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Dienstag, 18. Juli 2017

Warlord Landsknecht Box - A Short Review

The box arrived today and I just managed to built 3 figs (glue still wet) and to shoot some comparison photos.

At first glance I was impressed: The sprues look like the Perry plastic sprues, i. e. legs and torsos together in one piece but separate heads, arms and gear. The level of detail is remarkable, definitely on par with the Perry plastic figures. They have some nice add-on features like separate purses and feathers.

At second glance I noticed some issues: First, the figures are small. They are smaller than the Perry medieval/WOTR plastics. Second, the arms clothing looks a bit off. The legs have all the puffy and slashy Landsknecht style but the arms are somewhat different. Actually there is only one pair of arms on each trooper sprue that has the typical clothing style associated with Landsknechts. I am by no means an expert but to me the choice for the arms clothing appears a bit strange.



Having assembled 3 figs I just noticed two more issues: On every trooper sprue there are two torso/leg combos that look twisted, i. e. the torso is facing straight forward while the legs have been rotated by about 45° - that looks just weird. The other issue is about the arms, the shoulders are too broad. I know, its supposed to by puffy clothing but still the anatomy of the shoulders does not look quite right when attached to the body.



The next photos show a plastic Landsknechts compared to a Perry knight and to two metal Landsknechts by Pro Gloria and Foundry. The Warlord Landsknecht is slightly smaller and a touch more delicate but you still can mix them.



If you plan to mix Warlord with GW Empire troops, well, thats how it looks...  


Thats all for now. I think the box provides a good start for building a respectable Landsknecht force but it has some issues.  

Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2017

Warlord Plastic Landsknecht News

Anyone remembering the old Pro Gloria crowdfunding campaign?


Now it seems that Warlord Games is finally going to release the box, according to their German Facebook page the box will probably become available next month already - really looking forward to that!



Freitag, 12. Mai 2017

The Notschlange

Foundry crew and gun (except for the piggy thief, thats a Pro Gloria mini)


The Notschlange, a heavy siege gun of about 2,5 tons. I think they were using iron cannon balls already from the early 16th c. However I painted them as stone cannon balls to suit the stone mason figure.

I got the idea for this piece from an engraving by Erhard Schön:

Notschlang

Ich bin genant die Notschlang
Wo ich in ein Schlachtordnung gang
Mach ich ein Gass durch die Gelyder
Als ob sie schlug der Dunner nyder
Das davon springen Köpf un Hende
Wen ich anpfeyff der hat ein Ende
Un wird tödlich von mir geheckt
Kein Ringkragen vor mir nicht kleckt.






Sonntag, 16. April 2017

Sonntag, 20. November 2016

Landsknecht Unit

Mix of Foundry, Steelfist and Pro Gloria with a few Perry European heads mixed in for variety. Imaginary flag, tried to reflect the colours that I used on the Landsknechts clothing.





Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2016

Samstag, 27. August 2016

Landsknechte/Knights

Some of the new Steelfist knights with Landskecht companions. Landsknechte are a mix of Pro Gloria and Foundry with a Perry head.



Dienstag, 2. August 2016

Armoured Knights - Kickstarter Delivery

As a huge fan of all things late medieval I couldnt resist the temptation of taking part in the crowdfunding campaign by Oliver James of Steelfist fame (you know, samurais and more):

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/536771983/armoured-knights/description

Now, delivery was today and I am really happy with the miniatures. As you can see, these are some beautifully sculpted early 16th century foot knights/officers in Maximilian armour, some sporting very special head gear - the pride of every Landsknecht force. (Sorry for the poor photos btw, my camera batteries gave up).




Though slightly bigger than average (but not as big as his samurai) the minis will go well among my Pro Gloria and Foundry landsknechts - from left to right: Foundry, Pro Gloria, Steelfist, Pro Gloria, Steefist.



Montag, 3. November 2014

Pro Gloria Miniatures - Plastic Landsknecht Crowdfunding

In case you haven't noticed yet - their campaign is up and running on Indiegogo, see here:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/plastic-landsknecht-box#home

What you can see already regarding the figures looks promising, a bit Old GW Empire like (seems to be the same scupltor) so something for both worlds historical and fantasy I guess.




Donnerstag, 29. Mai 2014

WIP: Guns!

Working on the Zvezda 88 Flak. A great little kit, fast built but on a par with the Hasegawa and Italeri kits qualitywise.Crew will be Italeri plastics. Base is by Grubby Tanks.



And an early WIP shot of the Foundry Landsknecht gun on a resin base with gabbions.


And even more WIP: a burgundian gun to be.


Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013

Landsknecht Comparison

When I heard about Foundry going a step back to their roots and releasing the old perry figs I decided to try my luck with the renaissance range - and i have to admit that, despite their age, the Foundry landsknechts still look well. Anatomy and proportions are right and they have that distinctive 3D feeling of the Perry work to them. Yet they show their age, or rather the age of the moulds, and the details are definitely not as clean and crisp as in the Pro Gloria figs. Nevertheless they go quite well together. Left to right: Pro Gloria, Foundry, Pro Gloria, Foundry.