The 1460 Battle of Wakefield is next up on my gaming table. Battlefield has been laid out and troops mustered for battle. Now, there are many theories on the battle and why the Duke of York attacked out of Sandal Castle against what seemed unfavorable odds. A recent study by Lawson and Grummitt (Battle of Wakefield of 1460 Reconsidered) proposes that there was no battle at all!
Another, more traditional theory suggests that York attacked out of Sandal Castle to counter attacks against a returning foraging party. The foraging party theory is the one that sets the stage for my tabletop battle. To provide York incentive to come to the rescue of the foraging party, Rutland is placed at the head of the column.
Working up a scenario for refighting Wakefield, I needed to field a cart or two to make up a foraging column. The figure collections held no suitable rolling stock in 28mm for the game. Digging into The Lead Pile, I pulled out two ox carts from 1st Corps. These figures jumped to the front of the painting queue and are ready for Monday's first trial of the battle.
As for the battle, the table is set and Battle Briefing written. Despite latest research, a Battle of Wakefield will still be seen on my table.
Those carts are perfect
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DeleteJonathan, surely it needs a castle - or at least a gateway!
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While I could have plopped a castle down, I strategically situated the battlefield such that the castle is just off table.
DeleteThey look great... is there anything you don't have in your pile?
ReplyDeleteThanks! Can't say. I have never reached the bottom.
DeleteGreat looking carts Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michal!
DeleteVery nice additions Jon -it must be nice to have a "magic lead pile" that always contains the figures you are looking for!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith! Having a "magic lead pile" is a luxury, indeed.
DeleteThe ox carts look great Jonathan, and I particularly like the effect you have achieved with the white-coats. They look like they are headed down the road right into danger.
ReplyDeleteThank you! York is hoping these oxen are headed away from danger.
DeleteNice looking set up Jon and a different scenario, the ox look good too 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks, Matt! You’re likely to see this via Zoom in the future.
DeleteThe carts look excellent, took me a while to track them down on their website, which tonight was running as slow as treacle.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing how Wakefield pans out.
Thanks! I had to look up “treacle” so we both had a bit of searching to do.
DeleteI am curious how Wakefield will play. My opponent chose to command the Yorkist Army. I reckon he is spoiling for an upset of history.
He may need a visit from Lady Luck!
DeleteI agree! But then, he is facing me so all bets are off.
DeleteLoire the blog post title. Nifty looking carts there, look forward to reading of the battle.
ReplyDeleteLike🙄 Goodness knows how it conjured that up.
DeleteThanks! Autocorrect is a fickle friend.
DeleteWas that meant to be "a fickle fiend"? 😁
DeleteGood one!
DeleteGreat looking carts and oxen Jonathan and another win for the Lead Pile!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ben! The Lead Pile is both deep and wide.
DeleteNice work on the carts, look really good. Look forward to seeing the battle report when it is done, not a battle I know very much about.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Really, here is not so much known about this battle and there are those who doubt Wakefield ever happened at all.
DeleteGreat work on those carts Jon and ones that would be useful across a few other periods too I'm sure. Looking forward to seeing how the battles goes as it is an interesting scenario for sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve! You are correct about the versatility of these carts. 1st Corps list these in their Cape Wars’ range. If you see the battle briefing, you be even more intrigued.
DeleteAlways glad to see carts on a table, realistic and superb!!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteInteresting looking set-up and those carts look brilliant. Your lead pile sounds like Saxony when Frederick the Great compared it to a sack of flour. “No matter how often you beat it something always comes out “.
ReplyDeleteChris/Nundanket
Much appreciated, Chris! Yes, my Lead Pile is much like a sack of flour…and Saxony.
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