German mercenaries

Another new unit! This time it's back to the Burgundian side, with some German mercenaries. These were recruited by towns on the Franco-Burgundian border after the death of Charles the Bold to help defend against the French, found plentiful employment fighting in the Franche-Comté region, and were eventually recruited in large numbers by Maximilian. Some of these 'Germans' would actually have been Swiss, even the very same soldiers who had dealt the Burgundians such punishing defeats so recently.

This isn't my first German unit - I've already dealt with some large units of pikemen and halberdiers in earlier posts. This is a smaller unit posed in a more stationary/defensive manner - with this basing layout it lets me get more character into the miniatures and how they are arrayed. Several of the figures here are among my very favourites and I've been looking forward to getting them based up for some time now.

As with my other German units, they are not wearing any uniform livery, and for a flag I've given them just a simple Burgundian cross.

And here's some shots of them alongside their Burgundian allies.