GPIP -Game Planning in Progress Bosworth Field

 About six months ago, Little Wars TV refought the decisive climax of the Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Bosworth. That inspired our club members to host our very own version of Bosworth Field!

Little Wars TV Video 

Over the summer, everyone gathered their forces, painted miniatures, and prepped movement trays. Like the video, we'll be determining the outcome using the Midgard ruleset.

Foot Knights (Rear) and Billmen (Front)

More Foot Knights (Rear) and Billmen (Front)

2 Units of Archers

One Bombard

Unit of Hand Gunners

Our demonstration game is set for October 10th at The Abyss, with a rehearsal scheduled for October 8th. With just three weeks to go, it's time to gather my host and make sure all the troops I promised are ready for the field! Everyone accounted for and set to travel.

The figures I have are a mix of Gripping Beast, Claymore Castings and warlord Games. They are from my War of the Roses SAGA Warband or my Scots Warband both for play with the Age of Chivalry. 

SAGA - Levy Archers - Claymore Castings Completed

 This is the third unit of 12 levy archers from Claymore Castings that I completed. They are for use with both my Age of Chivalry Scots or various English factions. I used some Kraurtcover Scenics Meadows of Purity and Army Painter Battlefields Highland Tuft for the bases. I am very happy with the look.

WIP SAGA - Levy Archers - Claymore Castings

 This afternoon on my Discord Paint and Chat I put the push on to produce a third unit of Levy Archers. They will be needed for next weekend's SAGA Grand Melee here in Montreal. The figures are from Claymore Castings.

SAGA - AOC - SCOTS

Since January of this year, with the arrival of the new supplement the club has been focusing on playing the Age of  Chivalry.  The first warband I began in anticipation of AOC was the Scots, in honor of my mother's heritage.  I compiled a collection of  photos showing various units of this warband in different stages of preparation for the tabletop.

First is a collection of 32 of pike figures that were repurposed for SAGA. These had long sat in a Mastercraft toolbox as part of an army based for various DBX style games.  I had picked these two units up rather a long time ago at the Ottawa CanGames consignment booth. 

Next I have a unit of repurposed knights. These were a gift I received many years ago from Ross Mac. They comprise my Warlord and his mounted Hearth Guard Bodyguard. 

Warlord and Bodyguards 

Mounted Knights circling the woods

Next are figures I painted in the last year. Two units of Levy Archers, with the figures being from Claymore Castings. I recently added a third unit that is sitting on my painting table..

Levy Archers advancing in a tabletop encounter.

Next are the Hearth Guard or Foot Warriors of the Scot's warband. I went with a blue motif for their main colour. Some Saracens are in the background.

Finally a display of national pride. The banner of St  Andrew is a bit early for the period but it was readily available to produce some banners, both for foot and  mounted figures. In the background is the cookie tin that will be used to both store and transport the warband.

The pike are repurposed figures while the mounted figures are new purchases from Claymore Castings.

Finally a couple of photos of the Scots in their first encounter with the English. The knaves from south of the border won the first match.