OSPREY MASTERCLASS ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL MODELLING PETE ARMSTRONG MODELLINGCONTENTS Introduction Chapu Research & Fieldwork 1: Tools, Materials & Techniques Chapter 2: The Scottish Wars. Scotland's Heroes - William Wallace & Robert the Bruce Mititary Orders the Templars & Hospitalters Chapter 3: The Mounted Medieval Knight Chapter 4: The Hundred Years War Heraldry in Medieval England Chapter 5: The Castle Dressing the Set: Some Med coal Weapons Chapter 6:'The Kingmaker - Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick Non-military Figures in Medieval Settings Chapter 7: Anglo-Saxon England. Chapter 8: The Roman Army in North Britain, Appendix A: Suppliers. Appendix B: Model Phot Appendix C: Bibliography 100 4ABOVE A startled cavegtel - my earliest surviving model, though I think t may stil have 'Superboy’s dog’ somewhere, RIGHT ‘Richard Plantagenet, last of the English kings of England’.The author's 80mm model depicts the final moments of England's "Black Legend! ac Bosworth Field on 22 Auguse 1485. INTRODUCTION FPP bis is a book about modelling; and "although it includes a good desl of EL information abour a varicty of other relevant topies, it essentially a practical manual of techniques and modelling methods, My intention is mot to attempt to cover every aspect of this large subject exhaustively, but rather to provide a basis un which the individual modeller can build through his own modelling experience and research Many of he topics touched upon in these pages ~ such as the evolution of armour, heraldry, ancient shield designs or medieval helmer crests «are subjects which would repay remains, 6 ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL MODELLING MASTERCLASS more extensive rescarch. In many cases they are covered in other books, se my presentation of these and other fascinating subjects is styled as a sample ‘taster’, For the modeller to follow up for himself, He will find a number of starting paints fisted in the Bibliography, My title, dncient and Medieval Modelting, far fiom being restrictive, presents a vast span of history from which ta chose subject matter, in fact it presents such a wealth of choice thar it is inevitable that 1 have left out somenne’s: favourite hobbyhorse, In realty, of course, the boundaries of any subject are only the boundaries of ones imagination, In seeking subjects trom the ancient world we can look