Hi again! I've got another update and once again, we know 'em, we love 'em, it's more Kern!
This time I've put together block of skirmishers with bows to act in support of the gallowglass and bonnachts, or independently to harass opponents in hit-and-run attacks!
The kern themselves are the usual mix of Perry and Antediluvian figures. I've included a few more drab léine compared to the bonnachts, given that these would be poorer soldiers, and unlikely to afford the fanciest saffron dye all the time
And here's the block of skirmishers screening an advance for the charging Bonnachts
I hope they've come out ok! For a while I was debating whether to have them blocked in a more dense formation, to mirror the bows-and-bills of the other War of the Roses forces, but eventually decided against it in favor of the skirmishers
"My name is Dungeon Master, and I will be your guide in the world of Dungeons and Dragons!" This has been a kind of secret from my gaming groups for a couple of weeks, with only a few hints dropped here and there because my excitement overcame me. He's a Gnome Illusionist from Antediluvian Miniatures, and bears a striking resemblance to a certain 80's cartoon character. And I love him! So this is his final reveal, as he's now finished. I plan to use him as my next PC in whatever DnD campaign I next participate in, as a Gnome called Diem, obviously. I can't wait!
This time, as a continuation of the Irish force I've already started on the side, I’ve decided to put together a command base. The figures are a lot of fun to paint, so it was a good way to get back into the swing of things! Plus, it’s been sort of a first foray into multi-basing figures, as opposed to individually basing them
The commander here is intended to be Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, who fought (and died) at Stoke Field in 1487, fighting on the Yorkist side there in command of the Irish contingent. I've left the figures themselves without any liveries, and the banner is interchangeable, so he could just as easily stand in for Silken Thomas in his rebellion against Henry VIII, or really any other Irish knight or lord in the late 15th or early 16th centuries!
Most of the figures on the base are straight from the Perry Irish command (although the one with the sword has a head-swap!), while the Gallowglass lurking behind Fitzgerald is from the Antediluvian Miniatures Dürer Galloglass set.
Fitzgerald himself is based on a Perry WotR standard bearer, with a plume added to his helmet, and a two-handed sword in place of a polearm, to fit more thematically with the rest of the Irish force. As a knight (or lord, depending on which Fitzgerald) with ties to England and the Pale, I wanted to set Fitzgerald apart from the other figures, so I decided to use an armoured figure as the base, but at the same time to show that he's still very much Irish (or Anglo-Irish, at least in the Fitzgerald case), he's wearing his yellow léine tucked under the armour.
I've also given Fitzgerald a beard, as part of making him a more 'generic' Irish commander. The beard itself is partly based on this portrait of Silken Thomas from the 16th century:
