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“Tae the Stangest!” Wargaming with medieval Scots

The challenge was an army to be completed a month. It’s the end of Feb and I’ve just got one completely finished and another, the Normans, almost finished. It’s not quite painting from scratch, merely putting all the pieces together for in this first case , medieval Scots. We shall see!

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The challenge was an army to be completed a month. It’s the end of Feb and I’ve just got one completely finished and another, the Normans, almost finished. It’s not quite painting from scratch, merely putting all the pieces together for in this first case , medieval Scots.

It’s those big bases again I’m afraid! 80mm wide has become the Tercio standard. This final lot are the lowland spearman. They are Navwar minis in the main and Swiss at that…
Last week’s Galwegians are good for games up to the mid- thirteenth century but these are later. Eight deep spear units for post 1400 games I reckon. They don’t have armour or shield so are definately later warriors.
They will stretch over the whole of my deployment in a typical To the Strongest game and deep spear are so tough. They may even stretch to raw pike at Flodden. One can’t help but commiserate for the badly trained clansmen shot to pieces in the mud!
The above represent the armoured dismounted nobles. To the Strongest allows two units to be upgraded- a chance at least to get to grips with enemy longbowmen.
The Scottish army can have three longbow units of its own but I decided that short bow skirmishes would be more useful; they can fit in the same square as deep units and protect the spear,
The commanders were finished months ago so that’s one army done. Two batteries of guns , Islesmen and a Highlander unit complete the array.
They may not be the most manoeuvrable army but they will surely be resilient. Now I have two days to complete the Normans !

We shall see!

17 responses to ““Tae the Stangest!” Wargaming with medieval Scots”

  1. Pete S/ SP Avatar
    Pete S/ SP

    Love the ranks of pike.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      Even I can’t mess up marching a whole army directly forward!!!!!! Thanks Pete!

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  2. John@justneedsvarnish Avatar
    John@justneedsvarnish

    Very nice! 🙂 Flodden is one of the few battlefields I’ve visited in this country!

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      I’ll have to pick your brains about that! My post lockdown resolution is to visit and wargames as many battlefields as possible!

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        John@justneedsvarnish

        It was a long time ago mind you! The most recent battlefields in this country I’ve visited have been the toilet roll aisles in local supermarkets! 😉

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      2. redcaer1690 Avatar
        redcaer1690

        Haha ! I live in Cardiff so hand to hand combat is wuite common!!!

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  3. theimperfectmodeller Avatar
    theimperfectmodeller

    Very nicely done. 🙂

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      Thanks very much old boy!!!!

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  4. Mark A. Morin Avatar
    Mark A. Morin

    Brilliant stuff, love to see stuff like this and so well done

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      Bless you!!!! Eleven more armies to finish by December!!!! Glad you liked the first!

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      1. Mark A. Morin Avatar
        Mark A. Morin

        You go!

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  5. steventhomasnz Avatar
    steventhomasnz

    Loving the big bases.

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      Followed your lead Steve!!! I’m going through my whole collection now!!!! Minis need space!!!

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  6. Skarloc73 Avatar
    Skarloc73

    They look super! It’s nice to see someone elses approach on the feudal Scots. I also opted for the skirmish archers instead of longbowmen in my list 🙂

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      I had lots of half finished armies so this is my attempt to get organised. I’ve played competitions for twenty odd years and this left me with lots of proxies and morphs. I did see that Antidaluvian miniatures now do the exact figures but in 28!
      Thanks for your comment!

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  7. mellis1644 Avatar
    mellis1644

    They look great. Love the overall effect as well

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    1. redcaer1690 Avatar
      redcaer1690

      Thanks very much! I’m determined to get a single army in a singled labelled box by Christmas! One down!

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