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.
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13 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag24 March 2020 at 15:14

    Beautiful work! The blue looks great.

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  2. Von Bob24 March 2020 at 15:24

    Very nice Simon!

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  3. David24 March 2020 at 17:16

    I like the stakes too.

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  4. AJ (Allan) Wright24 March 2020 at 17:25

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

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  5. BigRedBat24 March 2020 at 19:00

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

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  6. Neil Scott24 March 2020 at 19:12

    Lovely work

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  7. Bluewillow24 March 2020 at 22:14

    Supurb Simon, they look lovely

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    Matt
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  8. Phil25 March 2020 at 07:21

    Awesome job!

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  9. Millsy25 March 2020 at 07:52

    They look brilliant mate!

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  10. Independentwargamesgroup25 March 2020 at 13:55

    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.

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  11. BigRedBat25 March 2020 at 14:40

    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. :-)

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  12. Gonsalvo29 March 2020 at 14:06

    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!

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  13. BigRedBat29 March 2020 at 15:49

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

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.