Sunday, 14 April 2013

Fugger Landsknechts

Landsknechts carrying Fugger Banners
 Following on from my work in progress post for the Pro Gloria Landsknechts, here they are completed. They are bearing the banners of the Fugger Family, bankers who helped finance the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillians wars, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Fugger . These excellent figures are from http://shop.progloria.com/ and the flags are, as usual, Petes excellent cloth flags http://thegreatitalianwars.blogspot.co.uk/ although they are also available from Pro Gloria . Some alternative Fugger banners can be seen here on Stuarts site http://paintinglandsknechts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/flags-banners.html . Its been a while since I've painted any Landsknechts but I always find them fun to paint, although I do find I use the same colour schemes over and over again. I am working on the advancing figures at the moment and will post an update when they are completed. With Salute next weekend I will be stocking up on some new figures for the collection.
Pro Gloria Miniatures Landsknechts

Pro Gloria Miniatures Landsknechts

Pro Gloria Landsknechts

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8 comments:

  1. painterman14 April 2013 at 14:30

    Lovely looking unit - can't beat a well painted group of Landsknecht - must get some of these castings. Great work.
    Simon.

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  2. Hendrid14 April 2013 at 15:05

    Great looking unit Oli, another one to add to the roster.

    They are nice looking castings right enough. How do the Pro-Gloria castings measure up to other 28mm figs?

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    1. Oli14 April 2013 at 16:11

      Thanks for the comments guys.

      Hendrid in terms of their size they will fit perfectly with the old Foundry Landsknechts that the Perrys sculpted, they are similar in size and proportion to them. They are great figures and I am looking forward to see what Pro Gloria do next, they have Gendarmes on the way.

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    2. Stephan Huber aka Regulator15 April 2013 at 08:59

      Thanks for the explication! Yes, all gendarm horses are finsihed now. Now Bob is up for the knight dollies and Paul will finish them - at least 7 packs of them to be released around August! But watch out, Paul is already working on a very very big project at the moment ...

      Stephan

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  3. pancerni14 April 2013 at 19:26

    I can hear them now....Hoch dich, Hier komme ich!

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  4. Bedford15 April 2013 at 08:36

    Really lovely stuff. Those Pro Gloria Landsknechts really are lovely miniatures.

    Darrell.

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  5. Stephan Huber aka Regulator15 April 2013 at 08:57

    Wonderful painting, thanks for sharing, Oliver! Can't wait to see the advancing guys :)

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  6. Phil21 April 2013 at 10:09

    Wonderful work and beautiful colors!
    Phil.

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