Kingdom of Domnonée, Dark ages, update 5/3 2021

[Shahbahraz]

That looks lovely.

[bluewillow]

Nice one Matt.

Cheers mate, soldiering on with the foot now, so lots of dull colours except for the odd cape and command figure in Breton plaid!

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Top stuff Matt 

Thank you mate for the constant encouragement.

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

That looks lovely.

Thank you mate, lots to do to complete the early dark age Bretons.

Cheers
Matt

[AKULA]

Great thread Matt, look forward to seeing your progress 

[bluewillow]

Great thread Matt, look forward to seeing your progress 

Cheers mate, lots on the go at the moment in preparation for the Wargames holiday season of 2020, lots of ancients and medieval SS on the table.

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Cheers guys

[bluewillow]

Maine infantry ready to repel to Norman invasion of William the Conqueror!

We offer a “Walk the battlefield in the morning, and Wargame in the afternoon”©️ tour and Wargame of the siege of Saint Suzanne, we tour the chateau with its eleventh century Donjon and the amazing Norman siege camp that still remains.

Details

https://www.lhoteldeherce.fr/wargames-battlefield-tours-2



Cheers
Matt

[Shahbahraz]

Great stuff Matt. Hope one day to get to visit your place, and see these in the 'flesh'. 

[bluewillow]

Great stuff Matt. Hope one day to get to visit your place, and see these in the 'flesh'.

That would be fabulous, so much history under our feet here.

Cheers
Matt

[bluewillow]

Completed some Impetus disorder markers for my dark age armies, happy with the results all hand painted.



Cheers
Matt

[armchairgeneral]

The stuff painted so far looks great. Think I am going to give Impetus a try. Is it Basic Impetus you use Matt?

[bluewillow]

I prefer advanced, as it gives a more satisfactory game, particularly cavalry.
Basic is more of a competition rulesets, streamlined and set army lists.

Cheers
Matt

[Blackwolf]

Good stuff 'Willow!
Wasn't the kingdom a principality by the the time of William?

[bluewillow]

Brittany (Armorican) had a Kingdom after the departure of the last Roman armies, putting up a good fight against the Franks. It technically lost its independent Kingdom status after the death of Salomon. At its height it controlled from the Sarthe to the ocean and north into the  Cotentin Peninsula.

Duke Conan II of Brittany put up a fight against the Normans invasion and is celebrated in the Bayeux tapestry. He was poisoned at Chateau Gontier in 1064. The Bretons like Maine and Anjou came under the influence of the Normans for the invasion of England in 1066.

Cheers
Matt