"Where to find 28mm Uchelwyr figures?" Topic

Hello everyone,

Where to find in 25 mm/30 mm figurines representing Uchelwr of the eleventh, twelfth or thirteenth century?

Thank you

Pascal

Wouldn't they look similar to Saxon Hirdmen or well equipped Fryd in the 11th Century. Gripping Beast and Crusader have nice ranges as do many others.

I suppose that later, they would be very similar to Crusaders and knights of the 12th and 13th Century. I would look at Perry Crusades figures or Crusader Later Crusaders.

Not really my area, but surely as aristocratic warriors they would be pretty much as any other Western European knights. The Crusader range from Perrys would seem to fit the bill.

Funny. I posted much the same info as Mick and Dave last night but I don't see it. Is there a glitch ?

kodiakblair,There was indeed a little problem, the topic became corrupted and was deleted.
I had to re-launch the topic …

Mick in Switzerland and steamingdave47 I want a figurine and his horse that reproduces exactly the illustration No. 48 of the page 95 of the edition of May 1989 of the book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" by Ian Heath …

No other thing…

Sorry, I don't have that version of the Ian Heath Book. I have the 1978 version but the picture numbers must be different. Picture 48 is a Scotts Spearman.

@Paskal

Any Feudal knight would fit the description, Ian Heath's book say the Welsh were heavily influenced by Marcher lords so adopted "English" harness. It also says Llywelyn Bren would be dressed and armed the same as his English enemies.

The idea of nationial dress for soldiers in Medieval Britain has fallen from grace in the near 30 years since Heath's book.

Anyway Essex Miniatures M2e looks good,just don't order the barded horse.

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Thank you all … But to come back to my original question, should we know which manufactures propose 25 / 30mm welsh figures of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries to see if there are Uchelwyr (or Uchelwr?) And if there is none, it is not normal…

I find it odd that the sculptors make the infantry and not the "Uchelwr"(or Uchelwyr ?), it is not possible god that there is not one!

@Paskal

I just did a google search for 28mm Medieval figures and you're correct no Uchelwyr figures. At least for the 6 companies I looked at.

There were also no "Scottish" knights listed. This is not surprising as landowners be they Welsh,Scots or English were all cut from the same cloth. Weapons and armour being their stock in trade it follows they would all use similar equiptment.

I have the feeling you're searching for a distinction that in real life probably didn't exist. Another google search,this time for Welsh Knights (welsh wars). I can't see anything that shows "Welsh-ness".

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@kodiakblair

A distinction that in real life probably did not exist? If it still existed in the twelfth century and certainly more in the eleventh century … Continue to look … Note that Old Glory offers Scottish knights (HCW-24) while selling English knights …
The Scots were therefore equipped differently from the English?

And at such a late time?

"illustration No. 48 of the page 95 of the edition of May 1989 of the book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" by Ian Heath …"
The illustration looks very Norman or possibly Spanish to me. Have a look at Crusader El Cid line.
The description, "clearly the upper-classes, wore light armour, comprising helmet, short mail corselet, circular shield and very occasionally mail hosen."
The description of the armour of the rebel Uchelwyr Llywelyn Bren states "it would have made him indistinguishable from his English adversaries"

Yes it is true, but the one who is illustrated is not indistinct from his enemies him, even without his Welsh shield …
Well, there is the reference SW01b Mounted Welsh Warlord of Gripping Beast, but it seems to me earlier than those of the time that interests me …It's weird, it does not suit me…

Paskal, I'm thinking there would be quite a lot of difference in the appearance of the Welsh Ulcelwyr between the 11th and 13th centuries. There was a huge change in knightly equipment over more than 200 years.

I'm thinking that the Ulchelwyr of the 13th C. would be easier to obtain because they'd have the same equipment as the English. Perhaps mix in some sergeants to keep the equipment a bit inferior to the English?

11th C. Ulchwyr would be more problematic. As Mick in Switzerland has pointed out, the wealthier Welsh and their household troops would look more like the Saxons, but not exactly the same. They wore moustaches, but not beards, and many would have gone barelegged, as per their Irish and Scottish cousins.

Few Welsh are produced in 15mm, and even less in 28mm. In the end, if you want to field Ulchelwyr, you may have to compromise a bit. My 15mm late 11th C. Uchelwyr are a mixture of Scots, Franks, and Saxons.

Welsh men-at-arms
Here are a couple of sources for Welsh men-at-arms, rather than English men-at-arms in Wales:
A Welsh Uchelwyr (knight) on the Great Seal of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, b.1194-d.1240
. Welsh Uchelwyr c.1200 in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on the Great Seal of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
Effigy of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ab Ynyr, Valle Crucis Abbey, Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales, c.1320AD

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

Thank you again Druzhina for your continued help, but where to find the figurines that reproduce the illustration No. 48 of the page 95 of the edition of May 1989 of the book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" by Ian Heath that you have put in link? … On the other hand, in the Men at Arms Series, 151, there is nothing real about the Welsh armies and maybe about Scottish armies …

Paskal

Where to find in 25 mm/30 mm "scales", a figurine and his horse that reproduces exactly the illustration No. 48 of the page 95 of the edition of May 1989 of the book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" by Ian Heath ?

There is a good god for me because there is a good day for me !

The reference DAC-1 of Old glory in 25mm: 12th Century Crusader Knights is exactly what I wanted …to represent Uchelwyr !

Four variations out of five or 9 figures in this reference reproduce exactly illustration no. 48 on page 95 of the May 1989 edition of Ian Heath's book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" which I so much desired and the fifth variant, the tenth figure, would represent a Welsh king!

But I'll have to find out about a Welsh king's haircut and if he had mustaches and / or a beard…

I will not even have to file the legs that are not covered by the mesh but by the long tunic …

In addition the hands are bare, a stroke of luck …

The only thing left to do is to find Welsh shields and find out what types spears they used …

So here's a case almost settled …

Paskal

It seems that some Welsh warriors and it's not about Uchelwyr on foot, but commoners (the archers too?) of the Uchelwy period sometimes wore mail coats and helmets ???

So here too the specific figurines do not exist and this time, nothing is illustrated in the WRG…

I'm not out of the woods !

warrior make the old Crusade Miniatures line….it has all the figures you need if I recall….but only one pose of each and I can't remember what they look like as figures.

I think someone may have to call Margaret for this one…

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The reference DAC-1 of Old glory in 25mm: 12th Century Crusader Knights is exactly what I wanted …to represent Uchelwyr !It's the best which reproduces exactly the illustration No. 48 of the page 95 of the edition of May 1989 of the book "Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300" by Ian Heath …

By the way, the round shields of the foot and mounted Welsh warriors of the 12th and 13th centuries were flat or convex ?

The best is still the Crusader knights of Old Glory.