The Bloody Barons range now has 4 character packs.
A character pack will have 4 figures in it.
1x character
2 x fighting men
1x standard bærer
There are 4 standard bearer poses and 4 fighting men poses.
They are chosen at random but that should still allow a lot of different options when a pack is bought. Thus, each character pack will not be the same as another.
The fighting and standard figures will only be available with the characters in order to keep them exclusive. I will see how that goes??
John and i have discussed the characters chosen.
Quite difficult to individualise the characters but I have used the information available.
I have used period photographs and video clips in battle to help out.
Hope you like them.
Pictures should be done in a day or three.
martin :)
Sounds great, Martin, and I look forward to seeing the pictures.
I hope they are at least as successful as your wide range of ACW generals.
Good point about period photographs and video clips (presumably gun cameras?) which are, I feel, a very under-used resource from that epoch.
Simon
Sound good Next on my to do list after the Fallschirmjager
Stewart
And I see that the first 4 named characters are up on the website for sale already!
Further to the nit-picking thread, do we need to clarify which battles each can / cannot be "legally" used in /and against whom when rivet-counters are at large?
Simon
Great to see...thanks Martin.
Bob
I will try to get some info written down as to which matches they played at
martin :)
Excellent, Martin, that would indeed be helpful.
Please don't forget to note which precise shades of which colour were used in their flags / banners / standards / livery too - maybe best to specify the mix of fruits / animal by-products from which they were each produced, to ward off nit-pickers?
Simon
Oh, I thought they came with pri-painted flags so we get the colours correct and don't upset anybody at shows.
Stewart
Martin, I like the way you have photographed Edward IV in the fog at the start of the Battle of Barnet. A brilliant piece of marketing. Is there an extra charge for a packet of fog?
John
That's a good spot, John.
Maybe Martin should market the fog packs alongside his invisible Boers?
Perhaps this calls for a new Emperor's New Clothes mini-range?
Simon
Simon,
Are you saying that the men of the 1400s were also in colour? I thought that came about in the 1950s or 60s.
I will have to start my monochrome troops all over again now.
Simon (B).
Martin,
Silliness aside, I am excited to see these character packs added to the lovely range.
Can we expect more characters and / or other additions to the WoTR range in the future?
Regards,
Simon.
Quote from: EssexWargamer on July 23, 2020, 09:34:22 AM
Simon,
Are you saying that the men of the 1400s were also in colour? I thought that came about in the 1950s or 60s.
I will have to start my monochrome troops all over again now.
Simon (B).
Apparently so, although as I believe Martin points out elsewhere, you can achieve a lot with black, white and a sepia ink :)
Quote from: EssexWargamer on July 23, 2020, 09:37:58 AM
Martin,
Silliness aside, I am excited to see these character packs added to the lovely range.
Can we expect more characters and / or other additions to the WoTR range in the future?
Regards,
Simon.
I for one would hope for a number of the Neville family to put in an appearance.
A post-battle head-on-the-block vignette may also be called for...?
Simon
This is a worrying development... I sense a new blog coming on featuring the WoTR, same format to my ECW one - battlefields, museums, and of course figures. Although I am easily distracted at the moment, struggling to put Queen Henrietta Maria's monogram on a trumpeter's banner; think it may get painted over and fleur de lys to replace it.
Must resist, must resist.
(As an aside, the character packs for ACW and now WoTR are cracking; any chance the ECW range could get something similar?)
Quote from: Colonel Kilgore on July 23, 2020, 11:53:18 AM
I for one would hope for a number of the Neville family to put in an appearance.
A post-battle head-on-the-block vignette may also be called for...?
Simon
A second vote for a Neville or two, and throw in some Percy's too.
That should stoke the old rivalries in the north!
Simon
Nevilles and Percy's are a must and of course Oxford
Best thing about some of them is they fought on both sides so they can fight against themselves.
Derek
No more bearded ones though please Martin. If you were up on your late 15th century fashion you would know that beards were right out. I'd also second Oxford, Percies and Nevilles. Could do one or two slightly more rotund figures. After all some of these chaps were past their prime.
Cheers
John
Quote from: John Watson on September 21, 2020, 05:33:48 PM
If you were up on your late 15th century fashion you would know that beards were right out.
Those 15th Century photographers have a lot to answer for:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Buckingham_cropped.png)
Simon
That is one of the pictures I used.
martin
(https://i.imgur.com/mqIchmP.jpg)
Is it possible that shaven looked good in portraits, but in reality there were beards due to difficulty in getting a shave whilst on campaign?
Just a thought?
martin :)
I also am very impressed with the character packs. I am quite happy to see some bearded characters. After all the fashion now is to have a massive bushy beard, yet I am currently wearing a Napoleon III style goatee. I do not see myself as a JEB Stuart. I must admit that the variety of figures within the WOR range now is quite stunning.
Thought I would open this thread again as a lot more character packs have arrived on the scene. I feel they have been a little overshadowed by the release of all the Mexican packs lately. I think these new packs are stunning, with some absolutely exquisite armour detail. They will also allow me to put appropriately correct commanders to historical scenarios whilst the units can remain generic. These characters, plus the already existing generals mounted, on foot and as casualties will produce a wide variety of command bases. Generic units are created using the Peter Pig generic standards and, where appropriate, painting single or two-coloured livery coats without badges.
Spot-on, Andy. Although I have sometimes been a bit cheeky and put the new WOTR figures in front of the MexRev ones on the Forum News banner.
I can envisage a WOTR force in which there are almost as many historically represented command stands as there are of generic combatants. Si "Traffic" has been showing the way on this front in this thread: https://rulesforcommonman.uk/index.php?topic=2563.0
Simon
I have to agree that this is a fascinating period, have enjoyed a few games with Martin and Ben. Have not taken the plunge yet, maybe next year?
Have been watching the series 'Medieval Dead', very interesting and shows how barbaric these battle really were. The skeletons of the dead really show damage from battle, one episode shows how the feet of some infantry were completely severed in one blow. The presenter is the guy who found the body pit at Towton.
Dave
Glad they are popular chaps!
There will be some more in the future, along with some WOTR figures too.
martin :)
Ooh goody (rubs hands with glee!). ;D