Heading Overseas with the Baron's War
Getting Started
Back in May last year, the latest iteration of the Baron’s War was Kickstarted, featuring lots of fantastic sculpts by the very talented Paul Hicks. The Baron’s War range had been tempting me for a while, and this new setting seemed like a great jumping on point. I quickly moved from a smallish pledge for a handful of models to jumping all in, figuring that this would make a great new project for 2023.
At the start of Feb a big cardboard box arrived packed with models. The plan is to get them all painted this year. There’s roughly 100 figures all told, about a third of which are mounted, so theoretically a manageable amount if I don’t get too distracted by other things…
Broadly speaking there’s two core factions, Christian Military Orders and Muslims, although there’s a bit of other things for the period of the Crusader States such as Turcopoles and pilgrims. I’m leaning into Knights Hospitaller for the Military Order models, and will probably tackle them first before getting stuck into the more colourful options for the Muslims.
Box full of lovely models
Books for inspiration and reference. The first is naturally the Outremer rulebook itself, followed by a pair of Osprey Warrior titles. Last in the pile is the Lion Rampant Crusader States book; I fully expect the finished models will serve for both game systems.
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