Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Here's a couple of flags representing those flown by Giovanni delle Bande Nere. There's not much known about the flags flown by Giovanni , the first one's based on his coat of arms and the second one's the arms of Leo X mentor, uncle and employer to Giovanni.  I might do another two flags adding a black bend on a white field to the o the heraldry  however I'm not convinced that it would be very historical.

  I also need to do a flag for the man himself; I've seen a medal produced shortly after his death with a badge that looks like an Imperial Roman shield design  and read somewhere that he had a  dragon motif on a purple background. when I decide I'll get cracking with that, cheers Pete 

Foundry Swiss Captain

Foundry July giveaway; I've always wanted one of these figures and thanks to Marcus Ansell I now have two along with a couple of other very useful figures 

Flodden Reenactment

Here's a few pics of the reenactment of the Battle of Flodden  at Etal village today. Everyone was very friendly and it turned out to be a great day out; I'm looking at the Perry plastics now and wondering how much work it would take to convert them. Also  I'd like to thank everyone who posed for the pictures, cheers. 

Battle of Agnadello 1509 IV

Standard of Niccolo di Pitigliano Venetian commander; I'm unsure whether to add a fringe to this flag or not so it's still a WIP, cheers Pete 

Battle of Agnadello 1509 III

Standard of Bartolomeo Liviana D'Alviano and the Venetian Cross, figures are TAG 

Battle of Agnadello 1509 II

Here's some pics of the second Flag I've completed for the Venetians at Agnadello and once again credit goes to Massimo Predonzani for his research  into the design of this flag.  cheers Pete 

Battle of Agnadello 1509

Here's my representation of the standard of Pietro Marquis Bourbon del  Monte Sante Maria which was captured by the Swiss at the Battle of Agnadello. I'll probably do a bit more work to this flag and add a bit more contrast to the blue to give it a bit more definition otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Credit for the info on this flag goes to Massimo Predonzani whose site can be visited here http://stemmieimprese.it/2013/02/20/le-bandiere-veneziane-conquistate-dagli-svizzeri-nella-battaglia-di-agnadello-e-conservate-nel-museo-di-appenzell-2/#more-847 and the figure is from TAG. cheers Pete