"28mm Ottoman Turks" Topic

Who makes detailed Ottoman Turk figures?

I am aware of Dixon, but their range may be in respect of later periods than I was after (preferring approx 1400 AD).

Janisiarries aespecially required.

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Essex (see Manufacturers Link on left of TMP main page).

Try Redoubt.

I have multiple bags of Old Glory Ottoman's and I think they are great. For the money they cannot be beat and their Eastern Renn line is considered one of their best.
They have pics of whole range on their website.

I second the Old Glory line. I have probably painted more than 200 of the foot and a great many cavalry. They are great figures. They also come with various hands that you add to the figures so they can often be armed as you like.

I like both Redoubt and OG

If you like to get units of EVERY Ottoman Turk troop type available, you have to go to more than one manufacturer. My Turks started out with Hinchlifffe figures. They were OK for the 80's, but the later figures in the RE range had some nice detail, as well as some troop types wstill unique today. Essex is larger, better sculpted. It also has some unique types. Dixon and RSM figures are designed for NApoleonics and SYW respectively, but the Turks were a rather conmservative society, and both have figures which fit in well with Renaissance warfare. Old Glory are cheap, large range, and one of their better ranges. I hear that Redoubt are out of scale with everything, but have never seen them. Having someo of their ECW, I would not be surprised.

Finally, Ral Partha has a range which is small, incomplete and beautiful You will not have much luck finding complementary ranges to go with them.

And to think I bitch about people not reading my opening paragraphs...

I do not think Janissaries would have the outfit we associate with them in 1400. I tend to doubt that there even WAS a corps of Janissaries in 1400. If they existed, they would look similat=r to your garden variety Akinji archers. If you want "Janissary" outfitted archers, try Hinchliffe, Essex or Old Glory, but they are later figures.

My Ottomanist wife assures me that there are primary source documents referring to the Janissaries that early, but not in the 'organized fashion' we expect. Otherwise I agree with you, OFM: NOBODY currently makes accurate c.15th century Ottoman Turks. All the aforementioned ranges ( Redoubt, Dixon, Old Glory ) are appropriate for much later period stuff, which makes sense, since it's very hard to find any pictorial representations of 14th and 15th century Ottomans.

Here's a picture drawn by a 15th century painter, Gentile Bellini:

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Note that this would be LATE 15th century garb ( I'm assuming done at the same time as Bellini's portrait of Sultan Mehmet II, 1480 ) , and may not be wargear. This iconic uniform of the Janissary just doesn't seem appropriate for field use, even if it did exist as early as the 15th century. I disagree that c1400 Janissaries would look like akinji, though. Instead, I'd try to find some heavy infantry, preferably with bows as well as sidearms, to represent foot guard that's been equipped by the Sultan's own stores.

Other Dave