The Barons War – Free book adventure
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About the Project
In March 2022, if you were part of a gaming club Footsore were giving away single copies to clubs of The Baron's War Rulebook. (Until they run out try this address... [email protected]) Got one of the free rule books for my club. (Thank you Footsore Miniatures & Games.) I think we will probably try the Dark Age Conquest supliment version of the game first because I have a painted Saga minis collection I can point up. That likely route to playing hasn't stopped me starting to kitbash a retinue from fantasy and Dark Age sprues to be playable in the actual Barons War period around 1215.
Related Game: The Barons' War
Related Company: Footsore Miniatures and Games
Related Genre: Historical
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Retinue complete - Mounted knights
Finished up the last two knights for this list to make it 4 knights.
Leaning on the diamonds theme on the shields and wanting to add more yellow to the force because the Scots force have blue in their theme also.
The gore and mud has been dialled back a touch compared the the mounted sergeants kitbashes of the Scots as I got comments that it was a bit OTT. de Percy Foot Sergeants
The shields were fun on these. The de Percy lion rampant and diamonds coming to the fore again.
Enjoyed the weathering on these.
Still keeping to the Zandri dust, morghast bone, wraithbone and Steel Legion Drab muted off-white palette for the padding and basic clothing. 
This retinue is almost done. Just a couple more mounted knights and I will be there.Archers! LOOSE!
Got these done. All six green archers for this unit completed.
Yellow and blue theme, but apparently the convention of tabards and livery was still some way off. It was more likely that they would turn up having sourced and paid for weapons and armour themselves.
Enjoyed kitbashing this one from a FireForge Games Foot Sergeant body, Frostgrave Soldier arms (with the shoulders smoothed over) and a Conquest Games Medieval Archers head.
Bold knights completed
I have a history of naming minis, but something about this game makes me think that minis won't stick around long enough to get too attached to 
Might consider naming minis that survive the first playthrough.Knights of old
Crusader Miniatures metal minis were an affordable option. 8 minis for £11. There are duplications and the poses aren't as dynamic as some of the Footsore ones, but they're single piece and suit the period nicely.
Trying to pick shield designs that are directly associated with the de Percy family, but will have fun playing on the theme and as long as they don't look too much like my Galwegians on the tabletop I'll be happy.
Archers so far
Kitbashed this one for variety. Conquest Games Medieval Archers bow hand, draw arm and head on a FireForge Games Foot Sergeants body and shoulders. Improvised knife and scabbard from a sword hilt and a bolt scabbard.
And these two are just straight from my medieval archers sprues. I like the understated weathering and the greens and off-white being swapped between the two.
It will be a unit of six. All green troops.de Percy Foot Sergeant Spearmen
The fish emblem is apparently only associated with the Percy family much later, but I think it's more interesting than sticking strictly to the blue lion rampant and the diamonds that seem to be key parts of the hereldry. I will make the knights closer to the sources that suit my theme, with these Foot Sergeants being derivations of their masters' designs.
