{"id":6069,"date":"2015-11-25T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2015-11-25T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:25:42","slug":"the-alaudae-legion-and-west-riding-yeomanry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/11\/the-alaudae-legion-and-west-riding-yeomanry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alaudae Legion and West Riding Yeomanry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Alaudae Legion<\/h3>\n

\"AlaudaeLogo\"The Alaudae Legion<\/a> – led by Colonel Cornelius Dark – are an elite Frankish unit from New Gallia.<\/h3>\n

The mid to late 330s saw the implementation of the effective refit of the Alaudae Legion. Many older vehicles were scrapped or sold on although, for a long time – even as replacements were brought in – units were often fielded with mixtures of older vehicles and newer AFVs as the transition and upgrades took place.The Legion’s re-equip needed several new pieces of equipment. Unable to find a suitable heavy tank from existing designs, the Legion persuaded AMX to develop a version of the Garibaldi tank with an extended hull. This was then paired with the large turret from the Sohei<\/a>, purchased from Mitsusaki Industries on Hiroseke, to create the Larminat<\/a>. This hybrid tank was so successful that the Legion repeated the process with the Montsabert. This had initially been rejected because of concerns over the small size of the turret, but Mitsusaki-manufactured Shaman<\/a> turrets were paired with the hull to create the Shamont<\/a>, which required a slightly larger turret ring but little else in the way of modification.<\/p>\n

\"AlaudaeRelease\"<\/p>\n

The Larminat and Shamont are now available from the website, and we’ve also added three detachment options for the Legion – Armoured<\/a>, Heavy Armoured<\/a> and Infantry<\/a> detachments each with eight elements. Each detachment comes complete with crew figures, stowage packs, infantry bases and other bits and pieces. Another new model which the Legion require is the Weygand missile tank<\/a>, known as the Damselfly II in Legion service.<\/p>\n

One of my painting tasks for the next few weeks is to put together an Alaudae army ready for action in the new year. Once this is complete, you can be sure they’ll be put in front of the camera for an extended photo session.<\/p>\n

The West Riding Yeomanry<\/h3>\n

Our EuroFed vehicles were co-opted into the Hammer’s Slammers universe by John Treadaway a while back to create the West Riding Yeomanry. I’ve finally put together a painted unit of my own and added this as another HS detachment<\/a> option on the website. The detachment of seven vehicles and three infantry elements comes complete with vehicle crew figures, stowage and other bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

\"HS15-201\"<\/p>\n

The WRY require one new vehicle option, a gatling armed version of the Montsabert<\/a> hover tank. John created his own originally by using the secondary gatling weapons and fitting those to the main turret, but we’ve now created a proper version.<\/p>\n

New Vehicles<\/strong>
\nHS15-414<\/a> – Larminat Heavy Tank – \u00a311.00
\nHS15-415<\/a> – Shamont Hovertank – \u00a38.00
\nSF15-401f <\/a>– Weygand Missile Tank – \u00a38.00
\nSF15-401g<\/a> – Montsabert Gatling Tank – \u00a38.00<\/p>\n

Detachment Packs<\/strong>
\nHS15-201<\/a> – West Riding Yeomanry Strike Detachment – \u00a362.00
\nHS15-301<\/a> – Alaudae Armoured Detachment – \u00a375.00
\nHS15-302<\/a> – Alaudae Heavy Armoured Detachment – \u00a366.00
\nHS15-303<\/a> – Alaudae Infantry Detachment – \u00a347.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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