I've finished the contingent of Pale-men for Fitzgerald's third of the army. These were in progress for a long time, since it took a while before I had an idea of what I wanted them to look like.
From right to left, they are: Fitzgerald men with the red saltire; two Dubliners, two soldiers of the Archbishop of Dublin's household; three retainers of Rowland Fitzeustace, Baron Portlester (one of Kildare's leading supporters), and James D'Arcy of Platten, a huge man who carried Simnel through the streets of Dublin on his shoulders.
The figures are a mix of WotR and HYW plastics from the Perrys. I mixed in some of the (relatively) recent French infantry set to include the long aketons popular in Ireland and Scotland.
I've never been entirely happy with the basing for this army, and since these photos were taken, some new basing material has arrived, so I'm also in the process of tinkering with the whole army's bases.
Now on to the next phase: kern and gallowglass.
Great stuff - its hard to know what the Anglo Irish really dressed like for this campaign but I would imagine these chaps aren't far off
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, it's difficult to know what they looked like, and that was one of the reasons it took me so long to get this unit finished. The matter of heraldry is a bit challenging too. Also, it's encouraging to see people are following the blog! I should have more to present soon.
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