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the idea with the both medieval sets was to make it possible with our all different figures format to create a formation of mainly spearmen that you can put next to each other as in the first line of any formation. There are plenty of other sets with other weapons that can complement our set adding the variety. With the army of Robert the Bruce we initially even wanted to name the set "the scottish schiltron" rather than a more universal title that it has now. Eventually we changed the name because we thought that many buyers may not know what "schiltron" means.
Wounded knights desperately trying to regain their feet, downed horses rearing up, peasants robbing dead knights of their armour, and French nobles stuck in the mud at Azincourt!
I'd like to see medieval Lithuanians too, actually.
I've seen the pictures of the upcoming Army of Alexander Nevsky, and can't wait for the nearby hobby shop to carry them. I do wish you'd have included figures of Buslai and Vasilissa though. They'd be a nice touch, especially Buslai wielding that telephone pole, lol!
Oh, your new Crimean War Russian Grenadiers are great!
Thank you for the warm welcome! I hope to have some pictures of some of my soldiers ready soon.
Hmmm... I've seen some pictures of Lithuanians here and there, the heavy cavalry look very much like Russian cavalry, perhaps because Lithuania was often on good terms with Novgorod? I think some of the Russian medieval horsemen would make fine Lithuanians.
I have only seen one picture of a light horseman though, in George Gush's book on Renaissance armies, showing a rider with long hair, headband, a fur cape, headband, carrying a lance and bow. I remember reading once that the Lithuanians made a lot of use of mounted archers, as the Mongols did.
Unfortunately I haven't seen anything about infantry though.
Last weekend I saw a television program about Ivan IV and how he became known as "Ivan The Terrible", and while I watched, fascinated, there was a reenactment of his coronation ceremony. Then I saw some of the new pics of the elements of a medieval diorama... and an idea hit me.
What about a set of figures depicting the coronation of a Tsar?
still i dont understand why someone dont make estonian-livonian pesants figthing aganst German/Danish kniths there were great battles in 1208-1227 in Estonia-Livonia