Out today is the hard-working Engineer Working Party for Pike & Shotte, standing ready to build your siege lines and earthworks: It was not all marching and fighting in 17th century armies. Roads were normally appalling and needed to be mended, widened or drained. Bridges needed building, repairing, strengthening or demolishing. Houses, great and small could…
One of the most spectacular cavalry formations of the age, Polish Winged Hussars were famous for their huge ‘wings’, a wooden frame carrying eagle, ostrich, swan or goose feathers. They wore highly polished heavy plate armour and carried long lances, backed up with swords and guns. View in Store
Warlord Boss John has mostly been painting animals this week… Here is his rendition of the popular but very sad dead livestock set, two dead bloated cows and a poor old warhorse. They have been a feature of warfare for thousands of years, particularly when long ranged artillery came to the fore. There are innumerable…
The roads of Britain and Europe in the 17th century were legendarily poor in the main. All heavy goods were moved by sea and river wherever possible, carts being suitable for light loads only. Day-to-day loads of food, forage and barrels of powder could more easily, and more reliably, be carried on the backs of men, horses or best of…
Previously only available in our Swedish Cavalry boxed set as commanded shot, these great models are now available on their own. Now you can pick up six musketeers firing the dreaded Swedish salvoe! The Swedes attached commanded units of shot to intersperse with the cavalry squadrons, giving them some fire support and confounding the enemy….
One of the most popular Pike & Shotte armies with you are the Highlanders and the Covenanters. Those of you of a North-of-the-border persuasion rejoice – here are a bunch of great new miniatures to add to your force of Irn-Bru-swilling Jocks… Scots Frame Gun and Pack Mule The Scots Covenanters fielded a huge array…
Adding more steel (literally!) to your pike blocks are these new armoured pikemen sculpts. Perfect for use in your English Civil wars and Thirty Years Wars armies… These new sculpts above perfectly compliment our existing 4 armoured pikemen shown below. Add some to your order today for more variety!
Supporting our recently released Thirty Years War Swedish Infantry comes this great new boxed set. Not only does it include 12 dashing and deadly Swedish horsemen but we’ve even thrown in 6 metal commanded shot miniatures. Don’t take our word for it – look here! This box uses the popular Pike & Shotte plastic cavalry,…
Hot on the heel of our recently released Thirty years War characters, King Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein comes another giant of this conflict – the Count of Tilly. Get your hands on this beautfilly sculpted model here. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commanded the Imperial forces during the Thirty Years War. He had a string…
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