Oops, I’d
not realised that it has been over five months since the last update on this
blog.
My apologies for the ‘radio silence’ but the reality is that I have made
no material additions to my HYW – focussing instead on my Burgundians and some
extra units for my AWI collection. However the good news is that 2015 will see
the resurrection of the blog, as I have some expansion plans. These are
primarily inspired by the 600th anniversary of the battle of
Agincourt and the related Perry Miniatures plastic and metal additions to their
AO range. I’m hoping to use my figures and terrain for an Agincourt demo game
on behalf of The Lance and longbow society at Salute next year – Agincourt
being the theme for the 2015 event. However I understand that the Society are
still awaiting confirmation of the game from the South London Warlords – so if any blog
readers can kindly give them a gentle nudge that would be appreciated!
The picture
at the top is one taken by Alan Perry, with some of the bowmen from the new plastic
Agincourt English, which I’m sure everyone’s now aware of. I was lucky enough
to be given a test sprue. I now have the plastics box and am very impressed by
the men at arms in full ‘white’ harness. The sculpting is fantastic of course,
but I think Renerda have surpassed their previous craftsmanship – there is
hardly any loss of definition along the sides of the armour plates, the visors
are wonderfully detailed and the figures have been aligned so that mould lines largely follow joints in the armour plates and only helmets need a small amount of
smoothing before paint is applied. The flag sheet by Alan is also very informative on the styles of armour over the circa 1415 to 1430 period that these figures cover.
For
Agincourt I will need to add some casualties, vignettes, flags and banners of
some leaders (as I have largely focussed on the 1420s so far) and some French
mounted knights. For the casualties I have found some half completed ones from
Old Glory I have – not the best of sculpts, but there is a lovely fallen horse
and rider. Although the horses head is noticeably too small, I’ve replaced the
body of the knight that’s provided as a two piece model with a cut down plastic
Perry one, which is a big improvement. Just need to decide on the heraldry for
the caparison on the horse.
