Codex Manesse Knights - Completed

Completed, except for adding their lances - which should be arriving soon - I ordered some 100mm spears from North Star. I needed some pikes for the Foundry Silver Shields anyway. I'll end up cutting down a few for lances. I decided on Siegfried of Westerburg, Archbishop of Cologne, to be the army general.

Although on the losing side at the Battle of Worringen, he had an aggressive nature and not afraid to stir things up. Prior to taking the office of Archbishop of Cologne, he was the church official who oversaw the Teutonic Order in Germany. Coincidentally (or not?), the coat of arms for the Archbishopric of Cologne is the same style black cross as the Teutonic Order.

They are a mixture of Mirliton, Old Glory and Gripping Beast. The shields with animal charges are paper designs from Mirliton. I plan to start on the light cavalry next - they are Old Glory Turcopole figures - they'll be Szeklers with lance, bow and shield. Also waiting on an order of spearmen from Curteys. My buddy, Scott A. gave me some Old Glory crossbowmen who'll join the Curteys spearmen in mixed order. These are in addition to earlier completed Old Glory spearmen and crossbowmen. Finally, an Old Glory Hussite war wagon will be modified to be the Army Standard wagon.

Here are some illustrations from the Codex Manesse of actual battles - as opposed to those of tournaments. The first one depicts John of Brabant dealing a deadly blow at the Battle of Worringen.