This has been a very slow burning project of mine, going way back to 2014 when I originally thought of doing it, but a recent birthday gift of a Peter Pig voucher is bringing it back to life. The original idea was set out here:
http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/2014/09/lion-rampant-war-of-roses-retinues-in.html
...unfortunately scuppered when I realised there wasn't enough variety in the figure poses to make it look right. A while back, however, Peter Pig released a whole set of new packs to solve that problem, but I've been putting off getting some due to the cost factor.
With the impetus of a twenty five quid voucher this problem has now been solved. I've ordered some packs of levy, retainers and household men at arms plus Margaret of Anjou as a scenario objective (!) and Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, as a retinue commander.
This year is now definitely going to be focussed on the medieval period, so it's yet another string to my bow to have a 15mm Lion Rampant project waiting in the wings. I'm also thinking of a naval angle for this year, air warfare not being an option for obvious reasons, but more about that at a later date!
WotR is one of those periods I keep looking at sideways and thinking....oh, might be interesting. In fact, I have a couple of old Museum Miniatures DBM armies for the period that were undercoated a couple of decades ago but have sat boxed up since. Not sure about Lion Rampant but have been tempted by Midgard as the rules to use.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of Midguard at all...great idea Dex!
DeleteI didn't know Peter Pig made this range. They look like a useful bunch.
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely figures and packed full of character
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