LeeH: Sir Rhys ap Thomas and Sir John Wells [48 Points]

Today's post is the first of many for a new period and my big project for this Challenge. I present the first companies of troops for the Wars of the Roses / Battle of Bosworth in 6mm. I have been thinking about this pretty much since the end of the last Challenge in March, and hopefully, the planning and considerable preparation will pay off over the next three months. There is a huge amount to do and in all honesty, I don’t think I will get everything finished by Challenge end. These first few units have taken a lot longer to complete than I thought. However, If I can get at least half the project finished, I will be happy (and hit my personal points target).

I’m planning on using the Test of Resolve rules for this period so each ‘company’ consists of two bases presented in-line for deep units like billmen, or abrest for wide units like archers. So here we have a unit of Retinue Billmen and a unit of Archers for each nobleman. I have compiled a detailed order of battle for the Lancastrians and Yorkists at Bosworth and when I have finished I will have 38 Noblemen represented on the table with over 125 individual bases of troops…each with their own flag! I decided early on that I was going to use fewer figures on each base to allow for better base dressing with turf and grass etc but to compensate I would have a flag on every base. I may come to regret this decision because that's a lot of extra work…but I think the end result will look awesome and I can’t wait to see it all completed and arrayed on the tabletop.

So today I present the troops of Sir Rhys ap Thomas and Sir John Wells who fought on the Lancastrian side at Bosworth. The former was a Welsh lord who committed his troops to Henry’s cause, but only after the latter had marched nearly all the way through Wales. Maybe he was sizing up the young Tudor and trying to make up his mind? 

That's enough of me waffling on, I need to get back to my paint desk. I have 117 more bases of troops and flags to be getting on with!!

(96x6mm Foot = 48 Points)

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Good Gravy! Another Challenger doing WotR! Lee, you and Kyle are killing me here. Really, these projects will be inspirational to follow.

Lee, these first few bases of your Lancastrians looks superb, and the flags, while a bit of a pain, really finish the units wonderfully. I think you're going to be very happy with your decision when the project comes to a conclusion. I like the basing arrangement I'm seeing here for 'Test of Resolve', so I may have to pick up a copy to add to my growing stack of Wars of the Roses rules.

I'm looking forward to the next instalment on this project, Lee!

- Curt