Following on from last month's 1540s games with Stuart for this month's post we are staying in the mid 16th century. To bolster the ranks of my 1540s English infantry,
https://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2017/11/1540s-tudor-english-rebased.html, here are another 46 English troops armed with polearms. The figures are all from the Assault Group except for a couple of figures on the command bases which are old Redoubt Enterprises sculpts. The figures are armed with polearms from a variety of different manufacturers but only a few have been converted, there are just a couple of head swaps.
These figures will join my 1540s English army for games set during the English siege of Boulogne in 1544 and the subsequent attempt by the Tudor Government to hold onto the town, the 1549 rebellions in Norfolk and the south west of England and the Anglo-Scots war known as the Rough Wooing. You will notice that only the command bases include miniatures wearing the characteristic English coats of this decade. This means that with a simple swap of the command bases and the flags the unit can be used to represent troops with polearms from other armies, for example they could represent troops assaulting or defending fortifications in a siege that might be using polearms instead of their pikes. The last photo below shows the unit in French service.
The first four photos below show the new unit whilst the ones after show the new figures mixed in with some of the 1540s English I painted some years back as well as the command bases in more detail. I still have some more English infantry to work on for this collection and will hopefully be able to show them on the blog soon.
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| Tudor soldiers armed with bills, spears, halberds and glaives for the 1540s. |
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| Mid 16th Century Tudor Billmen. |
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| English Infantry c.1540-1550. |
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| A view of the unit from behind. |
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| The newly painted bill combined with my previous Tudor billmen. |
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| English bow and bill c.1540. |
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| An English captain and his command group for the mid 16th century. The figures are all from the Assault Group apart from the Captain in the centre of the base who is from Redoubt Enterprises. |
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| A view of the same command base, note the holes cut in the Captain's coat to show the mail underneath. |
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| Another English command base with a captain carrying a target. The standard bearer is from Redoubt Enterprises whilst the rest of the figures are from the Assault Group. |
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| One of the polearm bases including a drummer and officer. |
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| By swapping out the command bases and changing the flags the unit becomes one of French infantry armed with polearms. |
