"I was the chief that raised him to the crown, and I’ll be chief to bring him down again."

As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry I had decided that Warwick would be represented by not one but two Retinues of infantry. The first you have already seen but now I have completed the second and can offer them here for your perusal and, hopefully, some feedback. The figures are mostly from Eureka Miniatures, supplemented by a couple of Perry Miniatures and Crusader Miniatures figures ~

This completes the total of eight retinues of Bill, Bow and Command, each of about 24 figures which I had planned at the outset of the project, for about 192 figures. In addition of course I've painted a unit of pike, two of Handgunners and three of Men At Arms, alongside two light artillery pieces and crew figures for about another 54 figures/pieces. Not to mention several clumps of arrows positioned between archers! That's roughly 250-ish figures since I put brush & paint on the first figure back in early June. By my usual standard output of two figures a day that's rather impressive, at least to me if no-one else.

I'm left now with two bases of mercenary crossbowmen, using figures from Wargames Foundry and Perry Miniatures supplemented by a few pavaise from the later - though I needed to order up some LBMS transfers for the latter. I mentioned that I'd received some old Grenadier figures I purchased through Ebay, a light artillery piece and crew, to which I've added a figure from the Foundry artilleryists pack, so they will be next in the queue. There remain then my vignette and a couple of friparies, plus the handful of Mounted figures including the Army Commands! I still hope to finish by the end of September, all being well, for a first game in October.