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

 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?