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Fähnlein
There aren't really enough Landsknechts in this block to constitute a real Fähnlein, certainly not a full strength one, but I could not resist posting up some photos of the massed Landsknechts now they...
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Longbows/Warbows in the early 1500s
The Longbow or Warbow seems to always generate quite a lot of historical debate, even whether to call it a Longbow or not has caused argument! I have been interested in it's use in the early 1500s and...
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Early Italian Wars Command Base
This is just a quick post to show my first attempt at a round command vignette. One of my reasons for rebasing the collection was that it allows for this kind of little diorama, I am currently working...
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A New Building.....
This post is basically just an excuse to show some pictures of a new (well newly painted) scenic item. Over the summer I had the chance to finish a project I started last November, painting up the...
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Italian Infantry Shields
One of the things I feel is currently missing from my earlier Italian Wars collection is enough of the Italians themselves. They fought for their own states during these wars as well as serving as...
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Mourning their Captain
Following on from my command base I could not resist having a go at some more little vignettes on round bases. This is the first "casualty" style base I have done, I intend to do more, probably on...
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The French c.1512
I know I have done a few "full army" style posts recently where everything is set up, since the rebasing they are much easier to do! Over the summer I was keen to photograph the collection covering my...
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Landsknecht Obrist
This is my second command base. I have entitled the post "Landsknecht Obrist" but this chap could also represent a dismounted high ranking French or Imperial commander from about 1515 on into the...
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Italian Infantry
Here are the Italian infantry I have been working on for a while now. I really enjoyed painting them, especially once the horror of painting the shields was over. The shields were made much easier by...
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WIP - Pike Block
A couple of posts back I mentioned that I was working on some more generic pike to swell the ranks of my Spanish, French and Italian infantry. This is my progress so far, 72 figures, making 12 bases of...
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WIP - Pike Block II
Not the most excitingly titled post to start the new year with I have to admit but I thought I would show the progress of my current project. Initially I was going to paint up 15 more Pike bases of 6...
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Picard Pikemen
It is finally finished! I have completed the extra pike bases that I have been working on for some months now and here are the results. I have entitled the post Picard Pikemen as I chose to photograph...
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A little more Artillery
In between some rather big projects (I am currently half way through another big pike block) I have had time to work on a few more artillery pieces to add to the already quite varied arsenal in the...
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Hook Guns, Hail Shot or Hand Cannons?
The pictures below are of another small project I have worked on in recent months. I already had some of these Grenadier figures, they call them Giant Handgunners, and posted them on this blog a few...
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Imperialist Pike II
A few decades deviation from the early 16th century today. A while back I painted up some of The Assault Groups Mid Tudor figures to form a small pike block:...
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Skirmishing Arquebusiers - Mid 16th Century
Following on from my last post of the mid 16th Century Pikemen by the Assault Group here are the first of the Arquebusiers to accompany them. They are based in Skirmish order and accompanied by some...
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Marching Arquebusiers and the Mid 16th Century Troops so far
Apologies for the catchy title, it hardly rolls off the tongue! To follow on from my last couple of posts here are some pictures of a few more Arquebusiers to accompany my Pikemen and Skirmishing Shot...
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Maximilian Mounted Crossbowmen
After my foray into the mid-sixteenth century the blog is now back into the early 1500s. I was thinking about adding another unit of mounted crossbowmen to the collection as the one I have completed so...
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MantIets and Gabions
"Mantlets and Gabions", the title sounds like the name of an overpriced London pub. Anyway this is a project I have had on the back burner for a while now. I have completed nine bases of Mantlets to...
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Landsknechts and Gendarmes, Blog Post Number 100
So this is my 100th blog post. Unbelievable though it may seem I have managed to find one hundred different, well slightly different, things to ramble on about in relation to collecting miniatures for...
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