Revised Orbats for Bosworth Field

I have spent the last few nights reviewing the Poleaxed orbats by Lance and Longbow and the orbats from Medieval Warfare. what I like about the Poleaxed rules is that they give a breakdown of the contingent commanders who took the field, not just the lord who commanded the battle. So with that in mind I have kept the contingent commanders and adapted the orbats to use the Hail Caesar ruleset.

I am basing the models on 40mm x 40mm for infantry and 75mm x 50mm for cavalry. So they are usable for 'A Crown of Steel' and Medieval Warfare. Reading the Hail Caesar message board on the Yahoo Group page Rick Priestly played a game a while ago where they used mixed formations of Billmen and Bowmen. To this end I put together standard sized contingents. Anyhow, here are the orbats in a revised form for Hail Caesar;

The Tudor Host

Henry Tudor - 4 x Mtd M-A-A (4 stands)

Jasper Tudor - 1 x Dismtd M-A-A, 3 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

John De Vere - 2 x Dismtd M-A-A, 2 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

Rhys ap Thomas - 1 x Dismtd M-A-A, 3 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

Viscount Welles - 1 x Dismtd M-A-A, 3 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

Poynings - 8 x Pike, 4 x Hand Gunners (12 stands)

Guildford - 8 x Pike, 4 x Hand Gunners (12 stands)

 

Savage - 2 x Scurrours (2 stands)

Talbot - 2 x Scurrours (2 stands)

The Yorkist Host

Richard III - 2 x Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

Robert Percy - 2 x Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

Duke of Norfolk/Earl of Shrewsbury - 4 x Dismtd M-A-A, 4 Bowmen (8 stands)

Zouch - 4 x Bowmen, 4 x Hand Gunners (8 stands)

Surrey - 2 Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

Brackenbury/Scrope - 4 x Dismtd M-A-A, 4 Bowmen (8 stands)

Greystoke - 1 x Dismtd M-A-A, 1 x Billmen, 3 x Bowmen (5 stands)

Devereux - 1 x Dismtd M-A-A, 1 x Billmen, 3 x Bowmen (5 stands)

 

Northumberland - 2 x Dismtd M-A-A, 2 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

 

Pudsey - 2 x Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

Manners - 2 x Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

 

The Treacherous Stanleys

 

Lord Thomas Stanley/Peshall - 2 x Dismtd M-A-A, 2 x Billmen, 4 x Bowmen (8 stands)

Digby - 1 Dismtd M-A-A, 1 x Billmen, 3 x Bowmen (5 stands)

 

Sir William Stanley - 2 x Mtd M-A-A (2 stands)

Legh - 2 x Scurrours (2 stands)

Holford - 2 x Scurrours (2 stands)

 

Depending on how I am set I may up the size of the cavalry regiments. I can only hope that Michael and Alan Perry can get their plastic late medieval knights miniatures out on general release soon.

 

 

A Rather Daunting prospect!

Having finally got back home from my travels I have been sorting through the collection. Here are the plastic boxes in all their glory. I had forgotten just how many boxes I had purchased for this project.

I have also photographed the metal miniatures in their boxes. The picture isn't too clear, however I 'll be opening them up quite soon to starting building the contingents. First up will be John de Vere, the Earl of Oxford and his retainers.

Hudsen and Allen Medieval Buildings

Now that I have returned to the sunny island of Jersey I have been able to take stock of my War of the Roses collection. When I bought the Perry miniatures I bought some Hudsen and Allen buildings at the same time. I must say I am very impressed with the casts. I bought them through Ebob Miniatures. You can find a link to the site on this page.