From Richard P: 28mm Italian Wars or I blame Ken Reilly! (155 Points)

 Ok we are off and running! I had hoped to get this ready for last week but I didn't finish the bases in time. 

It's all the fault of that Yarkshire Gamer, posting pictures of his wonderful Italian Wars collection a while back. Anyway a while ago I picked up a bargain which included a few boxes of Perry plastic War of the Roses & European Mercenaries, way more than I would ever need for my War of the Roses plans so I decided to embark on an Italian Wars project with the rest. Honestly I wasn't sure where this was going to lead as I just fancied painting some pike! But it seems that Simon Miller, author of the To the Strongest ruleset, has announced that he hopes to release his Renaissance version of the rules sometime in 2022. As I really enjoy To the Strongest I decided to base them as I base them in the same way as I base my Dark Age stuff using the 'Bat Bases' from Simon Millers Big Red Bat shop. 

So first up is a unit of 24 Pikemen, 4 Bow and a Command Stand of 2 figures makes a total of 30. All Perrys plastics with a few metal heads also from Perrys. There are also a couple of Arab heads mixed in to add a bit of variation plus some Landsknecht heads and arms from the Warlord Games box.

It's been great looking at everyone's wonderful work and I hope everyone stays safe and well.

I blame Ken R for a lot of things too, but I got myself into this one (Curt however, can blame me)!  I am also a big fan of the Perry plastic ranges that you've used for this post, and the add on heads that they sell.  Lovely crisp paint work, birth colours and nice basing.  What's not to love.

Well done.  I've added a few discretionary points for the big flags.