"Late medieval regional forces - "Rheingau", Germany" Topic

Today there is another small unit from my late medieval army, embedded in a regional history.
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Nice looking figs and interesting to see the map and photos. Thanks for sharing!

I had not heard of defensive hedges in Europe before. I've read about the British hedge around Bengal to prevent smuggling salt and avoiding the salt tax the British inherited from the Mughal Empire, and of course I've read about the hedgerows in Normandy. This is something different, though. At 50-100 meters thick, it ties up a lot of real estate. From your description, it seems to have been a rather effective defense, though.

I'm used to mountain ranges and rivers being boundary lines. A few years back, I read about early Swedish kingdoms using forests as boundaries. Hedges being used as boundaries is new to me--I'll have to remember this.

Any plans to model a section of hedge?

Oh, fiddle-dee-dee! I got so fascinated by the hedge, I didn't look at the figures! Very nice painting! Mostly lighter colors. I've been thinking about this lately. You get darker colors by letting the cloth soak in the expensive dye longer and absorbing the dye. Nice if you are wealthy, but not so practical if you are a not particularly wealthy crossbowman or hand gunner. I like this.

Grelber