Armor and Weapons: Dark Age and Rennaisance games

 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

One of the battles I read about in Miniature Wargames Magazine August 1999 issue. This was one of the battles in the War of the Roses Yorkists vs Lancastrians. The article gives a good historical brief, and twoaps, one being a traditional interpretation and another with a more practical and tactical view. I appreciate the order of battle so that I can try and model the battle with the figures I have in my collection. Yorkists would need 120 figures While the Lancastrians need 150. I believe that I have these by mixing up several of the medieval figures in my collection. More to come

Back in the 1990s I was buying up as many Revell sets as I could. I only bought a set of each so I couldn't very well play Hastings My Norman army. I began to paint some of them. I seem to have also lost one of the mounted knights My Saxons however I have nearly completed in painting. I will be fielding both armies in engagements where I need to flesh out a Crusader army.

Some Celtic units for 1500s-1600s I've been so busy that I've forgotten about this little project. So today, I shall take some pictures of what I have. This force began as a Braveheart inspired gamming. However, once I began building the units, I then went off to Asia to teach for 20 years. Now that I'm back home, I will see how I can use these figures in Dark Age or alternative history scenarios

The men at arms form a line the barbarians form up The Knights, men at arms and pikemen begin  to advane

Ian with his castle and   pirate ship last fall. Ian painted up his metal fantasy figures he was given before he left Japan.  He then took our Aztec and Amerindian figures to add to his fantasy And attacked a castle held by our European style Pike and shot figures

Some excitement to my new blog

Today, I mounted my English and French Knights on bases. It was my first time, so I am now fixing my mixed up force. Dad is helping me build my new blog.