No clue if I've put this in the correct place,
Last Friday the Bengalis had a splendid buffet (some LAF members already know about this, and the absence of neckties) and played a DBM Hussite Game.
I thought that the poor old German/HRE were doomed, but afterwards we found out that we were 1 stand away from beating all those Warwagons. But, of course, our army broke first. However, the game does have me intrigued. So now I'm toying with the idea of building a Hussite Wars Holy Roman Empire army.
If I remember correctly, from one of the old Osprey books, 'German' armor in the 1420's was more old fashioned - not older, or cheaper, but they kept the older styles - because they weren't under the same pressures from the longbow (in France) and scientific warfare (in Italy). If that's correct, then important people (the Emperor, Bishops, etc.) would have newer style armor, ordinary knights might look like.... Poiters era knights? But what about the foot sloggers?
I think I remember from somewhere that Livery & Maintenance was more developed in England than on the continent, but what colors would be typical? For earlier mediaevals I trot out my coffee table book of the Bayeaux Tapestry and use that to indicate the dye colors available. But what would be typical/popular? English men-at-arms frequently wore livery in two colors - red on the right, white on the left, etc. - but is that typically English? And not continental?
I've actually started painting some Foundry mounted knights that were too early for my other armies. So perhaps this is just a sneaky way to start painting figures that don't fit in with the rest of the stuff?