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Title: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Paul Richardson on May 18, 2018, 03:40:34 PM: I've just received a newsletter from Warlord Games which announces the release of more figures in their Wars of Religion range. These are mounted arquebusiers including command figures and Knights Hospittaler. Some at least look like Paul Hicks sculpts. In the case of the arquebusiers I suspect they were originally done for Arsenal Miniatures.
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Kommando_J on May 18, 2018, 05:43:22 PM: Yep they are Paul Hicks, only took two and a half years to release lol
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: since1968 on May 18, 2018, 06:34:31 PM: Would these be a good fit with Assault Group Later Landsknechts?

http://theassaultgroup.co.uk/product/mixed-late-landsknecht-unit-builder/
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Paul Richardson on May 18, 2018, 07:40:05 PM: Kommando _J: actually, Arsenal Miniatures first posted photos of some of these figures in 2010.
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Post by: whiskey priest on May 18, 2018, 07:57:58 PM: About time. Ordered!
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Post by: TAX on May 19, 2018, 06:39:26 AM: Really nice minis!
Glad Warlord games released these miniatures.

//TAX
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Post by: Anderson Collection on May 19, 2018, 09:29:29 AM: Thanks for the heads up Paul l got the news letter but never opened it been waiting on these for some time now.
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Paul Richardson on May 19, 2018, 09:54:48 AM: They look nice, and the arquebusiers are on Ebob horses unless I'm much mistaken.
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Post by: traveller on May 19, 2018, 10:29:27 AM: Finally released! Anyone knows if these are the last of the Arsenal range or if we can expect more to come?
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Paul Richardson on May 19, 2018, 10:46:14 AM: traveller: I don't know whether Warlord plan to release them, and, if they do, when, but Paul Hicks sculpted some heavy cavalry for Arsenal / Warlord, which haven't ever been released to my knowledge.
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: traveller on May 19, 2018, 10:58:33 AM: Thanks Paul!

Lets keep our fingers crossed!
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Post by: Paul Richardson on May 19, 2018, 02:31:55 PM: Actually, I wonder whether there might also be some sword and buckler figures sculpted by Paul Hicks somewhere. If you look at the ones painted for Arsenal by Tom Weiss, they are not the same figures as the sword and buckler figures released by Warlord as part of this range.
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Post by: Firescale Whack on May 20, 2018, 02:03:06 AM: Quote from: Paul Richardson on May 19, 2018, 02:31:55 PM
Actually, I wonder whether there might also be some sword and buckler figures sculpted by Paul Hicks somewhere. If you look at the ones painted for Arsenal by Tom Weiss, they are not the same figures as the sword and buckler figures released by Warlord as part of this range.

I just found the image below and it looks like you are right Paul. With any luck these will also be released at some point. Just ordered the new figures and they look great, it's a shame that the Ottomans weren't sculpted to the same high standard.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sMp-7sNfjUQ/S22HQbtmvJI/AAAAAAAAAAc/1PeKY9gZwyQ/s1600/maltese3.jpg)
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Kommando_J on May 20, 2018, 04:30:45 AM: Those look fab, and yeah, I bought the ottoman boxed set ages ago, weak joins, awful sculpts and a few broken ones made me just hand them back for a refund.

It'd be nice to get a separate command set.
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Post by: Lowtardog on May 20, 2018, 10:40:08 AM: Quote from: Firescale Whack on May 20, 2018, 02:03:06 AM
I just found the image below and it looks like you are right Paul. With any luck these will also be released at some point. Just ordered the new figures and they look great, it's a shame that the Ottomans weren't sculpted to the same high standard.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sMp-7sNfjUQ/S22HQbtmvJI/AAAAAAAAAAc/1PeKY9gZwyQ/s1600/maltese3.jpg)

The chap n the far right is in the pike and shot regiment, sure of it. Don't they also do a pack of 4 sword and buckler men already

sure guy on left is in that one https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/wars-of-religion/products/armoured-swordsmen-wars-of-religion
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: Paul Richardson on May 20, 2018, 12:21:28 PM: Personally, I don't think Warlord has released either of the two figures on the left. I think it has released the two figures on the right. I'm sceptical whether the two figures on the left will ever be released, given that Warlord has already released a pack of sword and buckler men. I wonder whether Paul Hicks sculpted the figures in the sword and buckler pack which was released.
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Post by: Paul Richardson on June 08, 2018, 02:05:29 PM: I see that Warlord Games has just announced the release of the gendarmes sculpted by Paul Hicks.
Title: Re: Warlord Games Wars of Religion
Post by: since1968 on June 19, 2018, 10:57:44 PM: Quote from: since1968 on May 18, 2018, 06:34:31 PM
Would these be a good fit with Assault Group Later Landsknechts?

I pinged Warlord asking if they could help narrow the period to something more granular than "1524-1648" and got this response from Lorenzo:

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Those models are ideally used during the beginning of the Pike & Shotte era, just towards the end of the Landsknechts years and through all the years of the Spanish military supremacy in Europe.

As a rough indication, I would consider the years between 1530 and 1580.

French, Spanish, Italian and German armies would have possibly fielded cavalry similarly dressed and geared.