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Sir Edward Poynings
My bias to the Tudor army continues with the addition of Sir Edward Poynings and other nobles.This was somewhat influenced by a forthcoming game with Oli which will feature action during the 1511 siege...
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Building project part 2 and some other bits
I've been finishing a few ongoing little projects so I thought I'd cover them all in one post. First up is another house build / kit conversion. This began life as a Dutch 2 storey house from Sarissa...
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French franc archer infantry
My focus has returned to my French army of 1513 with the creation of this unit of franc archers with polearms. They're all converted from a mix of Perry and Steel Fist miniatures along with a few extra...
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A few photographs of the collection
Landsknechts in French serviceJust a quick hello, here are a selection of photographs of my collection from a recent game that I played in hosted by Michael Perry and friends. As ever it was a great...
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Antoine de Crequy
Antoine de Crequy, Seigneur de Pontdormy.In comparison to my Tudor army I've found it rather difficult to find many details of the French commanders so I've naturally shied away from them. Doing so for...
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Dixmude 1489 part 1, foot knights
The day job, home, family etc has been quite hectic and i'll be honest I've just been exhausted in my downtime. It's been frustrating at times as I've been finding that when I'm away from the painting...
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Dixmude 1489 part 2, John Pearson
Of the few accounts of the battle I found the following really evocative;'And also it is not to be forgoten, but to by had in ramenbrance, the goode courage of an Englyshe yoman called John Person,...
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Early Tudor Longbowmen
Under the current circumstances I find myself with some additional time so I thought I'd embark on a long overdue project for my early Tudor Army.Oli Green and I wargame the period using adapted rules...
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Work in Progress; Scots Pike
 Well it was only a matter of time wasn't it.I have taken great inspiration from the border themed wargames myself and Oli have had this year and finally took the plunge.These games led me to dig out...
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Scots Borderers and English infantry
The first completed Scots unit for the collection; a border nobleman and his retinue. I had a lot of fun creating these and really got enthused for many more.The inspiration was reading that border...
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Scots Pike Complete !
I've put off creating a Scots army for quite a while as the numbers of pike simply put me off but with the circumstances of this year it really was a perfect opportunity to quietly push on with a large...
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Standing dollies conversions
I've been meaning to do these for a while now and as ever all I needed was a bit of inspiration. In this case that came in the form of having a lot of Perry Mercenaries sprues with handgun and crossbow...
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New Scenery and buildings for the collection.
Last year I commissioned some new additions to my collection and having received the final package yesterday I have taken some time to do some setups and generally have fun with the collection.The...
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Further buildings for the collection
 This has been many months in the making, something I've quietly been doing in the background for a while. I thought i'd have a go at scratch-building a modular walled Manor House complex suitable for...
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Painted Steelfist Dollies
I was very excited to receive a few packs of the latest Steelfist dollies which I collaborated in sculpting, it’s a real pleasure to see how well they’ve turned out.These are available from Steelfist...
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Facebook Group page
  Regarde mes Amis! Ces’t une page de Facebook!We bring good tidings, honest !Hello there. I’ve been experimenting recently with ways to both promote my tiny dark corner of the hobby and find...
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Alexander Home, Third Lord Home 1485-1516
The first Scots Noble for the Army is Alexander Home, Third Lord Home. Here follows a brief biography of this rather interesting member of Scots nobility, hopefully it'll encourage you to read up on...
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Scots Pike part II
The second batch of Scots Pike is complete, it's been a real marathon but a worthy prize I think you'll agree.As with the first batch my thinking was to use banners not affiliated to particular nobles...
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Irish Kern
The latest figures join the ranks are a host of Irish Kern. I've been steadily painting them for a while and have reached a natural pause, these three units will be used in their own right as Irish or...
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Early Tudor Mounted Archers
This unit has been a long time coming. When the Perry Miniatures Light Cavalry set was released I had these in mind but at that time I was working on my collection of French cavalry so the first...
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