Friday 10 February 2012

Those Long Winter Knights

Despite the endless line of Sammies facing me across the painting table heading for James' demonstration game at Salute in April, I decided to find space to finish off the HYW English Army.

First up are a small unit of nine light horse with full command. Given that my army is based on the Advance Guard from the march to Calais in 1415, I went for Gilbert de Umfraville's livery (to match a unit of dismounted archers under the good 'earl of Kyme' himself).

One figure is scupted with a crossbow windless. So that obviously had to go and has been replaced by a longbow - well some brass rod wrapped in paper. Gilbert is listed as having 20 men-at-arms and 90 horsed archers at the start of the campaign. Now arguably this definition was possibly driven by how much they were paid and, as no mounted scouts are listed, I think it's reasonable to argue that some of those mounted archers were actually hobilars or scurriers - especially given some of the Umfraville family estates were up on the Scots borders.


Three down and six to go...

9 comments:

  1. Nice work and an excellent idea to base the army as the advance guard on the march to Calais.

    Great stuff mate.

    Darrell.

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    1. I does mean that my army general has to die each game though to be historically accurate ;-)

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  2. Lovely. A very nice paintjob..
    Cheers
    paul

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  3. Very nice work and really like the one charging hold the spear in both hands.

    Christopher

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  4. Stephen,

    With my luck on the wargames table that's usually a given ;O)

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  5. Looking very nice !!!

    best regards dalauppror

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  6. By the way...from which perry pack was the figure scupted with a crossbow windless ? I planing to make me some more mounted knecht for my kalmar union army and they should have crossbows...

    Thanks for your help

    best regards dalauppror

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    1. The guy in the middle of this pack:

      http://www.perry-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_36&products_id=1482

      Far right on my minis in the photo above

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  7. Thanks for your help !

    Best regards Dalauppror

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