When I painted these monks originally I gave then brown habits without really thinking about it. I know now that this was wrong, that brown habits are worn by Franciscan monks whose order wasn't founded until the C13th, and that the monks of St Gurnard's would almost certainly have been Benedictines.
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| Franciscan in brown, Benedictine in black. As has been famously claimed about shoes, brown habits don't make it. |
Originally, Benedictines wore grey, later black, and I've been unable to discover when the change occurred. Therefore I've decided to go for a faded black which could be dark grey if necessary.
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| Bad habits, soon to be replaced by good habits. |
Since monks are easy to paint, I'll ordain these disappointingly lumpen Gripping Beast figures I've had knocking around at the same time.
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| Not Gripping Beast's finest figures |
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