Just back from a two week trip to Morocco, that wasn't planned before the start of the challenge so Ive missed commenting and posting Im afraid but at least Id managed to hit my target before I left , there were a couple of units that still needed some work, so this is the first one. Not that long ago I hosted and played a couple of great Italian wars games, Fornova and Agnadello, I resolved that I needed more Italian pike and a unit is primed, some way down the painting queue and also some heavy cavalry that were more Italian and less gendarme like. Now, when I say recently, a quick look at the blog reveals it was April 2024, so not too bad, in the meantime I was gifted a pile of second hand assembled and black primed mounted plastic perry later knights by Des who realised that there weren't that many cavalry in the war of the roses, I gratefully accepted them, I had to add swords to them and swap a few heads but all good and mixed in was some metal Perry command, so with a little clean up, swords, additional priming and with the addition of a few more riders I now had 32 mounted later knights, so four units.
I have then the first of my lance spezzate, professional heavy cavalry employed by the Venetian state, mounted on 45mm x 60mm bases from warbases and as usual eight to a unit, I've gone for some in darker armour, which seems correct, judging by contemporary art and helps to break up all that shiny steel colour, less elaborate than full on gendarmes but still later knight heavy cavalry, with flags from Petes flags, lovely things in their own right!
Three more of these units and a couple of archer cavalry (another kind of heavy cavalry)
8 x 10 gives me 80 points
Hopefully one more post!
All the best
Iain
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Great to have you back with us for the final push to the finish, Iain! Wow, what a wonderful gift of knights you received. Your modifications, priming and painting have really done them proud as they look fantastic in all their varied livery and coloured lances (and as you say, those banners by Pete's Flags are the chef's kiss). Well done!
- Curt
Very nice!
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