Range 23 Wars of the Roses |
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This is one of the most comprehensive WOTR ranges in 15mm. Of course there will be more releases as time goes by. One of the biggest inspirations for the figures is the artwork of Graham Turner, as seen in the Osprey campaign books. Marvellous. The range is intended to accompany the Peter Pig "Bloody Barons" rules which specifically cover the WOTR. The figures are designed to withstand wargamer handling , painting and give the correct generic visual to a unit. Thus the archers are shooting and the other chaps are fighting. The figures are made to a 15mm size. They are probably not compatible with ranges of 18/19/20mm figures. The label "Household" indicates troops with the best level of armour protection. These represent about 10% of the fighting troops. |
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Flags Superb Wars of the Roses Generic (XX005) Flags by Nigel Pell of "The Square" 5 Sheets £7 per set. |
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1. Levy bowmen |
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11. Bodyguard on foot |
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14. Gunners x8 |
15. Light guns x2 |
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22. Dead cart with a pile of dead bodies+horse +dead collector £4.50 |
24. Stakes 4 x 3cm strips(5 stakes per strip) |
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25. Wounded "fighting on" |
26. General's party (on foot) |
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29. Amusing figs (Man with head, man with pig, man with one leg) |
30. Pikemen |
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Wars of the Roses NEWER PACKs |
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70. Standards |
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82. Poorer bowmen (Welsh) |
83. Arrow stooks (7 off) |
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Wars of the Roses CHARACTER PACKS Mounted character packs contain 2 figures (2 riders + 2 horses) The two fighting men and the one standard are drawn randomly ( there is no facility for customers to choose, sorry) from a selection of 8 poses. The standard and fighting men are only available with these characters. They are not available at all as main range packs. The fighting men and standard are only available with these characters. They are not available as separate items, sorry. In these pictures the dice is 16mm |
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36. Markers. £6 |
Fighting men selection (randomly applied) |
Standards selection (randomly applied) |
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37. CHARACTER PACK |
38. CHARACTER PACK £3 |
39. CHARACTER PACK £3 |
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40. CHARACTER PACK £3 |
41.CHARACTER PACK Richard III (mounted) £3 |
42. CHARACTER PACK Somerset 2 £3 |
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43. CHARACTER PACK Warwick The Kingmaker |
44. CHARACTER PACK Sir William "Lord" Hastings £3 |
45. CHARACTER PACK Margaret of Anjou £3 |
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46. CHARACTER PACK £3 |
47. CHARACTER PACK Baron Audley- |
48. CHARACTER PACK |
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49. CHARACTER PACK Baron Fauconberg |
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Visit to Bosworth battlefield 2019 |
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For what it is worth here are my thoughts and details. The battlefield was surrounded by bits of higher ground. Sadly the higher ground they chose for the battlefield centre was he wrong bit. Whoops! The hill chosen by the council is called Ambion hill. This was the campground for the Yorkist army. The actual battlefield is about 1 mile away. If you look at a battlefield layout from the pre 1970's re- There was a Roman road (Fenn lane these days) crossing the landscape. It was on this road that the two armies approached each other. The battlefield is overlooked by two church/villages. Dadlington and Stoke Goulding. Dadlington had pits of dead bodies from the battle. The villagers looked over the battle from the church roof. Ambion hill could not be seen from Dadlington church. It was the metal detectorists that found the cannon balls and trinkets that identified the battle correctly (?). I am a complete amateur in "spotting the battlefield" but the evidence seemed very good indeed for the newer position. The battle narrative does not change however, just the location. Went to the place of Richard's death and found it to be a bit of field near a tree. The existing battlefield is bit of a non event. The new one needs signage and recognition etc... The museum is very good though. |
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Left Light gun model. |
Left Retinue billman |
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left Levy billman |
left Reconstructed helmet. |
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Left Village of the period |
Left Place of Richard III death |
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Left Rich man's hat (DUCATI?) |
Left poster looking toward proper battlefield |