"WotR troop questions" Topic
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Sundance | 02 Oct 2015 3:36 p.m. PST |
Were troops classified as Northern Border Scots or English? Did they and the Welsh look any different from the standard English armies of the day? (I'm using Front Rank figures.) What 28mm figures would be good for Scots and for Irish from the WotR period? If the Welsh are any different, what figures would work well for them as well? Any other armies from the 15th cent that the English would have fought/encompassed that have a little different look or composition to them? Thanks in advance. |
Great War Ace | 02 Oct 2015 5:08 p.m. PST |
Regional differences were largely over by the WotR. Armor was the same everywhere. Poor warriors wore mail or padded and often went barefoot, so wild "Kerns" and Highlanders is more a prosaic difference than literal. I can't recommend a line of figures over another. Just look at the proportions of armies and buy accordingly. Welsh and Scots and especially Irish would be very numerous in the light troops and "light" on the MAAs. English armies had far more MAAs, but far fewer than a typical French army would have. Bowmen in mail or otherwise "armored" were rare boys for everyone…. |
uglyfatbloke | 04 Oct 2015 3:28 a.m. PST |
Pretty much onside with GWA, though 'light' is a difficult concept for medieval troops. The proportion of spearmen/close combat troops with no armour should be roughly nil. |
French Wargame Holidays | 05 Oct 2015 5:02 a.m. PST |
Look at the claymore castings for scot and poorer class troop types |
uglyfatbloke | 05 Oct 2015 7:00 a.m. PST |
Yup; the Claymore stuff is pretty damned nice and fine for rank and file Scots and English alike. |
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