Friday, 22 November 2013

English flags

Here's a pic of the first set of English Tudor  flags, I'll do at least one more set, cheers Pete 

Monday, 18 November 2013

16th Century Irish

Not exactly the Italian Wars but at least the're 16th century. .... I've only got meself to blame for doing these as I've been  tempted by Crann Tara's re-release of the  Graven images Elizabethans and promising more to come. Thanks to Mr. Oliver Green for sending me  some pics of early Irish  flags; now I just need to buy some figures and paint a few flags for the English.  Does anyone know what Mountjoy's flag may have looke dlike?
cheers Pete 

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Crann Tara Elizabethans

I ordered a couple of sample packs of these figures and I'm pretty impressed with them. I'm planning on building a force of Elizabethans  to use with the 'To The Banners'   rules from Caliver books which for me work well for the mid to later renaissance. Hopefully Crann Tara's  planned future releases are as good as those  currently available; if so these will be the figures I'll be using 





Sunday, 3 November 2013

Giovanni delle bande Nere flagsheet

No body really knows what his flags looked like however here's my interpretation of the flags of Giovanni delle Bande Nere. My gut feeling is the yellow and black stripey one is the most likely however the others are based on coats of arms of Giovanni and the Pope. cheers Pete 

Sunday, 6 October 2013

French Italian Wars Flags

Here's my representation of the flags of Louis de Tremouille and Gaston de Foix. Tremouille's flag is taken from the siege of Dijon tapestry  a link can be found on Stuart Mulligan's website and Foix's banner is based on a contemporary etching of the battle of Ravenna.  Although Foix's arms have a red bull on a yellow field the etching clearly shows the field being darker than the bull, as it was pretty common in Italy to reverse colours I've went with the etching.

cheers Pete  


Sunday, 25 August 2013

TAG Tudors

Here's a couple of pics of my first TAG Tudor : Sir Thomas Howard, I've just noticed I've forgot to highlight the horse fitting so will do this when I finish his two companions. 


Tuesday, 20 August 2013

French Landsknechts

Here's a couple of pics representing the flags og the Landsknect  black Bands that were destroyed at Pavia. The flags are conjectural however look very effective when placed together.