cool, nice bright colors!

Thanks! I had originally intended to include a Bombshell dodo in the shot, as an homage to a delightful Howard Waldrop short story, "The Ugly Chickens." 1672 is pushing the known record a bit, but not by too awful much...

On 5/13/2021 at 2:49 PM, Glitterwolf said:

Love the setting and story.

Good work!

I can see that the ladies despite their gossip won't mind the attention of this rich handsome man. 

It is often the way with ladies of the court. Thank you!

On 5/13/2021 at 10:14 AM, Iridil said:

Another great setting - love the ladies bright colors and makeup, but Lord Barstead is stealing the show with they way you painted his face - indignant, insolent, dissolute...

Many thanks--he's just awful and I love it!

  • Like 4
Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Followers 0
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

  • Similar Content

    • Citrine
      Midlam Halfling Candlestick Maker
      By Citrine
      This fun little guy is the Halfling Candlestick Maker from Midlam (SKU HTC19).  He seems worried due to his candle has going out.
       



    • Rigel
      All Of Them Witches: Salem Sisters and NorthStar Parson
      By Rigel
      "Hickory, dickory, dare,


      The pig flew up in the air.

       


      The man in brown 

       


      Soon brought him down;

       


      Hickory, dickory, dare."
                ---Old nursery rhyme
       

       

       

       
      I mostly have enough Weird West stuff to resist the temptations of Dracula's America, but I'll be expletive deleted if the Salem Sisters and Guardian weren't exactly what I needed for this early modern project. The Guardian's trousers are a bit anachronistic, but that buckled hat and kerchief more than makes up for it. 


      Our Sisters--Maiden, Mother, and Crone--are tremendously full of character, and those bonnets and collars sell it. Again, I tried for colors that are not quite black and grey, but still look dour and joyless. 

       

       

       
      The Man in Brown, the parson, is from NorthStar's 1672 line, part of their Civilian pack; a perfect fit for this setting. (He comes with a foppish aristocrat and two ladies in fine silks--the sort of thing that would be Frivolity and Idleness in this region. We'll see them later.) I didn't intend to make the parson so sinister-looking or surly, but it's a happy accident. There are definitely multiple ways of parsing this scenario. Perhaps he's the warlock, trying to get some hard-working women accused of witchcraft so he can buy their land. Perhaps not! Perhaps it's poltergeist activity from the worryingly intense child. Who can say? 

      Extra pics:
       

       
    • Iridil
      Townsfolk Courtesan, bones
      By Iridil
      Hi all - here is the courtesan townsfolk figure from Bones IV. I learned that yes, just as everyone says, orange does not cover well. 100 coats of orange later....



    • Inarah
      Druss Darkblighter
      By Inarah
      Picked this guy up at a paint and take somewhere.  He was primed black and this is as far as I got without my glasses. 
       

       
      Fiddled around with him some more recently.  Experimented with some Contrast paints and various glazes.  Calling it done. 
       

       
       
       
    • Patrik Strom
      Townsfolk - Blacksmith, Reaper Bones
      By Patrik Strom
      A quick and dirty version of the Bones Blacksmith I did a while ago. Nothing fancy, basically basecoat + wash + abit of highlight on some stuff.
       



       

  • Who's Online   19 Members, 1 Anonymous, 43 Guests (See full list)

×
×
  • Create New...