Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Great Italian wars 30, Romagnol pike

Here is a unit of Romagnol pike, the best native pike of the Italian wars.
They were prominent in the armies of both the Papacy and Venice, I've shown them with Papal flags but I can easily swap those out for Venetian if needed. These are a mix of mainly Perry plastic mercenaries and the Pro Gloria/Warlord plastics,I wasn't that keen on the plastic landsknechts to start with but I really like the kit now, its given me a nice mix for an early 16th century unit. There are also some Foundry landsknechts and conquistadors mixed into the unit. There's also a few Artizan dopplesoldiers.













They've been great fun to paint (in the colours of my football team, Arsenal) and even though they're late, they were meant for the mercenary bonus round, I'm glad to have them. Thirty six 28mm figures and four flags and yes looking at the photos I realise I need to touch up the edges of the flags! The flags are from the excellent Pete's flags.
I have also painted a landsknecht commander on a single base.


He's a warlord games metal command figure,it was fun just painting one figure!


All the best Iain

Previously posted on the Analogue Hobbies challenge


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46 comments:

  1. Lee12 February 2019 at 12:50

    Magnificent Iain, even if they are in Arsenal colours. I’m a West Ham supporter, but I’m sure your colours look much better on the figures!

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 20:45

      Thanks Lee! I'm pretty sure you could paint landsknechts in virtually any football strip and they would look believable!
      Best Iain

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    2. 'Lee.15 February 2019 at 10:09

      Hi again Iain, reading back through this post I had not heard of Pro Gloria before and was not aware of warlords taking over the range. They are wonderful figures, full of character.

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  2. Phil12 February 2019 at 15:46

    Brilliant, and very impressive!

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  3. Norm12 February 2019 at 15:55

    Lovely unit, the red flag is glorious!

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 20:47

      Thanks Norm,they are particularly nice flags aren't they?
      Best Iain

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  4. Zabadak12 February 2019 at 16:17

    Were papal troops well known for supporting Arsenal ?
    Gret looking unit and being able to double for another army is a big bonus.
    The excellent flags really do make this a spectacular period to play.

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 20:48

      No your right Joe,they were well known as Sunderland supporters! Now Venetian troops shouting up the Arsenal makes total sense to me! Pete makes lovely flags!
      Best Iain

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  5. Ray Rousell12 February 2019 at 17:45

    Beautiful lopking troops Iain. Love the flags!

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  6. Oli12 February 2019 at 19:50

    Great stuff Iain. I love how they are all marching in close order, it works really well. The mixture of late 15th Century and later 16th Century Kit also looks good.

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:09

      Thanks Oli! Yes I thought the big sleeves and the earlier bodies gave a similar look to the illustrations I've seen of Marigano.
      Best Iain

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  7. Cyrus12 February 2019 at 20:29

    Fantastic Landsknechts and flags!

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:09

      Thanks Cyrus! Very nice of you to say so!
      Best Iain

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  8. Suber12 February 2019 at 21:25

    Impressive. They really look great, the group pics are inspirational.

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:10

      Thanks Suber! They do look better en masse!
      Best Iain

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  9. Aly Morrison12 February 2019 at 21:37

    A lovely looking unit Iain...
    Will you be doing any artillery for them?... ;-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:11

      Thanks Aly! No specific artillery,I was just going to use one of my many guns!
      Best Iain

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  10. Fitz-Badger13 February 2019 at 02:09

    I don't know what this "Arsenal" thing is that people are talking about (some sort of armory, I guess?) :P
    But the minis look great!

    How do you store figures with long pikes like these?

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:13

      Thanks Fitz! Arsenal are a UK football club that originated in the Woolwich arsenal, their strip is red and white. I have lots of boxes deep enough for pikes!
      Best Iain

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  11. Jonathan Freitag13 February 2019 at 05:58

    Your red and white motif looks fab and your flag makes these pikemen pop!

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:14

      Thanks Jonathan! The flags are good,aren't they?
      Best Iain

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  12. Michal DwarfCrypt13 February 2019 at 07:16

    Awesome work sir!

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  13. Lawrence H13 February 2019 at 07:25

    Great looking stuff Iain. I’d love to see some done in a Wolves scheme (actually, I probably wouldn’t to be honest). What gave you the initial hesitation with regard to the plastics?

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:17

      Thanks Lawrence! I'm doing a cavalry unit in black and yellow at the moment,close enough? I just wasn't that taken with them when I took them off the sprue but once I started mixing them with the Perry figures I liked them.
      Best Iain

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    2. Lawrence H15 February 2019 at 06:40

      I wondered if imight have been the assembly that put you off, which is something I struggle with at times. I’ll look forward to seeing the black and Yellow cavalry!

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  14. Phil Robinson13 February 2019 at 07:28

    A superb looking unit Iain, fine looking Landsknecht officer, how many to go? ;~)

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:22

      Thanks Phil! Glad you like the officer too! I still need light cavalry but I keep painting heavy cavalry,pikemen and artillery pieces,oh and wagons,Im taken by James Roaches Pike and Plunder campaign so I could do with a Venetian,a Papal,a Spanish and a French army,so a few more then!
      Best Iain

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  15. Chasseur13 February 2019 at 09:19

    Red and white alternated looks great, nice job!

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  16. Matt Crump13 February 2019 at 13:19

    Fantastic figures.......wonderfully colourful 👍

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  17. Stew13 February 2019 at 19:26

    Really excellent painting on the colorful uniforms! A fantastic unit indeed! 😀

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    1. caveadsum147114 February 2019 at 21:24

      Thanks Stew! I'm sure they'll run away first chance they get!
      Best Iain

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  18. DeanM15 February 2019 at 15:37

    Fabulous figures, Iain! I may have to try out some of those Pro Gloria figs someday.

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    1. caveadsum147115 February 2019 at 18:16

      Thanks Dean! I think you'll like them with your track record with plastic kits and as they are now sold by Warlord you can often get them in special offers or in their sales.
      Best Iain

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  19. The Angry Lurker19 February 2019 at 10:24

    Now those are cracking work sir!

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  20. rross22 February 2019 at 10:12

    This is a fantastic looking unit Iain - the red and white colour scheme is very eye catching!

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    1. caveadsum147122 February 2019 at 12:09

      Thanks Ross! It's a very striking colour scheme isn't it?
      Best Iain

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  21. Ronin4 April 2019 at 06:25

    Ciao bellissimo quadrato, bel mix di pezzi e bella anche la resa del movimento.

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    1. caveadsum14714 April 2019 at 19:50

      Thanks Ronin! They're a nice little pike block!
      Best Iain

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  22. demigamer11 June 2021 at 15:35

    Simply splendid work Iain, very inspiring. Now I need to buy some more Perry mercenaries and Warlord landschnekt.


    Mark

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    1. caveadsum147111 June 2021 at 17:51

      Thanks Mike! Yes it's a good and economical way of building a pike block!
      Best Iain

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