Work in progress

Hello there

It has been a while since my last post so I thought I'd post a quick update.

I am presently rather slowly putting together some more archers to add some fire-power to the army, these are the latest, only 4 at the moment but I am quite pleased with their overall look with the Tudor heads, there will be 8 more to come before I base them up. These will be based as rank and file as most of the present archers in the army are all double based with flags so a few single bases will help to show casualty depletion - don't worry, there are a lot of flags lined up for forthcoming units.

I thought I'd also take this opportunity to recommend a book which I have been working my way through for the last few weeks; The Last White Rose, The secret wars of the Tudors by Desmond Seward.

It's a really interesting read and helps to paint a picture of the Tudor mindset. It has really put my understanding into perspective and is a great starting point to put some Tudor rebellion scenarios together for a renaissance continuation of the wars of the roses - one of these could well be the next army which I will put together. If you're interested, here's the link on Amazon;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-White-Rose-Dynasty-Rebellion/dp/184529873X

I'm not quite ready for that yet though as there's still quite a bit to be done before this army is complete to my satisfaction. The goal is to have it done for 30 June 2013; 500 years to the day that Henry VIII stepped ashore at Calais to begin his invasion of France. Whether I reach it is another thing but there's always hope !

The current army list using DBR is as follows;

Commander In Chief, Ln S x 1

Sub General, Ln O x 1

Demilancers, Ln F x 2

Border Horse, LH O x 5

Longbowmen, Bw S x 8

Billmen, Bd O x 12

Landsknecht Pike, Pk O x 12

Landsknecht Arquebusiers, Sh I x 4

Imperial Ally general, Ln S x 1

Burgundian men at arms, Ln O x 4

Mounted Crossbowmen, LH S x 1

Landsknecht Pike, Pk O x 12

Landsknecht Arquebusiers, Sk O x 3

199 figures on 66 bases in total.

The amount remaining to do is;

Sub General, Ln O x1

Gentlemen pensioners, Ln O x 2

Demilancers, Ln F x 4

Burgundian men at arms, Ln O x 2

Longbowmen, Bw S x 10

Billmen, Bd O x 6

Landsknecht pike, Pk O x 4

Artillery pieces and crew x 3

95 figures on 32 bases in total.

Can I do that in 10 months? I'll have a good go at it !

Stuart