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Offline B.E.A.R

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Wars of the Roses WIP
« on: May 30, 2013, 12:44:00 AM »
Okay so me and a friend take turn buying a few miniatures that we like and paint for our group. He just finished with around 300 figures for numerous SAGA war bands and now its my turn. I chose the Wars of the Roses, but with a twist. Since we both are partial to football I decide that I will paint each minor factions within the Yorkist and Lancastrian armies in the colors of certain F.C.s.

Yorkist
Stoke City F.C.
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
Queens Park Rangers F.C. Yeovil Town F.C.

Lancastrian
Chelsea F.C.
Swansea City A.F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

This list is just to balance the colors so if anyone has a swap they think is on the wrong side let me know  :D I will be posting the WIP pictures as I take them.

This was inspired be cause I find the War of the Roses fascinating and I enjoy being a football coach. We also plan on using this game as a teaching aid.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 09:54:30 PM by B.E.A.R »

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 07:23:25 AM »
Interesting concept. Look forward to the photos of the works in progress.
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Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 07:31:54 AM »
Sounds like as good an idea as any for picking proven colour combinations, and a great in-joke into the bargain. Nice idea :)

Offline Arlequín

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 02:14:14 PM »
I presume there is some sort of hatred rule in play for when Wolves face off against the Baggies?  ;)

Offline Bugsda

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 03:25:36 PM »
Nice idea but..........you'll need an away strip a third strip and a champions league strip for the bigger retinues, you'll also have to repaint every august ;)
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Offline Ray Earle

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2013, 04:17:35 PM »
I take it Chelsea will be the ones hiring all the foreign mercenaries?   ;)

Haven't York got a bit of an easy job, QPR and West Brom are both blue and white, aren't they?
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Offline B.E.A.R

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2013, 09:56:15 PM »
@ Ray I changed QPR to Yeovil Town F.C., is that a better color scheme?  ;)

@Arlequin I believe they need one!  ;)

Offline B.E.A.R

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2013, 09:21:04 PM »
The post came get ready for the pictures!

Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 09:50:34 PM »
Hurrah!

Offline B.E.A.R

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2013, 03:32:19 AM »
I building my retinues 2 archers to 1 MAA or billman, and it just seems like too many archers.

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2013, 07:14:06 AM »
Yeah, it might be historically accurate, but it's quite boring. I have a retinue of more or less 1:1:1 bills, bows and men at arms. Not historically accurate, but a lot more fun  ;)

Offline B.E.A.R

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2013, 12:24:58 AM »
So I'm not sure how to post pictures  ???

Offline B.E.A.R

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2013, 03:26:02 AM »
Here is my Lancastrian captain, Sir William Hemlock. He will be get some green stuff work on his arm.


Here is my noble Yorkist captain Sir Robert Smithwick. He too will be getting some green stuff also.


Here http://stalbanstostokefield.blogspot.com/ is my blog but I will also post some pictures here. I am working on my photography skills but they are still lacking.
« Last Edit: June 05, 2013, 03:27:49 AM by B.E.A.R »

Offline moonshado

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2013, 03:32:00 PM »
Those look like very interesting conversions, look forward to seeing the painted result.

Offline Mick_in_Switzerland

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Re: Wars of the Roses WIP
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2013, 05:52:22 PM »
Which figures did you use as a start point for the conversions?

 

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