Gendarmes and Archers 1513

 

When I again turned my attention  to 1513 I thought not to linger over long. Utterly wrong as it turned out. Each Gendarme needs at least one non noble horseman in support. There was a lot of painting.

I have written before about the “Lance” concept. A Lance being variably 2-5 men. One hundred Lances means at least 200 men and up to 500 men. As you can see i have simplified the representation here. 

Even with creative interpretation (cheating) it is a fair few cavalry.  Let us get to it.

Supporting Archer cavalry.

 You can see a lot of Minifigs in the pic's. A lot to like with these figures I think.

Not all Archers were archers.

David at Not By Appointment made me some flags for known French Commanders.

Above we see Berault (Bernard) Stewart. He is the lad in the middle. Note his buckle impressa drawn from his banner. Below Louis de Tremouille once again we see an impressa. In this case Fortuna's Wheel depicted on the surcoat.

Gendarme or Archer  units can fight separately if required.

Now, Burgundian Gendarmes with supporting mounted Crossbow men. A debate meanders on about shooting from the saddle. I think they did, by utilising a latch. We will see more of them in a subsequent post on England's Allies and Mercenaries.

They are shown with latches. Could they dismount to shoot? Of course. They  weren’t centaurs. The ones above are a mixture of Minifigs and Donnington.

There are lots of flags on show today. They are from Pete’s Flags, free ones from Lancashire Games and banners for Berault (Bernard) Stuart and Louis de Tremouille that David at Not By Appointment kindly made for me. 

Next to turn once more to the English.  We will begin with England's Allies and Mercenaries.