Armor and Weapons: Dark Age and Rennaisance games

 An inspiration for my Medieval collection comes from Wargames Illustrated March 2019 in their article of the same name. My French Knights that I have are based off of the Accurate Minatures set.  The colours used are based off what I had back around 1995-96, before I went to Korea and based off of ideas I got from the movie Braveheart as I was intending to do a War of Scottish Independence, which i have done with them. Before.  Anyway, I'll get some of my shots up again over the winter.

 

 I found 3 different articles on the period So I'll be getting some new posts soon. ANd a year later as I'm in Nunavut, I will have to see about doing these battles over the summer of 2023 while I am home in Nova Scotia for the summer. I also got some more Russian infantry for the period. Which I'm cleaning up and will be basing and painting over time.

 Another campaign to be done with my new medieval troops. This will pit an English army against a French army. In order to field the right amounts of troops, I'm doing lots of research on both armies. It should be a colorful looking lot. At the moment, the forces are coming together. I have to try and base them then get them on the table. And some pictures 

 Now this should be an interesting looking group, lots of mix and match of 15th and 16th century figures, mix of fortified places, villages and moors.

 This battle fought un 1410 between the Teutonic Order and the Polish Lithuania. It's an interesting battle as there were so many nationalities. So I'll throw in all of my medieval troops. And with the current situation going on its interesting to see how confusing the history is there  Teutonic Knights and Allied Europeans Teutonic Knights: Knights of St John crusaders Earl of Derby, England: Archers  Men at Arms Normans: Saxons Polish/Lithuanian Army Rus: Cossacks: Tartars: Mix of Muslim, Asian types(Japanese Samurai) Spanish Conquistadors as Polish  Viking looking types Scots From my recollections, I refought this battle in my garage in the spring of 2022. However, I failed to take any pictures of the game. I also got side tracked by real life and also I took a job posting in Nunavut, which meant my gamming switched to my other eras. However, I do plan to try the action again, and to fill out the forces again.

 One of my new campaigns I'm going to work on. I have figures who need paint, I have some terrain I have also borrowed the Osprey publishing book on this from my friend. I will see about doing these battles as a project. I've painted up more of the figures and began to paint them.

  I'm in the process of increasing this era figures. I have the Accurate Minature set but not this one. They shall fight on the continent, Scotland and Ireland. The first campaign they will find themselves in is Grundwald  I got bases, just need to begin mounting 

  So these figures will find themselves either in the Middle East or in Europe.  I've painted most of them, just need to mount them on bases shortly 

  Despite the ongoing issues in 2022, these fellows will duke it out on a table top in the near future  I have begun to paint these up but will need to get them based shortly 

  The entire set is made up of mounted Knights. I'm in the process of painting them then mounting them. Got bases, will be mounting them shortly 

 Some of the men at arms I'm painting up who fought against and with my ancestors. I may need to do a second coat on them and I'll get on to the basing. May get them out on the board yet.

 This is an old Airfix reissue which I am going to paint up for War of the Rose's and Irish Wars. I also found a few of my Roman Barbarians so I shall be putting together a Gaelic force. Whoops, I finally got a shot they just need some paint

 Another engagement that I have found in my Wargames illustrated January 2020 issue. This action takes place during the War of the Rose's. In a town, a small one but still an action I can put on the table. I'm going to set this up on my urban  table, the grey one. I found the article so I'll get this going soon

 I have bought several sets from Esci and Italeri. Slowly getting painted  I picked up another set, these I will build up for either conflicts in the 1000s up to 1900. So be it in North Africa, the Middle East, or the Indian subcontinent, these warriors shall march on several battles 

I just need to touch up these fellows with some colour to faces, and any feathers I missed my go to rules for this era  Osprey Publishing And do some small scale skirmishes with the battles that I have listed in this blog. The Landscknect I have painted up and will be using for some very interesting games. Since I am laid off from work due to the pandemic, I shall see what I can do for battles.

This covers a long period, but the majority of actions which I will try to play are heavily linked to the Irish wars period, (1485-1603) This also happens to coincide with my family history as the Redden family were down in the border area and would have found themselves fighting as mercenaries The idea for this game has come from WarGames Illustrated issue 386 December 2019 they did a very interesting article on Pirates of the Hebrides  and it utilizes elements of on the seven seas and lion rampant rules however I'm going to be utilizing the field of Glory Renaissance rules. A lot of the fighting would have been between Scottish clans, Viking raiders. So it shall be the MacNeils of Barra against Norwegians, English, other Scottish clans so my figures will definetly be an exotic mix of Highlanders, Anglo-Saxons, and Conquistodor looking types.

I got a free sprue from Wargames illustrated. The magazine is currently with my Dad so I'll have to get it back. It will be one of my winter projects 2 stands of arquebus gunners. A few more touch ups. And my dont they look stylish! Currently, they will be ready for a small skirmish which I began in 2019 but will be ready for 2020. Or 2022

So my figures for this era are a smattering of several eras but can nicely fit into a Genoese force to use in the Holy Land or the Med. The idea comes from the August 2019 issue of Wargames illustrated Maybe crossbows?

Right, another scenario from Wargames Illustrated October 1997 is a small scale battle between a forces of Richard IV claimaint and  those of the ruling Tudors. Cornwall, Fenny Bridges Richard IV rebels 1 Men at Arms, 9 blades, 10 bows Royalist Tudors 1 artillery 3 blades 4 bows 2 men at arm's 1 light horse 4 bows The battlefield consists of a church on an island over a road with two Bridges spanning a river. Hedges span an area to the west, the rivers could possibly be forded but the bridges are your best bet. Oh what fun, and I so want a pastie I set the battle up, and I shall try to make a quick run of it. And I got my pastie! And I had set this battle up, then I got busy again, so it was a quick roll of dice to see if in fact that the force had morale to fight. After seeing the Royalists in a strong position and with a gun, the rebels lost heart. I just forgot to take pictures.  I shall try for take 2 in 2020. Or 2022 And on top of this, my Alma matter, L...