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Richard de la Pole, the White Rose
I find myself saying this a lot but ......this is long overdue ! I very happily present the command of Richard de la Pole, the last White Rose, pretender to the English crown.Richard de la Pole (born...
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French Men at Arms
This unit began as a continuation of the Bayard conversion in the last post, I wasn't quite finished with the sculpting mojo and whilst I really liked the barding conversion it was laborious and I...
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Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard
Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard, 1476-1524This has been a long time coming. Considering I started my collection with a command base of Henry VIII one may think key characters were easy to do but...
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Landsknecht Arquebusiers part II
You can never have too many !This is part 3 of a re-basing project for the Landsknechts in my collection, some of which were painted quite a while back. I opted to re-base and re-invigorate my troops...
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Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle
Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle c1462-1523This post is very much a continuation of the last, as Edward Stanley is a commander at Flodden, I feel he is deserving of a separate post.Born c1462, the son of...
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Stanley's men of Lancashire for Flodden
This is a bit of a ramble so go get a cup of tea.In fact a ramble it is not, it's a massive deep dive and I got lost down the rabbit hole a bit as I had lots of questions, I am unashamedly unapologetic...
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Highland Command
Hello thereThis is something of a follow up post, some command for the Highland Archer contingent in my Army.I fully intended to do these straight after but well, that's distraction for you !All...
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James IV
A most majestic bumper update for you, and a lengthy one at that so go get yourself a cuppa and a biscuit, or perhaps a whisky and shortbread and read my inane ramblings. There's quite a bit, I truly...
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Landsknecht Arquebusiers
A return to the Landsknechts !Landsknechts have been on my mind for quite a while now since (shameless plug) writing the painting guide for the Helion book All is Lost Save Honour.This is part 2 of a...
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Scots Highland Archers
The ranks of the Scots Army continue to grow with this latest addition. Some Highland bows to act as skirmishers and protect the flanks of the pikes for the Scots armies of Flodden and...
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Maximilian Imperial Light Cavalry, part 2
Continuing from the previous post I was keen to maintain the conversion and painting momentum and was still having fun painting cavalry so it only seemed natural to create some more light cavalry...
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Maximilian Imperial light cavalry
Another slow burning project come to fruition.Last year I set about studying French Gendarmes in the search for some source material and generally to educate myself a bit more on their appearance and...
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Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly 1460 ish -1524
Another commander to lead the ranks of Scots Pike, Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly.Brief biography is here on Wikipedia.Of particular note, Huntly was a favourite of both James III and James IV....
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Landsknecht Command
This unit has been a little delayed, I meant to complete this command when I revived my Landsknechts last year, more of that here.However, in the intervening period I've had time to think on the...
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Scots Artillery
James IV's army continues to grow.To support the existing pike I thought it was about time they had some artillery to represent the 'Seven Sisters' which battered English castles with ease on the...
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Scots Pike part III
I'm very happy to be unveiling another batch of Scots pike. These do take a little while and are something of a labour of love but one which has improved with each iteration.I think the first unit...
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English Bill & Durham Knights for Flodden
This post marks the start of a somewhat inevitable addition to the collection, some English troops proper to the Flodden Campaign and suitable for other various border clashes of the period.My...
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Filthy Rebels !
The painting desk is back in business !I recently moved home and this unit s the first from the new set up, I now also have a gaming space too so hopefully the creative output shall increase.The next...
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Landsknecht Pike Block
This project has been in my mind for quite a while and stayed kicked firmly into the long grass for fear of its enormity but I finally took the plunge to re-base my standing Landsknecht Pike.The first...
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Landsknecht Pike
Well, it's been a while hasn't it !Life has been rather busy and unpredictable for a while and unfortunately in my case the hobby is often the first casualty though equally when I return to it it's a...
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