Author Topic: Early Tudor Demilancers (Read 3660 times)

Stuart · « **on:** June 17, 2013, 06:15:49 PM »

Hello, i've reached a little milestone in my project so I thought i'd share it, here we have a complement of Tudor demilancers c.1513.

Stuart

FramFramson · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:21:11 PM »

What a lovely bunch!

Jeff965 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:31:13 PM »

Fantastic painting please tell me those flags are ready made ones otherwise I'm going to cry at my ineptitude

Dalauppror · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2013, 06:34:11 PM »

Stunning work !!!

painterman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2013, 10:46:17 PM »

Jeff95
I'll pass you the handkerchief, as they are all handpainted flags I'm afraid!
A Wonderful sight.
Simon.

Bugsda · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:17:43 PM »

Bloody hell! They are beautiful

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:27:22 PM »

Absolutely stunning

As one would expect

cheers

James

Sixmilletoe · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:31:52 PM »

gorgeous!

AlyMorrison · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:35:56 PM »

Inspiring .....
As always...

All the best. Aly

Captain Blood · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2013, 11:52:08 PM »

Top stuff Stuart

carlos marighela · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2013, 05:42:19 AM »

Wow!! Especially the banners.

DAVE A · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2013, 09:30:59 PM »

Nice one Stuart, they look fantastic!

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2013, 10:03:20 PM »

Lovely. What's the difference between demilancers and knights? And please no answers like, 'about 150 years'.

Stuart · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2013, 10:20:10 PM »

They were known as Demi lancers as they carried a Demi lance. In effect they were medium cavalry and many were indeed knights. They came about owing to a lack of heavy horses in the early tudor period.

At the start, around 1500 they wore full armour but this soon gave way to three quarter armour and open faced helmets as the 16 c went on.

In the period I'm interested in, 1513, they were roughly equivalent to the French 'archer' cavalry.

Stuart

Stuart · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2013, 10:29:51 PM »

Money probably played a part too as well as the climate in which they fought, certainly in England's case they would soon prove effective as 'heavy' cavalry against the scots and Irish but not as cumbersome and costly as a man at arms.

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