Tudor characters and some more infantry

I am still working away at my mid-16th century collection, figures suitable for the "Rough Wooing" of the 1540s and for Henry VIII's French campaign to take and hold Boulogne in the same decade. The Assault Group do a fantastic range of figures for this period and it is from their Tudor English and Valois French ranges that the figures in today's post have come.

First up there are seven mounted figures, five of which are dressed in the splendid mid-16th century clothing of the nobility and two of which are armoured. These figures look like they could have come straight out of a Holbein portrait and one of them has! The figure on the right in the third photo below is meant to be Jean de Dinteville, Seigneur of Polisy, who was the French ambassador to Henry VIII's court in the 1530s. The figure is taken directly from the 1533 painting known as "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger. This is the painting that famously shows a skull as a memento mori that can only be properly seen if the painting is viewed at a certain angle. I decided to paint the figure in the same clothing as the Holbein painting and have included it in this post for comparison.

Seven Tudor command figures by The Assault Group.

Mid 16th century mounted command figures.

The figure on the viewer's right is meant to represent Jean de Dinteville, Seigneur of Polisy, French ambassador to Henry VIII's court in the 1530s and shown on the viewer's left in the Holbein painting below.

"The Ambassadors", 1533, Hans Holbein the Younger.

Three of the command figures.

Two of the commanders discuss the campaign.

Two figures in armour. The standard bearer is a converted reiter and a helmet has been added to the saddle of the captain on the grey horse.

Next up we have some individual figures on foot, three Tudor women and four men. Again these are by The Assault Group. One of the women is clearly from the nobility whilst the other two are dressed in more humble attire. Three of the men are dressed as gentlemen whilst the fourth is dressed more plainly and is wearing a jack. These are great miniatures and will add loads of character to battles and skirmishes on the table.

Three Tudor women.

Four Tudor gentlemen by The Assault Group.

Finally there are yet more figures to bolster the ranks of my 1540s English infantry. I have already painted up some other units of these (see https://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2025/10/mid-16th-century-tudor-billmen.html and https://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2017/11/1540s-tudor-english-rebased.html) so this is probably the last set. There are twenty four billmen armed with a variety of polearms and a dozen archers. All of the figures are by The Assault Group apart from the standard bearer who is an old Redoubt Enterprises miniature.

Now with all these figures for the 1540s I better start planning some games for them!

A unit of 1540s English billmen and archers.

Twenty four English billmen and a dozen archers.