David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Sunday, 10 August 2025

"Clifford, I say, come forth and fight with me!"

The latest base/element of figures to pass across my painting desk and endure its time under the brush of doom before mustering into the Wars of the Roses collection in GHQ is a group of Men At Arms, in this instance representing the Household of Thomas, Lord Clifford. They carry his heraldic banner as at the first battle of St Albans courtesy of Freezywater Flags, the first occasion I've used one of their products.As usual their base is from Warbases, textured with the usual Woodlands Scenics ballast mix and dressed with static grass and foliage ~

The figures of course are from Perry Miniatures with the addition of a single Crusader Miniatures figure to act as the banner bearer. As Norm commented on an earlier entry that my basing is quite economical in respect of figures I thought a bird's-eye view might be appropriate to show 8 figures on an 80x60mm base ~

Next up should be the last of the Yorkist retinues, the second one bearing the colours of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. That would have left just two bases of mercenary crossbowmen to complete this part of the project if I had not ordered a handful of figures through Ebay ~ including a Light Artillery piece and crew figures, a Medieval Bishop for a vignette I have planned, and a few...well, its a whimsy so you must wait and see.

14 comments:

  1. Nice work, David! Smart looking flag too!

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  2. Another fine unit there David and a rather fetching flag:). I like your figure to base ratio, as it doesn't look too crowded and you get the feeling that the chaps have room to manouevre in melee etc.

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    1. Thanks SteveJ ! Your contributions are always keenly anticipated.

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  3. Another cracking looking unit, very nice work on them, the flag is very decent too. The overhead shot is very interesting and shows the figure positions really well.

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    1. Many thanks Donnie, your comments are always welcomed!

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  4. Another fine body of men, Clifford’s notorious during the Scottish Wars of course.

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    1. Thanks George! We will pass over his Jock thrashing though...

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  5. Some fine looking tin men to add to the collection. I like the drone shot.

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  6. Another fine looking stand David…
    The basing works really well… effective but not too crowded…
    It helps that the flag is a decent size as well.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Many thanks Aly. I do confess I like a large flag!

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