German Peasants' War cart gun, hook gun and peasants

Last weekend my friend Tom and I gamed our first German Peasant's War scenario. In preparation for the game I had been painting up a few bits and pieces for my growing peasant band. These were another unit of peasants, the excellent Steel Fist Miniatures cart gun and a crewman to go with a hook gun that Stuart had kindly donated to the collection last summer. Of course a full write of the battle will follow, but before the battle report I wanted to do a quick post that shows the new additions.

First up is the cart gun from Steel Fist, https://steelfistminiatures.com/products/art-06-cart-gun-and-crew. This is a fantastic set and was a joy to paint. Although it is part of the German Peasant's War range I don't see why it can't be fielded as a standard landsknecht gun in lots of different 16th century theatres of war. Maximilian I's Zeugbuch of c.1502 (see https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_08971/?st=gallery) shows a bewildering array of gun types used in the early 16th century, some of which look very familiar to the cart gun miniature. I have included an image of one such gun below. The additional crewman is a very old Empire Citadel Miniature who was painted years ago but up until now had not found a new home following my great rebasing of 2015, https://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2015/01/wip-rebasing-artillery.html.

Steel Fists cart gun from the German Peasants' War range.

Drawing of what could be described as a cart gun from the Zeugbuch of Maximilian I, compiled c.1502.

28mm Cart Gun

The cart gun is deployed defending a wagenburg.

Next up is a figure painted by Stuart combined with a converted Old Glory Miniatures crew mate. The dramatic pose of the Old Glory miniature works well with the gunner about to fire. I am not sure who manufactured the hook gunner, it may have been Brother Vinni Miniatures but the mini is not on their website? This is a really useful base that can be added to other landsknecht units or be placed in defence on top of a castle tower or in my earthworks and trenches.

28mm hook gun. The figure firing the gun was painted by Stuart, I am unsure what range the miniature is from, and the figure with the halberd is a converted Old Glory miniature.

A landsknecht hook gun.

The cart gun and hook gun.

Last but not least is a new unit of thirty six peasants. I was keen to include the two packs of Steel Fist peasants in attacking and standing poses that were released after my initial blocks of peasants were completed. Of course loads of other miniatures have been converted and mixed into the unit which means the block shown below contains Steel Fist, Artizan, Wargames Foundry and old Citadel Miniatures. They really look the part and mix well with the other bases of peasants in my collection.

The Steel Fist German Peasants' War range, sculpted by Paul Hicks, has to be one of my all time favourites. The figures are a real pleasure to paint and great attention to detail has been paid on them to the extent that the "points", laces which tie your doublet to your hose, have been sculpted on those not wearing coats. I am looking forward to seeing what comes next for this range.

A unit of 28mm peasants. The figures are a mix of Steel Fist, Artizan, Wargames Foundry and some converted very old Citadel miniatures.

The standing bases of peasants.