Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Great Italian wars 26 rebased landsknechts plus a few more

Rebasing,yes it had to happen,here we have the unit that started this blog off, almost two years ago, plus twelve more that I've painted up to bring the basing more in line with all my other pikemen,a total of thirty six  figures mostly Artizan(with a few odd unknown chunky types off eBay)


The flags are free downloads from Warflag and krigsspil which have turned out rather well I think.
I've shown them as one unit of thirty six figures but in fact they will be split in two as backing units to two units with levelled pikes to give me two units of thirty six pikes.
The next post will be all my landsknechts now with added flags!
All the best Iain
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34 comments:

  1. Fitz-Badger24 October 2018 at 21:58

    Very nice blocks of pike!

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  2. Cyrus24 October 2018 at 22:03

    Lovely Landsknechts and flags!

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  3. Peter Douglas24 October 2018 at 22:11

    Lovely little pikemen. Great flags, I use the same sources for my flags, free but effective. I find that with a little care in cutting them out and especially gluing them together they do look very nice.

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:17

      Thanks Peter, yes the free download sites are pretty good for the Empire and Swiss, not too bad for the French but not so good for the Italian and Spanish. They do look good all stuck on!
      Best Iain

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  4. Jonathan Freitag24 October 2018 at 23:31

    Great pleasure to see your Landsknecht pikemen, Iain! Do you affix your flags to regular pikes or cut down staffs? I am pondering making my pike flags flagtastic (tm A Morrison) too but most of my pikemen are carrying, well, pikes!

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:22

      Thanks Jonathan! I fix my flags,or slot them on, to ensigns and pikes as I like a lot of flags and that way I can spread them around, the old glory pikemen are great for this and I know you have a lot of them!
      Best Iain

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  5. Jason24 October 2018 at 23:34

    Those look absolutely superb! Yes, re-basing - it is the evil that has to be done but it's always worth it in the end.
    Best wishes,
    Jason

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:24

      Thanks Jason! Yes it's rotten but the returns can be pretty good!
      Best Iain

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  6. DeanM25 October 2018 at 03:41

    They look great!

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:25

      Thanks Dean! That's very good of you to say so!
      Best Iain

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  7. Michal DwarfCrypt25 October 2018 at 04:28

    Looks excellent sir!

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  8. Ray Rousell25 October 2018 at 06:22

    Very colourful Iain and the flags set them off all the better.

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:26

      Thanks Ray! I'm hoping to be able to use your splendid Flodden flags at some point in the future!
      Best Iain

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  9. Phil25 October 2018 at 07:32

    Always a real pleasure to look at such beautiful landsknechts, pikes and flags...Superb!

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:27

      Thanks Phil! Pikes and flags, they're great!
      Best Iain

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  10. 'Lee.25 October 2018 at 09:59

    Fantastic figures Iain, some really great looking characters in there and the painting is perfect for them :)

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:29

      Thanks Lee! They're nice chunky sculpts and certainly characterful!
      Best Iain

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  11. Zabadak25 October 2018 at 11:31

    Congratualtions on the rebasing, a task I reckon no-one likes.
    They look great en-masse and definetly thepose I preferred for my pikemen.

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:34

      Thanks Joe! Surely no one likes rebasing! These standing poses are going to be used to reinforce my levelled pikes I'm afraid!
      Best Iain

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  12. Lawrence H25 October 2018 at 13:06

    I always think that re-basing is one of those thankless tasks best avoided, but these look great.

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:36

      Thanks Lawrence! I agree,but I'm happy with how they've turned out and at least I'll be able to use them!
      Best Iain

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  13. Norm25 October 2018 at 19:25

    I like the density on the base, exactly right for pike. There are some real characters in there. I forget which blog I saw it on (was it Robbies?), but anyway, they had their levelled pike on deep bases that protected the full length of the levelled pike, but under the pikes, on that open ground, they had put a casualty, it looked really good.

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:44

      Thanks Norm! I agree there are some real characters in there!
      Best Iain

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  14. Norm25 October 2018 at 19:27

    Oh Nuts! I have just tabbed back and realised it was your work with the casualty under the pikes … Doh!

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:48

      Don't worry Norm! I'm actually going to be combining these with the levelled pikemen in the next post.
      Best Iain

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  15. Stew26 October 2018 at 00:07

    Successful rebasing! The flags do look the part.
    I like you idea of putting these behind others with leveled piles; that is going to appear bad ass. 😀

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 18:51

      Thanks Stew! I too hope it will appear"bad ass"!(Wow do I sound pompous or what!)
      Best Iain

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  16. Aly Morrison26 October 2018 at 08:09

    They look great Ian...
    I was well worth the effort... and pain.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. caveadsum147126 October 2018 at 19:01

      Thanks Aly,yes worth the pain, literal with this unit as they came with Northstar pointy pikes as opposed to my blunt florists wire which I've used on virtually all my other pikemen, very ouchy!
      Best Iain

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  17. Dai28 October 2018 at 17:27

    Wow! Impressive sight all them pokey sticks wobbling about in the air. Its a wonder they didnt get all tangled up in the heat of battle.

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    1. caveadsum147128 October 2018 at 22:36

      Thanks Dai! Health and safety 16th century style?
      Best Iain

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