Some long-awaited Burgundians

It seems all the units being finished lately have been French, and looking back at the infantry available to my Burgundian army, technically they are all German mercenaries or reluctant urban militias.... Now at last we have some true Burgundians on foot!

These could represent the personal retinue of some Burgundian noble.... or rather, some noble who at the time of these photos was allying himself to Mary and Maximilian - many of them were quick to make friends with King Louis after being captured and offered lots of generous gifts! The exact makeup of the 'Burgundian' troops for the 1477-1493 period is hard to pin down, especially when you consider many towns were found on the ever-shifting border between the Burgundian lands and France, and many nobles held property on both sides of this border. Maximilian did raise new ordonnance companies from 1477 onwards, and this unit could represent some of these newly re-organised troops (perhaps veterans of Charles the Bold's wars) dismounted for combat.

I've given them a blue and red livery with a white St Andrew's cross, making them the most uniform unit so far on Maximilian's side. The standard is from Alea Jacta Est, who makes lots of interesting late medieval flags available for free on his website - I'm not sure of the source of this flag, I think it's another 'unknown owner' situation, but that suits me fine as I don't want this unit to be tied to any one known character.

Again its mostly converted Perry miniatures, but with several of my own commissioned figures and a few other things - there's even a Front Rank and an Old Glory sculpt in there, suitable converted to 'Perry-fy' them.

And here they are facing off against their French opponents!