Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, otherwise known to posterity as 'The Kingmaker'. I couldn't really organise a Wars of the Roses collection without including some elements of Warwick's forces, after all he was a major player in the unfolding events, at least until his death at Barnet in 1471.
I was unfortunately struck down by a lurgy in the middle of last week which rather interrupted my painting flow. Such disruption means that I've only his first Retinue command stand completed, as yet ~
I plan on fielding two retinues bearing Warwick's colours in due course. Currently I'm working on the archers for the first Retinue's base of Bows, using Eureka Miniatures archers supplemented by a lonely Perry Miniatures command figure. As I've mentioned before, archers seem to take me forever to complete, so much detail on the figures. Do wargames figures really need this level of detail I wonder? Perhaps that is a subject for a future reflective blog post, not tried one of those lately? In the meantime its on with those archers...
And what a dashing command stand it is too!
ReplyDeleteAnother characterful base completed, you are a force of nature on the painting front. I like the chap sloping off 'helping the wounded M@A'
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