Organizing my WotR Collection

I have spent the last six weeks organizing and painting my Medieval figures into various Livery Colors and Factions. Some of my figures were already painted in various Livery Colors and others were just painted randomly in various Colors that depended on my mood and/or the latest Medieval Pics that I happened to see. Still other Medieval figures were purchases made at various Historicon Flea Markets that I was fortunate to be able attend. After counting I had over 800 individually mounted 25-28mm Medieval Figures. What to do ? Such is the problem when you do not focus or have a plan. Fortunately I ran across a posting on the "I Promise Not to Start Any New Wargaming Projects..." Blog. The author Simon Taylor developed a Spreadsheet with Livery Colors from the 1992 Freezywater Publication "Standards, Badges & Livery Colors of the Wars of the Roses". So I adopted the idea and developed my own Spreadsheet. See Pic below.

The colors of a Livery are shown with the name of the Lord or Baron below. So as you can see there

are quite a few names under some of the Color/Livery combinations. This means that several of the Livery colors can be used for different Lord's and Barons. This is the reason that I have chosen not to paint Livery Badges on my miniatures - I can use them for more than one Lord. I use Livery Flags and Banners to identify my WotR Units. Livery Colors come from a Lord's Standard - see below.

This is the Standard of Henry Bouchier. His Livery Colors are Black over Green. This translates to a Livery Jacket Color of Black on the Right Side with Green on the Left Side. The rule of Livery Colors as I understand it is that the Top Color of the Standard is on the right side of a Livery Jacket and the Bottom Color is on the Left Side of the Livery Jacket.

I will provide Pics of my organized and painted WotR Troops in my next Blog Post.