Lighting array in the basement being much more photo-friendly, I decided to document some completed armies that had not been photographed yet. First up is these 'Early Imperialist' themed German medieval troops: mounted knights, some townsmen infantry, Bohemian archers, and some Hussite crossbowmen.
The shield motifs are just itty bitty designed printed in color on paper which I cut out and glued on. Then I did my best to use paint to blend the paper to the rest of the shield. With a "two-foot rule" they look good. If you stare at them you can see the cut line sometimes...
The Old Glory set IDs are ME-24 (German Knights with lances), ME-36 (Dismounted German Knights), DIF-20 (Hussite Crossbowmen), DIF-25 (Bohemian Infantry Archers) and DIF-26 (Bohemian Town Militia).
The German knights do not come with lances. I drilled out the hands and made my own lances from brass rod.
Now that its done I realize the personal appeal was the crests on the knights helmets. These Germans line up roughly with the early-mid 1200s. The Hussite crossbowmen are lets say 1420-1435. Neither of these are the best match for my medieval Battle of Crecy-era French which is square in between at the 1340s. This is all fine from a Lion Rampant mash-up medieval game standpoint, but makes envisioning something larger and grander like a Hail Caesar! game a little harder to wrap one's brain around. If I could do it again I would have built a Hundred Years War-era Flanders army instead...
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