Barons War (1) - First Units

 I managed to get my hands on a copy of the 2nd edition Barons War Starter box from Wargames Atlantic. I guess the demand has been so high for this box that WA pulled it from sale while they catch back up on casting it. I was going to wait, possibly even skip it entirely however with the announcement that it could be potentially difficult to find I decided to grab a box now. 

I had ordered the 1st edition rule book along with some Test of Honor stuff quite a while ago and had intentions of playing the game anyway but never got a chance. Once Wargames Atlantic made the announcement they were doing plastic figures I picked up the first box of knights. I have a growing collection of Crusades era stuff as well though it's my understanding that the rules for all of the supplemental stuff will be updated later. As of the time of this post there are official bridging documents to get version one supplements to version 2. 

Paul has wildly beaten me to the punch and already has something rediculous like 2k points done so I decided to tackle this project next. This is the start of one of the two "demo" forces supplied with the quick start guide. A unit of peasants with hand weapons and a unit of knights with swords and large shields. I decided that much like the Napoleonic project I'm not too fussed with the accuracy so i've decided to go with a Green/Cream colored force and a Yellow/Black to oppose. Loosely using the Game of Thrones Baratheon colors but frankly theyre both just schemes I like. 

 Briefly on the painting. The peasants were done quickly by choosing some palette colors and some consistent colors. Basically all weapons were painted with Vallejo Old Wood from their sadly now discontinued pz aces range. The metal was all AK Gun Metal. All the belts boots and hair were done with AK Leather Brown. These are the "consistent colors." The remaining details were picked out at random using any of the following; AK Hull Red, AK Grey Brown, AK Nato Green, Vallejo Grey Blue 70943. Thats it. Everything in both units was given marine juice. I went heavy handed with the juice and it shows but honestly, they're done and thats what counts. The knights were done similarly but the palette colors are AK Deep Green and AK Vampiric Flesh. The new basing scheme is from Paul and is Vallejo Chocolate Brown with a Vallejo Tan Earth dry brush.