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Cravant - Salute preparations (I)
My HYW armies will be making another outing in 2013 at ‘Salute’ show at Excel in April, where we’ll be putting on Cravant 1423 with the Lance and Longbow Society. I’ll start to post up my progress with...
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A river runs through it
I've started work on the additional baseboards that are needed for the Cravant game. In fact they are essential, as the river Yonne ran across the battlefield; initially dividing the two armies before...
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"In goodly and true love..."
“In goodly and true love, brotherhood and union” is how the Anglo-Burgundian army was decreed to behave, as it arrayed at Auxerre on 29 July 1423, before setting off to relieve the besieged town of...
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Terrain Boards - update.
A quick update on the terrain boards, to demonstrate that some progress is being made. The riverbanks are now done and I’m working on the water. Two of the double-length boards are shown here, with...
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A Miller's Tale
I have divided all the tasks I need to do towards the Cravant game into two categories - essential and desirable. In the essential list are the extra figures, river boards, etc; all of which have an...
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Scots for Cravant - WIP
I’m making modest progress on a number of fronts, so this is an update on prep for Cravant game, this time on one of the essential elements - more Scots. The French army at Cravant was effectively a...
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Robert, Lord Willoughby
This is a vignette of the English commander, Robert Lord Willoughby, who’s noted in the accounts of Cravant for vigorously leading the successful attack over the bridge, possibly to directly engage the...
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Scots Contingent - completed.
Some pics of the completed additional Scots contingent for Cravant game; these have been previously posted as a WIP. They are now based and flagged - using the Flags of War ones produced for the...
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The River Yonne
Ok, so I know that you prefer to see painted soldiers, but there's a couple of terrain orientated postings coming along!After painting on three coats of acrylic varnish on the river sections I wasn’t...
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Mill on the Yonne.
I’ve now finished the watermill feature (see previous posts for info on the construction etc). The wheel, boardwalk and pillar have been painted and drybrushed a few times to pull out the details. The...
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Bridge on the Yonne
This is the final terrain piece needed for the Cravant game - and to use with my new river sections at other times. The bridge which Lord Willoughby led the Anglo-Burgundian attack over the Yonne...
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Crossing the Yonne
My last planned posting before the Cravant game at Salute. The critical tactical decision of the battle in 1423 was the English attack across the river Yonne, which separated the armies. The English...
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Cravant game at Salute (I)
Here's some promised pictures of the Cravant game at last weekend's Salute. This is largely a posting of pictures of the initial set up of terrain and troops. I will then post another re how the game...
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Cravant - the Salute refight
The English contingents advance towards the river in the first moves.The initial set-up reflected the assumed pre-battle positions of the two armies, following the three hour stand-off that occurred...
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Cravant game - close up
Just before the Salute show becomes a dim and distant memory for us all, here are some bonus photos that I hadn't initially planned for. A visitor to Salute show - Alan Daniels - took these great...
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History Live event - some images.
Warning - there will be pictures on this posting that are not of things medieval!Not much activity on this blog since the Salute game I'm afraid - although there may well be some HYW developments...
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'Bosworth 1485 - A Battlefield Rediscovered' - brief review.
Although it's outside of the intended period for this blog, I thought I maybe forgiven for posting a brief, personal review of the above book - which maybe of general interest to any 'medievalists' and...
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New Perry AO Range greens
Here's something of a surprise - new greens on the Perry Miniatures workbench, for their Agincourt to Orleans rnage. These must be the first new sculpts for several years and although they always say...
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Medieval Cottage
After another hiatus for this blog, I've started work on cottage to extend my real estate a little. These are exquisite Hudson and Allen buildings that I've had for a long while, before getting on with...
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Cottage - WIP.
Quick interim update. As Darrell requested on my last posting, I've been slapping the paint on!The main areas now have some paint applied; the fences are done as is the groundwork, prior to grasses...
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