Ox-drawn Wagon

Perry Miniatures Ox Wagon

This is the fourth Perry Miniatures Wagon I have now completed and I think it is probably my favourite. A fantastic kit that really captures the feel of the hordes of followers and carts that would follow armies in the renaissance. Fitting the yokes and the chain was quite tricky and I feel maybe the chain looks a little modern, it's my addition it does not come with the kit. It was nowhere near as tricky to assemble as the horse drawn wagon however http://camisado1500s.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/covered-four-horse-wagon.html . I have two more of the smaller Perry Wagons to complete which will leave me with a sizable baggage train. I like this kit so much though that I am tempted to get another one but put something different inside, the Perry Twins sell the cart and oxen separately so you can do this.

Ox-drawn Wagon

Camp followers sitting on top of the Wagon

Ox-drawn Wagon

Perry Miniatures Ox Wagon

The Venetian Army

The Venetian Army

Anyone who has followed this blog for a while will know I am keen on setting up the various armies that can be made out of the collection. I have had a go at the Venetians before, http://camisado1500s.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/serene-republic.html  but have added loads more figures to the collection since. I have also added some of the excellent flags from Pete for the Venetians at Agnadello in 1509.
So to start the new year here is the Venetian army of 1509. The army that, as Machiavelli put it, lost in one day what it had taken Venice eight hundred years to conquer. I hope it has the right Italian feel to it with a mix of Perry Italians and Stradiots, TAG Italians and a few Spanish as well as some old Wargames Foundry and Citadel figures. All of the flags are by Pete from his Agnadello and Venetians flagsheets, http://www.freewebstore.org/petesflags/index.aspx?pageid=1800430. The two Orsini Cousins that led the army are represented, Bartolomeo D'Alviano and Niccolo di Pitigliano. I also included a couple of banners for the Malatesta as Pandolfo IV Malatesta fought as a Condottieri for the Venetians at Agnadello. I wanted this army to represent the transition from Medieval to Renaissance and think this is captured fairly well.
Now I need to decide where 2014 will take the collecting, I am becoming more and more tempted to have a go at some Elizabethans but have a few more things for the early 1500s to complete first.
Happy New Year!

Stradiots riding out in front

Venetian Cavalry

Stradiots in front of  the Cavalry under Bartolomeo D'Alviano

Venetian Infantry

Venetian horse under Niccolo Di Pitigliano

Mounted Arquebusiers with the baggage behind

Another picture of the baggage train

Venetian Crossbowmen and Archers

Balkan Archers

The Venetian Archers and Artillery

Venetian Infantry

Venetian Army, the 2 flags in the foreground are for the Malatesta

Stradiots

Venetian Infantry

Venetian Infantry with Stradiots skirmishing in front