Tango01 | 16 Jun 2017 9:42 p.m. PST |
From Warlord in 28mm…
Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Puster | 16 Jun 2017 11:30 p.m. PST |
Do I miss something, or is that just a link to their webpage? |
Cyrus the Great | 16 Jun 2017 11:55 p.m. PST |
@Puster, No, you got it right. A certain percentage of Tango01 posts do this. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 17 Jun 2017 7:03 a.m. PST |
Is that an error, or a goal? |
Condottiere | 17 Jun 2017 7:09 a.m. PST |
An email from Warlord games yesterday announced "The Wait is nearly over" for the plastic landsknechts. However, I did not find an announcement on their website. Good news either way. |
Renaud S | 17 Jun 2017 11:07 a.m. PST |
Can this former Plo Gloria line really match (with simple conversion if necessary) the whole span of the Italian wars? I am no expert of the period, but I wonder the elaborate trousers and the broad hats could be found before 1525? |
Tango01 | 17 Jun 2017 11:25 a.m. PST |
My friends… I put what I have at hand… The page were I pick up this said: " Warlord Games will be releasing those plastic landsknech soon…" No more… So, I'm in darkness like you…. The only data is the pic of the box as I have shown here…
We have to wait…
Amicalement Armand
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Scharnachthal | 17 Jun 2017 3:00 p.m. PST |
Can this former Plo Gloria line really match (with simple conversion if necessary) the whole span of the Italian wars? I am no expert of the period, but I wonder the elaborate trousers and the broad hats could be found before 1525? In my opinion, these Warlord figures work best for the heyday of the landsknecht era, i.e. c.1515-1535. Earlier landsknecht costume was not quite as elaborate though the typical landsknecht look clearly was about to develop. Check out e.g. the Dolstein pictures (c.1500): link Later landsknecht dress included new features such as Pluderhosen or higher conical hats as depicted e.g. by Jost Amman: link |
Phillius | 17 Jun 2017 4:04 p.m. PST |
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Condottiere | 17 Jun 2017 6:20 p.m. PST |
Here's an earlier thread (from 2014) on these figures--note Daniel S comments about lack of historical accuracy: TMP link
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Cyrus the Great | 17 Jun 2017 7:52 p.m. PST |
Here's how it should have been done, though I can't say he visited this website or not. Link to the actual website where he learned the news. Scroll half way down. wargameterrain.blogspot.com
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Puster | 19 Jun 2017 4:20 a.m. PST |
On the WG site I did not even get the box image, so I naturally wondered, as there is also no written reference to the release of the plastic landsknechts. What was said three years ago is still valid – though I hope when they put in options for 10 men per sprue that they use the boring but roughly realistic stuff, instead of the "cool" but useless (apart from fantasy) bits. |
Malatesta1500 | 23 Jun 2017 11:23 a.m. PST |
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Puster | 23 Jun 2017 2:35 p.m. PST |
Thanks for that, Malatesta. I wonder what happened to the lost guy when they say "30 pikemen or 24 pikemen and 5 arquebusiers" |
Griefbringer | 24 Jun 2017 1:32 a.m. PST |
I wonder what happened to the lost guy when they say "30 pikemen or 24 pikemen and 5 arquebusiers" My assumption would be a slight maths failure… |
Puster | 24 Jun 2017 5:39 a.m. PST |
One would think that SOMEBODY between those doing the design and those printing it would actually read it and have sufficient base knowledge to realize that 24+5!=30… On the other hand – I teach math, and there are students out there… recently I asked a girl what 100 divided by 100 is (in the context of a slightly larger task), and she used the calculator… Enough wisecracking for today. I am looking forward to that set. The backside looks better then the closeups, though some of the more weired helmets seems to have made it. I also assume that the leveled pike are no longer on the frame, but if that means more bodies then I will not complain. Upright is where I need bulk… |
Griefbringer | 24 Jun 2017 6:25 a.m. PST |
but if that means more bodies then Considering the details provided, I am hazarding a guess that the "grunt sprue" of this set is likely to contain 6 bodies, 6 sets of pike arms, 1 set of arquebusier arms and an unknown number of heads. Actual sprue pictures will of course provide more information when they become available – I am particularly curious as to what the command sprue will contain. |