[Commercial] Rakosz Miniatures - 15mm Eastern Europe in XVII century (upd Tabor)

[Father Primus]

Finally I've decided to start selling my 3d-sculpted miniatures, so here is my new 15mm commercial project.
It's called Rakosz Miniatures and it is mostly dedicated to the conflicts in Eastern Europe of the XVII-th century, like Time of Troubles in Moskovite Tsardom, various rebellions, wars with Polish-Lithuanian Union and so on.

First set of miniatures that I would like to present is "No Prayers for Tsar Herod".


It is a set of 15mm armed orthodox monks inspired by certain events - like defence of Troitsk monastery in 1608-1610 or defence of Solovetsky monastery in 1668-1676. They can be used for most part of XVI-XVII centuries.

They can be used in the armies of Moskovite Tsardom, as well as represent armed clergy, supporting cossacks of Zaporozhian Host, or even represent the self-defence forces of Polish-Lituanian orthodox monasteries or rebelling monks (as it was in the case of Solovetsky monastery). After all, it was a time when clergy used to participate in armed conflicts quite often.

Monks are dressed in a typical long dress, and wear round "skufia" type of headgear. Some of them also wear mantles and "kaptur" hood with a cape.

Some models (the ones without bardiches or muskets) can easily and quite precisely represent medieval orthodox monks. Command group can have usage even in napoleonic wars - for example, representing some occasional monks who bless russian troops.

As for now set consists of the following miniatures:

1. 6 monks with various melee weapons - axes, bardiches, clubs and spears.





One figure wears chainmail and the other one - XVI century helmet with added mail protection. As you can see - old monk with small altar cross has 2 versions - more and less armed.

2. 6 monks with matchlock muskets of the type produced in Moskovite Tsardom.





As in the previous case one figure is armored, while the other one has an old helmet from monastery armory. I haven't added bandoliers to any of the miniatures so their use isn't limited to the second half of the XVII-th century.

3. "Command" group - 3 monks with relics and "igumen" (abbot of the orthodox monastery).





Here we have a singing monk with a holy book, young monk carrying holy icon and a standard bearer. Igumen also has armed (with a heavy XVII-century "kilij" saber at his side) and unarmed versions.

4. 2 casualties.



These are just two dead or wounded (or just drunk....) bodies of orthodox monks, that you can use as markers or add them to the unit bases.


To ensure that everything works fine and looks good enough in reality I asked my friends to print these miniatures and painted them. So here is the whole collection:



I'm currently working on the next set of miniatures, you can find more information in my blog: https://rakosz-miniatures.blogspot.com/. Also I will post fresh updates here.

Monks are available in separate sets or in one large bundle that is much cheaper. You can buy stl-files for the monks in my store on Myminifactory: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/fatherprimus

[Frostie]

Very nice, I could happily add these to my 15mm Fantasy Empire armies

[Vis Bellica]

Very nice...but I don't have a 3D printer.

Where/how can I get a set of these printed? And will I have to pay an arm and a leg to get them?

[Father Primus]

Very nice, I could happily add these to my 15mm Fantasy Empire armies

Why not! 

Very nice...but I don't have a 3D printer.

Where/how can I get a set of these printed? And will I have to pay an arm and a leg to get them?

Best way - to have a friend or clubmate with 3d-printer. Otherwise you'll have to find nearest 3d-printing studio. Probably 15mm miniatures would not cost that much to print. When I moved to the new place I tried both ways in order to print my minis - friend with a printer is definitely better but not always possible.

[FifteensAway]

Marketing mistake.  A lot of us don't have and don't want a 3D printer - a hobby unto itself.  And not all of us have a reputable 3D printing service available or a friend with a 3D printer willing to do the printing (friends, yes, with 3D printers to 'share', not so much).  And when you do find someone willing, prices are all over the horizon from cheap to obscene.  Perhaps it would be better to find a service willing to print under license and make us aware of that source.  And then, those like me, can still have access if desired. 

No personal interest in the figures as designed but I can see them adapted to use as cult figures for pulp, some of them.

[Vis Bellica]

Exactly what FifteensAway said!

I've got my eye on several sets of 15mm 3D figures that I want, but no time to get, set up and learn how to use a 3D printer.

So, does anyone want to be my friend?

Wanted:  good SOH, interest in wargaming, a zest for life...and a 3D printer set up and ready to go!

[Father Primus]

Your words certainly have a point to consider. Probably if I lived in a big city somewhere in Central Europe and had access to rapid and convinient post service at hand, that would be a working business plan!

Right now I'm a bit limited in options 

Also I've started with a specific set, next one allows more usage 

[blacksoilbill]

These are such characterful figures: they'd be lots of fun to paint and put on the table.

[FifteensAway]

If you license to a 3D printing company, that company would be doing the shipping to the end customer.  Or should.

[Father Primus]

These are such characterful figures: they'd be lots of fun to paint and put on the table.

Thanks a lot! They are indeed fun to paint, I've checked it myself 

If you license to a 3D printing company, that company would be doing the shipping to the end customer.  Or should.

Probably in future I will check this option, maybe this scheme really works.

Now a quick preview of the next set.



These are Servant Cossacks - a class of militants, paid by Moskovite Tsardom to defend cities and borders, as well as to participate in offensive operations. But they can also be used as Don or Ural cossacks, or various rebel cossack bands, that roamed the land in XVII-th century.

FIrst set represent said cossacks armed with spears.





Spear was quite common weapon, but mostly servant cossacks were armed with matchlock muskets. That's why in this set of 6 miniatures 2 cossacks have both spears and muskets.

Others are armed with spears and some additional hand-to-hand weapons, such as knives, sabers, axes and even a small morning star. One cossack also wears a "misyurka" type of helmet - in fact kind of a mail coif with a solid metal top.

More to come...

[fred]

Interesting additions.

Has the middle guy, bottom row, got mail around his head? If so might be worth checking if the size of the rings could be smaller - it looks really chunky rings, which feels out of scale. I know there can be differences between the renders and the final output

[Father Primus]

Interesting additions.

Has the middle guy, bottom row, got mail around his head? If so might be worth checking if the size of the rings could be smaller - it looks really chunky rings, which feels out of scale. I know there can be differences between the renders and the final output

That is the question I also asked myself many times before making that mail. I have a printed model and it looks rather nice. I will paint it soon and show how it actually looks in reality. But probably I will make them a bit smaller.

Yes, it is a sort of eastern type helmet - "misyurka" - it has solid iron or steel flat top with a coat of chainmail attached. There were different types of the this helmet, come had rather bulky top part:


P.S. I've made a quick check - looks like there is a problem of oversized head. It probably should be 10-15% smaller. I will change it for the final version before adding this item to the store. Thanks for your attention! 

[Father Primus]

By the way, I've took all printed and painted monks alltogether and based them on 40mm square bases (I still want to try Irregular Wars one day). Here is the result:

[fred]

Good group of monks!

With the mail - I agree its how it looks when printed and painted that matters far more than how the render looks

[DivisMal]

This is brillant! I‘ve been fascinated by the rich and deel history of Eastern and Southeastern Europe for years.

But as others have said: Please consider finding a company who will print these in license. I, too, am really fascinated by the new possibilities but work all day on a PC. When finally the kids are in bed and I have some spare time, I not only need but derply want an analogue hobby!