This has been a very slow burning project of mine, going way back to 2014 when I originally thought of doing it, but a recent birthday gift of a Peter Pig voucher is bringing it back to life. The original idea was set out here:

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/2014/09/lion-rampant-war-of-roses-retinues-in.html

… unfortunately scuppered when I realised there wasn’t enough variety in the figure poses to make it look right. A while back, however, Peter Pig released a whole set of new packs to solve that problem, but if been putting off getting some due to the cost. 

With the impetus of a twenty five quid voucher this problem has now been solved. I’ve ordered some packs of levy, retainers and household men at arms plus Margaret of Anjou as a scenario objective (!) and Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, as a retinue commander. 

This year is now definitely going to be focussed on the medieval period, so it’s yet another string to my bow to have a 15mm Lion Rampant project waiting in the wings. I’m also thinking of a naval angle for this year, air warfare not being an option for obvious reasons, but more about that at a later date!