"European Mercenaries Light Horse" Topic
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Tango01 | 19 May 2015 3:13 p.m. PST |
"The lessons of the previous 150 years had been learned well before the Wars of the Roses, and the heavy cavalry in the form of the knightly class was not the commanding force it had once been. In fact the battles of what were essentially English dynastic wars were mainly conducted on foot, with the elite knight generally fighting dismounted for most of the battle. What might be termed light horse had very little role in a pitched battle, but their worth was in the wider campaign, when they could be the eyes of the army, forage for supplies and harass the enemy. In addition many of those that always fought on foot would still ride to battle, so there is still plenty of call of sets such as this of lightly armoured men on horseback. During the history of these wars the vanquished frequently fled to the continent, only to return later with troops raised there, and all sides were happy to recruit foreign mercenaries for their cause, particularly specialists like gunners and crossbowmen. The six poses in this collection include quite a range of weapons. The principle weapon of such men was the lance, as seen on two of these poses, while most would certainly also carry a sword as a sidearm as all do here. The second row has a man waving a flail, which is less likely as a weapon for light horse, followed by two crossbowmen. The crossbow was sometimes fired from the saddle, but more usually fired whilst dismounted, so again these would be less common. If the choice of weapons is a little surprising, then some of the actual poses are startling. Both of the lancers are fine, but the swordsman does what many swordsmen do in this hobby, and holds his sword sideways directly over the top of his head, which if you think about it is not particularly natural. The man with the flail has a similar issue; he holds his weapon directly across the top of his head, which begs the question of where will this go next, because unless he is about to lash out at someone to his right (and he is not even looking to his right), the ball seems likely to brain either himself or his horse. In short, both poses are very flat, yet not as silly as the first crossbowman. This man is holding his crossbow vertically and aiming it to his left. Naturally the bolt cannot still be in the groove, even with a spring restraint, so this is a ridiculous pose that looks like the man has forgotten he does not have a longbow! Like the previous two poses this is easy to mould, but in this case the result is too stupid to be of any worth. Finally there is another crossbowman who also holds his weapon vertically, and might seem a bit better as he is clearly not about to shoot it, yet the bow is obviously at full tension, so again we worried about why the bow was fully set, yet not being used and with no bolt loaded…"
Full review here link Amicalement Armand |
20thmaine | 19 May 2015 4:24 p.m. PST |
Red Box are getting to be one of the best providers of plastic figures. Good for them. Now – if MARS could just come good too… |
Pauls Bods | 19 May 2015 11:27 p.m. PST |
Lances Need replacing, the crossbow (Held sideways)neads re-aligning , the "scimitar" (Falchion) Needs replacing..but all in all, a great Little set. |
Tango01 | 20 May 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Amicalement Armand |
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