Burgundian men-at-arms
This is the first unit of ordonnance men-at-arms for the Swiss Burgundian Wars. The figures are Perry Miniatures plastics from the Men-at-arms box set.
The unit is ten men strong, on three 75x50mm bases. The flags are both downloads from the Krigspil website, accessible through the Web Archive. The miniatures are mostly straight out of the box, with a couple of small modifications to make them look more Burgundian, like two crosses of St. Andrew made of Green Stuff or the addition of a plume to one of the helmets.
The unit has a flag showing the ducal arms of Burgundy on the right, and the ordonnance flag of St. John on the left (seen from the front). The latter is found in the Altes Zeughaus in Solothurn (http://sammlungmaz.so.ch/eMuseumPlus;jsessionid=4453CE796F72AA8BCCA967814B5B4B57.node1?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.inline.lightbox.t2.collection_lightbox.$TspTitleLink.link&sp=13&sp=Sexhibition&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=0&sp=3&sp=SdetailView&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=T&sp=0&sp=Slightbox_2x3&sp=0&sp=F&sp=Scollection&sp=l6385) and is well worth a visit if you ever are in the region. The knight with the mace in the center bears the arms of Guillaume de Vaudray, a noble from the Franche-Comté.
On one end of the unit, we find a more Italian looking man-at-arms, with a barbute and a mazzochio, perhaps a mercenary in the service of the Duke of Burgundy. The man-at-arms on the other end of the unit is mounted on a horse wearing a metal caparison with the rear half painted in Burgundian heraldic devices, as can be seen in certain illustrations of the Schilling chronicle (that only half the barding is painted is purely conjectural on my part, it looked better that way).
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