From AndrewG: Wars of the Roses town militia (100 points)

 

Work on my Northampton project continues this week with some more bowmen. Records suggest both sides at the engagement bolstered their main forces with additional call ups from various town militias, so I decided to paint one of Fauconberg’s units to represent these troops. Not much is known about the colours of the liveries worn by them (if any), but some archives indicate red liveries, thus I opted to give the unit a bit of cohesion while still trying to project that these were otherwise just everyday folks whose military kit consisted mainly of a sallet and a bow.

As usual these are all from the Perry plastics Wars of the Roses infantry box, with a few head swaps and some minor kit bashing to give the unit a bit of variety. I stuck a fancy feather helmet on one of the front rank guys so if needed he can be designated as the unit leader. The painted banner in the back rank is simply a repositioned spear arm, green stuff, and some tinfoil, again being militia I imagined them carrying simple identifiers.

And here they are with the other two units I have done so far for this challenge. Just one more to go plus a command stand and Fauconberg's battle will be complete.

For this unit of 20 bowmen we're looking at:

20x 28mm infantry = 100 points

I nice set of militia bowmen Andrew, I am sure that they will provide numbers if not quality.  I like the simple red livery that you used gives the unit coherence.  Your verdant green flocking seems suitable for a rainy summer days in Northants.  The whole deployed battle looks aces.