RESERVE WARD Knights: First Five
It's been a long time since I advanced this army and painted some knights but here they are - at least half of the unit. The miniatures are a combination of Griping Beast and Crusader Miniatures - my two favourite manufacturers for knights of this era. These five gentlemen represent the first half of the Reserve Ward knights for Simon de Montfort's rebel army. It is the last unit of ten knights I have to paint for this army so I suppose it represents a benchmark. The second half of the unit is already underway. I don't normally paint half-units but as I wanted to represent them fighting from horseback as well as on foot, ten figures in heraldry is quite enough to be getting on with at one time. I am representing these knights on foot as well as horseback becasue I want them to be capable of acting as Simon de Montfort's bodyguard. As such, I've developed a Special Rule for Hail Caesar rules and for the time being I'm calling it 'Household'. Quite simply,