The Lithuanian are ready
for use consisting of four heavy cavalry, six light horse and two foot archer
elements. An order with Legio Heroica was placed recently to add more light horse and foot archers, but for the moment these will do nicely for the planned historical scenarios.
The heavy cavalry are a
mix of Legio Heroica bow and lance armed figures with diverse shields from Essex.
Shields are described in Ian Heath’s Armies of the Middle Ages, vol.2 as mostly
red colour and I realise many modern representations have emblems painted on them, but
decided against this as there would be a good number of banners to identify
them as Lithuanian. The light horse are bow armed Turcoman figures with fur
caps added with Milliput.
The flags like others made
are interchangeable, so elements may crop up elsewhere as allies or morph into
another army as the collection is meant for the later part of the 15th
century. The description of flags is difficult to find, but the Columns of
Gediminas and the Vytis are the most seen. Vytis, usually depicted with a sword, but a manuscript dated 1422 shows him with a spear which looked better. Despite the repetition of flags and banners in red
colour, the different shapes should add some variety to their general appearance.
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