I spoke to Gareth Lane and Chris Breeze on the Yarkshire Gamer Reet Big Wargames Podcast about their #worldwarroses Project which will see players from around the world battling out a Wars of the Roses game over a weekend in May and I said I would do a little retinue to show my support for the Project.

So I had bought and primed the figures last month with the intention of painting them up post Challenge but needing points I started to paint, I did the Command stand first really quickly and decided to plow through the unit of Archers in quick time and the varnish dried on them 10 minutes ago.

The livery is for an earlier period (Earl of Chester) but the figures have been done as a generic Cheshire Retinue. I have figures for a unit of 24 Bill men and 16 Dismounted Men at Arms. 

I’ve always wanted a Front Rank army, I love their figures, I remember looking in awe at them in a glass cabinet at Sheffield Triples in the old Octagon probably 30 years ago, I have just never had the excuse, I’ve painted them for others in the past but these are the first which I’m keeping. After that who knows but I have no plans to Go Big with Wars of the Roses (stop laughing) but you all know I’ve said that before, with other periods..

So that’s it for The Analogue Hobbies Winter Paint Challenge for another year, thanks as always to Curt for organising this wonderful event, I really look forward to it every year and I’m already thinking of a big Project to do next year.