Campaldino 1289- Lion Rampant

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Of the three hundred "feditori"* of the first group they then chose one for each team of 25 and called them "the twelve paladins", so that they would attack with all their strength the main flags of the enemy.

* first impact/run knights -> from ancient italian "fedire": to strike, to hit, to cleave...

Taking a cue from this excerpt, I did my army for Lion Rampant: XII Paladini Ghibellni at Campaldino in 1289.
Miniatures: Fireforge, Conquest and Mirliton. Decals (where there are) designed and self-printed.

This is the idea that came to me when I saw the composition of a typical medieval list in LR.
12 is the number of knights needed and if we use a typical composition by "family"  in addition to the knight we have: 1 squire, 1 sergeant, 2 foot soldiers and 1 crossbowman.
Which gives me several opportunities to compose a list, with:
12 horsemen (2 units)
12 foot knights / squires (2 units or 1)
12x3 infantry (foot serjeants or yeomen)
12 crossbowmen

All the pictures here: https://pippoweb.blogspot.com/2022/05/campaldino-paladini-ghibellini.html

For the records they fought well, but most them died and the ghibellines lost the battle 

[Pattus Magnus]

They may have died horribly, but they certainly looked good doing it! Great painting on your force. I aspire to be able to field a similar collection some day (I have the figures, just need to actually paint them!)

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This file may be helpful: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PHJ4fubzaYSvIVGbtfnK9AdNKq0uHZ7Y/view?usp=sharing
I added the link to the pdf to print. Use the right decal paper for your ink/laser printer.
Ciao

[MaleGriffin]

Beautiful! I love the heraldry!

[Pattus Magnus]

Thank you for the heraldry pdf, that will go a long way toward making them easier to paint!

[Dolnikan]

They look absolutely gorgeous and very inspirational for my own medieval project. Thank you so much for sharing these!

[jon_1066]

A great idea brilliantly executed.  A nice flexible force you can compose many different ways or use them in more skirmish rule sets (eg FFoL or Barons War), very clever and nice painting to boot.