Tuesday 24 March 2020

Burgundian archers


Here are two new companies of Burgundian archers, painted by chum Lionel Bechara. I'm really pleased with how they came out! They are on four of my FK&P6 bases; more than ably flocked by my chum Ian Notter. The flower tufts are mostly from Debris of War. You can click the image to enlarge it.


I've made stakes for one of the units, I'll need more. It's a pity that I didn't see images of the period Burgundian mixed unit etchings until after I'd already based these; I'd love to depict bows or crossbows screened by men-at-arms or pike, and I also suspect they would be more effective on the "To the Strongest!" battlefield. I'll certainly do a polearm/mounted archer unit, later on.

13 comments:

Jonathan Freitag said...

Beautiful work! The blue looks great.

Von Bob said...

Very nice Simon!

David said...

I like the stakes too.

AJ (Allan) Wright said...

Hard to get red to be vivid over blue, nice work. They look quite smart!

BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps- all Lionel's work really. Perrys make good plastic!

Neil Scott said...

Lovely work

Bluewillow said...

Supurb Simon, they look lovely

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Phil said...

Awesome job!

Millsy said...

They look brilliant mate!

Independentwargamesgroup said...

Lovely Simon. Charles valued his English archers a great deal and incorporated them into his household troops as well. You will know that they were also supplied with nags to get them quickly to the battlefield a bit like dragoons. Another tactical idea he proposed was to place several rows of pikemen in front of the archers,to support each other. I dont know if the tactic was used but it did make sense, well for me it did.

BigRedBat said...

Thanks! Yes I intend to do a unit of household archers with pikemen or halberds. I'll nick Simon Chick's idea and sculpt riding boots on them. :-)

Gonsalvo said...

They look fabulous, Simon.
As I commented previously, on paper, the Burgundians incorporated the best troops of the era. Their actual performance in battle was much less than the sum of the parts, however. Having said that, I could see a Burgundian army myself at some time in the future, LOL!

BigRedBat said...

Thanks Peter! Burgundians- have to be done. They have super banners, too.