From NoelW for Thursday: A rose by any other name (65 points)

(I don't know why, but two of my posts were going to be titled with quotes from Romeo and Juliet this week - the palm tree post would have been "palm to palm" from the sonnet where they first meet. Fortunately, I changed my mind!)

My final offering this week consists of a few more medievals - some of my favourite figures to work on, even though medieval battles themselves can sometimes be boringly similar - slogfests, in many cases. But I just love the spectacle of banners and caparisons and coats of arms.

I also particularly like Perry plastic medievals. I assemble far more of them than is reasonable, and always have some on the go. This time it's more men at arms for the Wars of the Roses, but with half an eye to adding figures to the Burgundian army, too. Here's half a dozen of them:

And another seven:

You'll see I painted one leader figure in the base livery of Henry Tudor in case I want to use him as a dismounted hero figure in some context, such as a skirmish game. Otherwise, he'll act as a captain within the Tudor contingent at Bosworth.

And, for those who like such things, here are some of the better individuals:

  Finally, three mass shots:

That's 13 figures, so 65 points.

As the end of the Challenge looms, I'm wondering which other projects from the many I've begun I should try to close down before time runs out. There are at least nine squirrel-worthy projects that might temporarily grab my attention, but I don't know where I'll find myself next. I'm pretty sure I'll reach 5000 points, which is great as it's twice my target. But I might even be able to stretch a little further than that, once the drugs kick in...

More lovely Perry plastics! It's a great set and you've done a fine job on them! Of course you could get the mercenaries set and add some of the Perry 16th century heads and maybe the Warlord plastic landsknechts and unleash your inner squirrel into the great Italian wars! 65 points it is!
All the best Iain