Saturday 18 July 2015

Welsh Baggage Elements

I forgot I needed some suitable baggage!

Now my Welsh army is finished I realised that after reading the DBM list notes which said
"The fullest descriptions of Welsh warfare are by Giraldus Cambrensis, in 1188, who says that success in war was measured solely in loot He says that it was their habit to steal anything they can lay their hands on and to live on plunder, theft and booty".

Bearing this in mind I thought, hmm, what do I have I can use to create suitable baggage elements for the Welsh then?

I had a look in the lead mountain for suitable ideas & came across a bag of Magister Militum farm animals & boy drovers. There was also some cattle and a couple of herdsmen whose make I cannot remember.

Given the animals would be most likely stolen or otherwise local I did a bit of research for old breeds that would have lived in Hereford, Worcester and Shropshire. These gave me the basic ideas for accurate colouration of the animals.



5 comments:

  1. Drew, your baggage is better researched than some WRG Armies....RG

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    1. Richard, Shush! You will get a Fatwa from WRG if your not careful!

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  2. Looks good, in fact it could be used with a lot of armies.
    I wonder if spearman Gruffydd kept a diary of the Lleyn Peninsula Campaign?

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    1. Its a shame your not blogging. and no I have no idea if theres anything about North Wales in my collection of books. I am using my North Welse for the first time on Sunday 2nd August

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  3. Sadly the game was cancelled at short notice so the Welsh remain as yet unused!

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