European mercenaries

[Harrymason]

Me and a couple of friends have recently began delving into medieval miniatures. We are not particularly concerned with historical authenticity. We have tried using a slightly modified version of GWs Lord of the Rings system (not War of the Ring) for battles which works really great!

These are the finished models from my force of mercenaries, I have ~70 unfinished.

[Amalric]

Those look great.
I look forward to seeing more.
Thanks.

[janner]

Nice start 

LotR can be quite brutal and, for bigger late medieval games, War of the Ring works quite well.

[max]

A good start, but be careful as the Perry miniatures can be addictive 

LOTR is a good choice for rules too, perhaps my fravorite

[Harrymason]

LotR is the best rule system I have tried. It is very simple, easily modifiable (I have played it för fantasy, medieval, pirate, and zombie apocalypse type games) and in my opinion works great for large scale games. The only downside is the rather tedious morale system, but a few small changes fixes that right up. Rather than testing for each individual model, we group together models of the same courage who are in roughly the same place and test for all of them with a single roll (after stand fast rolls, of course).

[Slayer]

nice start, and great looking table. Im starting my WOTR but am going to use Kings Of War rules, have you tried them at all??

[Captain Blood]

Very nice, and great looking terrain too 

[Lowtardog]

LotR is the best rule system I have tried. It is very simple, easily modifiable (I have played it för fantasy, medieval, pirate, and zombie apocalypse type games) and in my opinion works great for large scale games. The only downside is the rather tedious morale system, but a few small changes fixes that right up. Rather than testing for each individual model, we group together models of the same courage who are in roughly the same place and test for all of them with a single roll (after stand fast rolls, of course).

Yep I have used them for 100 years war, Samurai and they work a treat

[Harrymason]

Painted some more miniatures. A colour scheme is startng to appear.


Two elite archers with longbows, swords, bucklers and heavy armour, a heavily arnoured soldier with billhook, and a musician with a horn.

[Harrymason]

Does anybody know of a good site for printable banners? Any historical, non-historical, fantasy or otherwise will do.

[Atheling]

Does anybody know of a good site for printable banners? Any historical, non-historical, fantasy or otherwise will do.

click on Download on the bar on the right hand side and then to the Medieval and Renaissance at the bar at the top- there are some great Burgundian banners:

http://krigsspil.dk/

hope that helps?

Darrell.

[Harrymason]

Awesome! So many banners to choose from, thanks!

[Atheling]

Awesome! So many banners to choose from, thanks!

My pleasure  .

Darrell.