Stoke Field 1487

[Captain Blood]

Scrope to Masham!

(Sorry, I can never say any of these names without the echoes of 'Kingmaker' sounding in my head )

Lovely command stand Gangleri, well done 

[Gangleri]

Ah, I get you now... and yes it was common for 'heraldic' puns to be made with regard to badges and liveries etc.  With 'black' featuring in mercenary circles quite a bit, I might bet a small amount of money that Schwartz would use black somewhere too.

Yes, I was thinking of that too    I wonder if anyone has ever counted how many different "Black Bands" there were.  But surely none of them could have punned (or canted, I suppose) as fittingly as Schwartz.

By coincidence the de la Poles were originally wool merchants a couple of generations back too.

It's funny, one of my favorite badges from this time is Lord Hastings' maunch, and I was always sorry I couldn't work it into the army somehow.  Do you know how it came to be attached to Hastings?  Was it through the cloth trade?  His father was a knight, but I couldn't find out if there was any link to the trade somewhere along the line.

Scrope to Masham!

(Sorry, I can never say any of these names without the echoes of 'Kingmaker' sounding in my head )

Lovely command stand Gangleri, well done 

Thanks very much, Captain.  It's funny, I can't help but hear "Scrope of Masham" in Brian Blessed's voice 

"I arrest thee of high treason by the name of Henry, Lord Scope of Masham!" *yank  *slap

[Arlequín]

It's funny, one of my favorite badges from this time is Lord Hastings' maunch, and I was always sorry I couldn't work it into the army somehow.  Do you know how it came to be attached to Hastings?  Was it through the cloth trade?  His father was a knight, but I couldn't find out if there was any link to the trade somewhere along the line.

The maunch was a detachable sleeve from a lady's dress and films like Ivanhoe to the contrary, it would be one of these that a lady would give to 'her champion' to tie on his arm in a tournament, not a handkerchief (though where I come from sleeves and handkerchiefs are pretty much the same thing). So no obvious link to trade, but I'd imagine the family made money from sheep at a distance.

The Hastings family got about, they started off in Falaise with William 'the Marshal' de Venoix, whose son was bailiff of Hastings, from which the family name derives. The first 'noble' member of the family (Henry de Hastings) was created baron by Simon de Montfort... although apparently that 'did not count' officially. Nevertheless his mother was one of King David of Scotland's daughters (and her mother Matilda of Chester was a cousin of Henry I), so they weren't commoners by any means before then. They are connected with various places round the Midlands, so while they never rose to earldoms until 'Our William', they were pretty damn wealthy for all that... and probably owned a lot of sheep.  

Fitzalan to Chirk! Kingmaker - Best board game ever!  

[Captain Blood]

Fitzalan to Chirk! Kingmaker - Best board game ever!  

Aye.

(Unless you were Warden of the Northern Marches, when you never got to do anything for being constantly summoned!)

Thanks very much, Captain.  It's funny, I can't help but hear "Scrope of Masham" in Brian Blessed's voice 

"I arrest thee of high treason by the name of Henry, Lord Scope of Masham!" *yank  *slap

'Chiswick! Fresh horses!'

Still the best of the Blackadders for me

[Gangleri]

I am pleased to present for your viewing pleasure the English contingent of the Yorkist army!







This third of the army is now complete.  Well, as complete as these projects can get - I already have plans to add a few scurrers.  Next on the list are the Germans - only about ten of them to convert/paint before I can put them on parade as well.

I don't want to overdo this post with photos, but there are a few more shots of the individual bases on my blog.

Hope they are to your liking.

[Arlequín]

An impressive array you have there, well done! 

I don't want to overdo this post with photos...

No, you've lost me there... I'm not getting what you mean. What does 'overdo with photos' mean? 

[Atheling]

An impressive array you have there, well done! 

They do look great 

Darrell.

[Gangleri]

Hello, folks.  I caught my yearly cold this past weekend, but a liberal internal application of hot whiskey gave me a boost of energy, and I was able to paint another pavise-toting crossbowman (my last pavise for a while, sadly).



The design is copied largely from a Bohemian pavise featuring Venus displaying her goods:
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Also, did some rather crude GS work on the next batch of pikemen and hope to get some paint on them soon as well.

[Stuart]

Excellent stuff, love this thread !

[Metternich]

Your execution on the pavise is excellent (and on such a small "canvas").

[tomrommel1]

ThePavise is very nice freehand indeed

[Gangleri]

Well, it's been about a year since I started this plog, and to commemorate the approximate anniversary, I can present to you the finished German contingent:



The centerpiece is of course the pike block.



I tried to make it look as though the men were just getting the order to lower their pikes as they advanced towards the Royalist van.



I must say I am very relieved at not having to paint another pikeshaft. 

And here's the army all together.  Not the best picture but whatever.



Next up are the Irish.  The Galloglass and the men from the Pale will be on hold until the Prery French infantry kit comes out, but I hope to begin the kern shortly.

A few more photos on my blog.

Cheers!

[Atheling]

The 'German' contingent is looking every bit as good as the English contingent 

Darrell.

[tomrommel1]

 

[Steam Flunky]

That is one very nice looking army!!