The four units are intended as armoured Boyars which are heavy cavalry bow in Art de la Guerre (ADLG). Sadly many of the Essex miniatures don't have bow cases so I'll just have to use my imagination:
The four units are intended as armoured Boyars which are heavy cavalry bow in Art de la Guerre (ADLG). Sadly many of the Essex miniatures don't have bow cases so I'll just have to use my imagination:
No army is complete without a camp so here is my medieval Russian camp. Like many things with this army, details are scare. Therefore I've used a somewhat generic approach:
It's been a long time since I painted any Eastern European crossbowmen. Many years ago I painted quite a few for my medieval Polish army. So it was nice to paint two Art de la Guerre (ADLG) units for my now completed medieval Russian army:
My Russian medieval army is nearly complete. I've only the basing to do on the final eight elements. In fairness I've a few odds and sods to do, mainly command elements but these are for a bit of fun painting over Christmas.
No medieval army is complete without an abundance of flags so here are the flags I have used for my heavy & medium cavalry. These are in addition to the two sets of flags I've placed online already.