Rothesay castle

[warbossd 4562xp 0]

Help being sought for a project a friend and I are planning,

We are both resident in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute and are keen Wargames although not in the historical sphere.

We wanted to create a scenario around the run up to the battle of Largs when Rothesay was taken by the King of Norway in 1263.

My question for the experienced historical gamers is what miniature ranges should we be looking at and is there a rule set people would recommend.

If we are reinventing the wheel and someone in the Glasgow area has already done this that would be good to know (if a little disappointing).

[khusrauParticipant 1169xp 0]

Hi there, so a little bit more information would be good, do you have a scale in mind, how many figures, preference for metal vs plastic and so on? There are a wide range of historical figures that would be suitable, especially for Haakon’s Norwegians, using Viking figures.

For the Scots infantry, you should probably look to ranges marketed as suitable for Bannockburn or similar – or late dark ages types. There seem to have been heavily armoured men at arms, both mounted and on foot, plus archers, and possibly slingers. If the Scottish army was typical of a general call out then it should also include numbers of spearmen.

If I was doing it in 28mm, I would be using plastics with a mix of Fireforge, Conquest Games, and Gripping Beast dark ages stuff. The Conquest Games Medieval Knights are probably slightly too early for 1263, but unfortunately, in plastic there aren’t too many options.

 

[warbossd 4562xp 0]

Sorry. You are bang on with 28mm. We don’t want it too large a scale. Probably 50 minis lper side. Obviously it will be an adaptation rather than a reenactment per se. Thankd for the input. I’m not scared of metal minis. I prefer them to palastics in many cases.

[torros 23816xp 0]

Both sides would be armed and look very similar to every other western European army by 1263 so not sure if viking figures would be your best bet

 

I would look at claymore castings and https://antediluvianminiatures.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/shop-historical-range/ for figures

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