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Definitely spears. Everyone used spears (a lance is essentially a spear...). The sword was your back-up option for when your spear broke. Never mind that spears are cheaper to make, and easily replaced/repaired. During a pitched battle, knights and serjeants would usually be fighting with the retinu...

I'm loving the hennin on the princess! Now if they could release some accurate 11th c. Female dress, I would be even happier!

Sir Erathor wrote:Everyone's said it, but those stairs...unbelievable work all round.

I didn't even see those! That is very well done! All of the works in this collab were great

I really like those wings! Very nice

Hey all - sorry if I'm reviving an old thread, but I have some tentative answers. Unfortunately, the honest answer for all would be "we don't know," primarily because surviving primary sources for medieval warfare tend to be inadequate (few men who were actually at battles actually wrote a...

Thanks all! I appreciate it

Hey all! I've been a front page lurker for a while, and thought I'd start chatting! My first set as a kid (that I remember, anyway...) was #6080, the King's Castle. I don't know if it was that set, or various other influences, but I went on to study medieval history, completing my doctorate in the s...