Sir John Touchet, Lord Audley

A second Retinue, that of Sir John Touchet, Lord Audley, is now finished and can join the collection. A mix of figures from Eureka Miniatures and Perry Miniatures. The two manufacturers' figures fit alongside one another quite well in my opinion. As with my first Retinue posted earlier there are three bases: one of Bow, one of Bill and a Command stand. For this project I decided that I would eschew the usual round bases for all the Command stands below the King(s)' mounted army command base, it is more suited that they be down and dirty with their men! "Send the horses to the rear!" as the Hail Ceasar supplement's rules say!  The standard and banner are from Pete's Flags, although I did copy them onto thinner paper as I usually do, finding it easier to manage the folds for animation. The bases of course are from Warbases, who else? Enough blathering on, the Retinue is waiting impatiently for your opinion ~

When I started to plan this small project I knew almost nothing about the history, the characters and the battles so I looked at the sheets of flags offered by Pete's Flags, mostly choosing those who changed sides or were local-ish to the West Midlands. A few weeks down the line I now know next to nothing, so an incremental improvement in my knowledge base is evident! Given this thinning of the mists of ignorance I put in an order for another Retinue from Crusader Miniatures, via North Star, and two more flag sheets from Pete's Flags! The two opposing sides have spilled over into a third RUB in the Lead Pimple so they will be some further additions - 🤫don't tell Phil though! I shall have a list for The Other Partizan (DV) for more figures from Dave Thomas/Perry Miniatures and hopefully from Eureka Miniatures... if the War Chest can stretch that far that is! Meanwhile next to endure their moment under the brush will be a base of mercenary handgunners - who can turn out for the highest payer!