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Offline levied troop

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2nd Baron's War
« on: November 02, 2016, 03:31:21 PM »
I rather like the medieval period, my first proper armies were French and English 100YW - now relocated to France -  and I wanted to redo the armies.  But starting with the 2nd Barons War and gradually expanding up to 1370.  So the first dozen units should give me a usable force for the Baron’s War but ideally should be able to double up as different units as required in the future.

For the first of these the Lincoln coat of arms seemed appropriate, as it could double as a ‘false’ French militia force in the English employ for the 100YW or even as a Genoese force in French service.

Basing is steel washers in sabot bases so that they can be nicely rules-neutral, the initial bases give me 2x6 man units for Lion Rampant but there are alternate bases that will give me 3x4 man bases for DBx:


Unit 1 - The Lincoln Militia spears





Unit 2 - The Lincoln Militia archers










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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2016, 07:16:46 PM »
Very nice  8)

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Offline Anderson Collection

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2016, 07:31:30 PM »
Good looking units well done

Offline rampantlion

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2016, 04:14:53 PM »
Great work! 

Offline Gibby

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2016, 04:26:12 PM »
Ah, fine Lincoln soldiers if I ever I saw some! :D

Lots of cool history surrounding Lincoln in this period as well, it's nice to see someone touch upon it in miniature!

Offline fred

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2016, 06:05:29 PM »
Very nice set of troops.

What is quite strange, is that I grew up near Linclon, and that the first figures I painted were in red and white halved livery. But I didn't know it was the livery for Lincoln until just now!

Offline Jeff965

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2016, 09:24:58 PM »
Lovely brushwork, more please.

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2016, 08:00:48 PM »
Very good painting. :-* :-*
Keep it coming.

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2016, 02:43:59 PM »
Great work, love the sabot bases. I painted my first Curtey's this past summer and found them a joy to paint.

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2016, 03:55:11 PM »
Nice work on those minis,they look great  :)


Offline Miantanomo

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2016, 12:32:01 AM »
Those are fine looking miniatures, especially with those paintjobs!
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Offline levied troop

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2016, 10:59:33 AM »
Thanks for the kind comments chaps.

Next up:

Unit 3 - Sherwood Foresters
A bunch of the local shire wood chaps, hunters, poachers, gamekeepers.  Possibly better than your average militia.  Green and white seems to have been a common colour for archers, the addition of a unicorn to the standard is entirely fanciful (like the rest of my flags, the symbol is a transfer taken from an ageing GW sheet which seems to have survived quite well from 1991). If anyone knows what the standards of ordinary i.e. non-noble, medieval foot units looked like, don’t keep it to yourself  :)





Unit 4 - French mercenary crossbowmen
The King will employ these foreign specialists. Obviously extendable into the 100YW as French militia:







An attempt at improving my lousy photography:



Again, figures are Curteys.

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2016, 03:17:37 PM »
Nottingem


Offline levied troop

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2016, 06:35:31 PM »
Thanks Dez.

I'll give that a go for the next foot unit I start.

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Re: 2nd Baron's War
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2016, 04:07:53 AM »
I just love the Curtey's Miniatures myself - I'm particularly fond of their spear armed foot soldiers. How do you think their archers compare?

 

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