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Title: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Dave Knight on June 22, 2020, 08:46:29 PM
Any recommendations?  I am aware of Perry and Claymore
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Mick Hession on June 22, 2020, 09:21:30 PM
Antediluvian miniatures have some nice-looking figures and there is also Old Glory. I've only seen the website pictures so can't say how they would mix with other ranges.

Cheers
Mick
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Dave Knight on June 22, 2020, 10:02:49 PM
Antediluvian miniatures and Claymore are one in the same I believe
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Nick Harbud on June 23, 2020, 07:44:59 AM
Have you looked at Gripping Beast (https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/product-filter/limit,100,0/saga-age-of-vikings,irish)?  These are somewhat earlier figures from their Age of Vikings range, but should help fill the ranks of the great unwashed.

Timeline Miniatures (https://www.timelineminiatures.co.uk/product/brgg01-gallowglass-standing) also have gallowglass and other Irish figures for early renaissance that might be suitable.


Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Erpingham on June 23, 2020, 08:48:46 AM
Quote from: Dave Knight on June 22, 2020, 10:02:49 PM
Antediluvian miniatures and Claymore are one in the same I believe

Antediluvian are the ones with the Irish. 

Crusader have some Irish Skirmishers in their Hundred Years War range which would fit later 15th century.  Mixture of bows and javelins.

Redoubt also have a small early Rennaisance range of Irish but they are not pictured on their website.
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Dave Knight on June 23, 2020, 10:15:03 AM
The Crusader kern look good
The real difficulty is finding figures gto represented the nobles
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Mick Hession on June 23, 2020, 11:04:57 AM
Old Glory do mounted nobles in their Wars of the Roses range. I don't think anyone does dismounted nobles other than in command packs so I suspect you are limited to conversions from galloglass figures.

Cheers
Mick
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: Erpingham on June 23, 2020, 11:37:25 AM
I know these are early 16th century but nice inspiration

http://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2018/01/
http://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2018/02/

The second one feature Redoubts Noble cavalry, with caveats.

Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: belisiriaus on July 28, 2020, 05:29:20 PM
Hi
I got engaged with the irish through a WoR game and have used the Old Glory Kern, Gallowglass and mailed cavalry.

They look very old school but once painted and in mass look very good. I have shed some blood drilling out the hands of the kern to take the javelins or darts.

It is also worth having a look at Hoka Hey Wargaming  who make a nice range of figures based on the Albrecht Durer illustrations. I have used a lot of the Hoka Hey figures for my Elizabethan age Irish figures- battle of Yellow Ford etc.

Period Drift??

Regards
Peter Studd aka Belisiriaus
Title: Re: 28mm Irish figures for the Wars of the Roses period
Post by: DougM on July 31, 2020, 08:03:38 AM
Just noting that Wargames Atlantic have just released their plastic Irish box. You could do some very clever things with a sharp blade and Perry plastic medieval.