tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post2520978190208254574..comments2024-03-27T11:58:05.355-07:00Comments on Camisado: A Forest of PikesOlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06796318659076787601noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-56205207134925715262015-11-18T21:25:51.917-08:002015-11-18T21:25:51.917-08:00This is very well done. Staggering when you realiz...This is very well done. Staggering when you realize how big a fahnlein or tercio actually was. Looks like a Durer etching in 3D!Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13023772657591711604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-8098293875885016742012-08-15T08:23:54.650-07:002012-08-15T08:23:54.650-07:00This is what it should look like. I'm very je...This is what it should look like. I'm very jealous.cameronianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570159121246088107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-69620124612777955022012-04-05T08:46:15.592-07:002012-04-05T08:46:15.592-07:00Thanks Oli,will do.I will do it with artizan figur...Thanks Oli,will do.I will do it with artizan figures with 2 front ranks attacking pose and next 4 ranks in advancing pose with about 3 banners.Your stuff has given me the insperation to make a more attacking looking block!Albeit a wee bit smaller in number.I have other stuff to do and i am pretty green at painting Landsknechts but hopefully will have them done by August or September time.<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-66145859324631261892012-03-26T10:46:16.893-07:002012-03-26T10:46:16.893-07:00Thanks Chris, I definitely agree there is a bit of...Thanks Chris, I definitely agree there is a bit of insanity in it all! Please post pictures of your landsknechts when they are completed, I have seen your stuff on the WAB forum and would love to see how they lookOlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796318659076787601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-44150143914449768102012-03-26T09:35:38.787-07:002012-03-26T09:35:38.787-07:00Just found your blog,what can i say except outstan...Just found your blog,what can i say except outstanding,superb,you must be mad,i bet you needed an asprin afterwards!!!<br />I am planning my own pike block of landsknechts of about 60 figures which has been giving me the jitters just thinking about it,but looking at your wonderful effort of 256 figures my plan is starting to look like a walk in the park.<br />200% out of 100%.<br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-76536742747724446452011-08-25T12:02:49.979-07:002011-08-25T12:02:49.979-07:00Oli,
Wow!Oli,<br />Wow!Willie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061421971813106397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-53642090754651384662011-08-05T17:11:10.754-07:002011-08-05T17:11:10.754-07:00Damned impressive looking unit there, well done in...Damned impressive looking unit there, well done indeed!Hendridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336497594850535093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-39207158325797257352011-07-28T11:12:35.791-07:002011-07-28T11:12:35.791-07:00They look awesome. Simply awesome.They look awesome. Simply awesome.matheohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877422861472235641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-49993066625463615982011-07-27T11:13:12.583-07:002011-07-27T11:13:12.583-07:00I think tere are few things more impressive on the...I think tere are few things more impressive on the wargames table than a block of pikes, with broad banners flying, etc. Of course most of them are a lot smaller than this one! Great post.<br /><br />PeterGonsalvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531623280789478092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-1004511020274188992011-07-26T14:02:48.048-07:002011-07-26T14:02:48.048-07:00Thanks guys, I dread to think how long I have spen...Thanks guys, I dread to think how long I have spent painting them all over the last couple of years.<br /><br />Stephan thanks for the link re the Doppelsoldner. I have come accross a few different opinions as to what Dopplesoldners were. I agree they would have been very useful in the front ranks, infact I think the more heavily armoured pikemen in the front of pike blocks would have been dopplesoldners, I don't believe they had to be armed with halberds or swords, and they certainly would have dealt with the brunt of the fighting. I think they may also have been used in assaults on fortifications and in supporting the shot in more open fighting when they were armed with the swords and polearms. I know in the second half of the 16th century the double handed swordsmen and polearm troops were seen as useful for defending the colours, Ian Heaths armies of the the 16th Century mentions this quite a bit, although he is talking about tactics later in the century.Olihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796318659076787601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-67621607181305953012011-07-26T12:47:00.171-07:002011-07-26T12:47:00.171-07:00Wow mate, that's awesome!Wow mate, that's awesome!Kadrinazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790146874809445505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-79529266973197437742011-07-26T12:17:03.564-07:002011-07-26T12:17:03.564-07:00Bloody hell, now that's what I call a pike blo...Bloody hell, now that's what I call a pike block, veeeeeery nice!!!!!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819465537498177551.post-63715712641700840362011-07-26T12:12:35.531-07:002011-07-26T12:12:35.531-07:00Wow! No words to describe! They do look sooo wonde...Wow! No words to describe! They do look sooo wonderful! You should play with them :D I really don't want to know how long a combat takes.... <br /><br />Anyway, halberds and greatswords are used in the first lines as when two pikeblocks hit together it was really statical. Take a look at this picture where you can see the Doppelsöldner tactics. http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/Regulator0/Unbenannt-2-1.jpg?t=1311707415<br /><br />But of course they were also used to protect the (more or less) 'holy' banners. It's a shame to loose one! The use of halberdiers to defend flag went on to the napoleonics as to the left and right of the eagle bearer a halberdier fought.<br /><br />StephanStephan Huber aka Regulatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863599192684824521noreply@blogger.com