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A Bombard
This is a piece I finished a while ago, but didn't deem dramatic enough for post number 100! It is the Perry Miniatures Wars of the Roses Bombard with a few tweaks to the crew to make it more suitable...
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Siegeworks
This post is simply to show how the Mantlet and Gabion bases I completed back in August, http://camisado1500s.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/mantiets-and-gabions.html, look with my artillery bases. Although...
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Tudor Billmen 1513
This is the first unit for my 1513 Tudors. Having already dipped into the Tudor armies of the 1540s I'm jumping back a few decades to the armies of Henry VIIIs youth. It's an army I have attempted...
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Papal Command Base
This is probably my last post for the year. I am currently gearing up to start the challenge of yet another massive pike block, this time the excellent Landsknechts that The Assault Group have released...
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Another Command Base
To start off the New Year here is a quick post to show the second of the Steel Fist miniatures I've completed from the 16th century dismounted knights kickstarter. I have used this figure, along with a...
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Tudor Bow and Bill 1513
Here is the next addition for the 1513 English invasion of France. Ten bases of archers and another two Tudor command bases. As with my previous attempt at early 16th century archers,...
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WIP - Early Landsknechts
During my ramblings on this blog I have mentioned a few times how it would be great if a manufacturer would produce some early Landsknechts, representing those that would have fought in the earlier...
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Early Landsknechts c.1500
So here is the finished pike block. This blog is no stranger to Landsknechts but these are the first early ones for the turn of the century c.1500. The block is made entirely of The Assault Groups...
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Schwabenkrieg
Having completed my block of early Landsknechts I was unable to resist getting a few more pictures of them over the Easter break. The brief Swabian or Swiss War which was fought by Maximilian I and the...
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Beneath the Walls of Therouanne
Hard to believe as it may be I have actually had a wargame! Three in fact! It only took six years since I started this blog but then again there is no point rushing things. Stuart of Army Royal,...
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1513 Invasion of France: Border Horse, Tudor Archers and The Battle of the Spurs
I have been up to a few Tudor related activities over the past few months (if such a thing can exist!) so I thought I would put them all in one Tudor post as they all kind of link together. Firstly...
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16th Century Casualty and Battered Markers
Following my games of Lion Rampant I have prepared a few gaming pieces that will, hopefully, encourage me to actually play some more games! Not perhaps the most exciting pieces but they will look much...
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Fechtbücher
I have been slowly working through the Steel Fist 16th Century Foot Knights, having backed the Kickstarter last year. The idea is that each one will be the focus of their own base of supporting figures...
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A few more casualties of war...
While working on another unit of Landsknechts, that never seems to get finished, I have also completed a few more casualty bases for gaming. Some of these I have tried to do as mini-vignettes, in the...
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The Convoy
A bit of a landmark post this. It's my first Battle Report, so to speak, using only my figures and terrain. The scene is the summer of 1513 in Northern France where the English are besieging...
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Landsknechts and Men-at-Arms
This unit was the result of a couple of things. Firstly I wanted to paint up a base of figures for each of the excellent Steel Fist Miniatures Renaissance Men-At-Arms. Having backed the Kickstarter for...
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Battle for the Gun Battery
This is the second of the Lion Rampant scenarios that I played out last month, again pitting the French against the English in a skirmish set during the 1513 English Invasion of France. This time we...
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Tudor Artillery
Despite very little painting happening over the summer I have managed to get a few bits completed. Here are two artillery pieces to add to my growing Tudor forces for Henry VIII's 1513 invasion of...
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"Salsicce senza Senape" - A skirmish in the Kingdom of Naples
This blog has seen five games set in Northern France in 1513 so far. Todays post covers a game I tried out using Lion Rampant and set during the War for Naples 1499-1504. As you may know, I have...
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St Omer, Calais and Therouanne...
At the start of last month Stuart of Army Royal, http://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/ , visited me and we continued our clashes set in Northern France 1513. We had a mammoth gaming session over...
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