David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Davide 'Il Robusto' Bicclione

A brief respite from the Wars of the Roses for you gentle reader, as much as for me, you and I have certainly earned it! A while ago I received one of Wargames Illustated Giants in Miniature sculpted by my son Matthew, Giovanni of the Black Bands. I found that somehow I'd already got one, so I passed one on to Phil for our Italian Wars project. Well, to my surprise he painted his up and it duly appeared on his blog! Put to shame I decided I best tackle mine then ~

As you can see he'd not win any prizes but I'm confident that he will do his duty admirably, serving as anything from an objective marker, to acting as a victory point in the game, even as a Champion! Time will tell...


20 comments:

  1. And very dashing he looks too, David!

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  2. A nicely turned out shiny target for the Baldini shooters 🙂

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  3. He looks great, super job on a very nice miniature.

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  4. A lovely piece of work David, sculpting and painting.

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    1. Thats very kind George and much appreciated.

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  5. A fine looking fellow indeed David…
    I have to admit that I prefer commanders that adopt a more restrained pose over the ones jumping about and waving their swords at anything and everyone .

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Yes, the 'Hey Steve!' figures are a bit strange in some periods I agree.

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  6. Nice work as always David and he will certainly have many uses on the table it seems:).

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  7. Very nicely painted and presented indeed! He seems to me to bare an uncanny resemblance to a certain wargaming chum from years past..... can't remember exactly who though 🤔🤔🤔

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  8. Thank you Paul! Now you mention it there is a resemblance to that distant chap. Thinner then though I recall?😉

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