Reinforcements for Lewes

[Unlucky General]

I finally finished my third unit of rebel knights for my battle of Lewes project - this time the knights of the Centre Ward.  I will be posting a series of individual articles on each knight and their story with closer shots of each figure I took before basing. Hope you enjoy.
http://battleoflewes.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/rebel-centre-ward-knights.html

[HerbyF]

Very nicely done. I like the variety of the mix. This unit really looks the part. 

[Erik]

Very nice indeed. Would you care to share some thoughts on heraldic colors for the knights? I am stating out a early 13th century Danish army out for the Estonian campaign and is looking for ideas for painting knight and levy unit colors and heraldics.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96843.0

Cheers
Erik

[Vagabond]

Very nicely done - bravo

[Unlucky General]

Thanks gents.

Erik,

All of my resources are very English centred I'm afraid. I'd fade or drab down heraldic clothing but go a bit bolder with the shields and perhaps the banners and pennons. I am aware you are after some guidance on the retinue attire. I have been building an army which I would suggest might differ significantly from a skirmish sized retinue which seems all the rage at the moment. It may be that some replication of part heraldry and colours were used by a knight's immediate soldiery during the thirteenth century but it's much more a feature of later period forces and especially by the fifteenth century. If you trawl over my blog you'll see my infantry - I don't 'badge' them overly - maybe a shield with some colour which might align them to a lord but certainly no livery. Unless you have definitive information, field signs were the most common means of identifying an otherwise irregular looking force. For my Lewes project, the Rebels attached white crosses to their tunics and presumably painted them on shields - the Royalists used red crosses of St. George. Perhaps an irregular attired retinue would adopt a similar sign or badge prior to taking up arms?

Sorry I can't be of more help.