Warlord (Pro-gloria) plastic Landsknechte

[AdamPHayes]

I wouldn't sweat it if I were you. Although it is frustrating for those that want to do it "right" most gamers will not worry too much about the specific decade of your Landsknechts' sleeves, they will just be impressed by a painted unit being fielded.  (And will then happily fight them against a Thirty Year War Spanish army...)

[Codsticker]

I wouldn't sweat it if I were you. Although it is frustrating for those that want to do it "right" most gamers will not worry too much about the specific decade of your Landsknechts' sleeves, they will just be impressed by a painted unit being fielded.  (And will then happily fight them against a Thirty Year War Spanish army...)

Lulz....

[The Red Graf]

I wouldn't sweat it if I were you. Although it is frustrating for those that want to do it "right" most gamers will not worry too much about the specific decade of your Landsknechts' sleeves, they will just be impressed by a painted unit being fielded.  (And will then happily fight them against a Thirty Year War Spanish army...)

This!

[JollyBob]

Well, my discounted box arrived today.

On the whole, very happy with them. Yes, Warlord could have included more options and accessories, and one or two of the components look a bit off (that sallet helm on the command sprue - that's never going to fit a human head inside it, unless said head has been ironed flat).

Perhaps the Perrys have spoiled us with their sets, but this is a decent kit for a decent price. They'll paint up nicely, fill big units, and will provide fodder for conversion.

All in all, nicely done but maybe could have been refined more before release. 7/10

EDIT: Has anyone got a good reason for the armoured captain's separate leg? If they'd made it one part, they could have had an extra body on there...

[bergschotten]

I backed the original Pro Gloria Kickstarter as a way of kick starting me back into the hobby after years of talking about painting and gaming rather than doing it-my first proper army was a Warrior Miniatures Landsknecht force bought in 1980-I really want to like these figures (two boxes ordered) but am starting to feel nervous-oh and hello.

[Littlearmies]

Mine arrived this morning. I'm pretty pleased with them. The heads are much better than I expected after seeing the three-ups - there are some very nice ones there. The pikes are a few millimetres shorter than the Perry equivalents and the arms would fit on a Perry figure without issue and vice versa. Some nice little bits and pieces to add to figures.

The bodies are shorter than their Perry WotR equivalents - a better match for the Foundry landsknecht. The armoured bodies, as Stuart says, aren't quite right. One moan - two of the bodies seem to have been intended for the figures holding their pikes at angle with the result that the torso is facing to the right of the line of march - so if you use the pike held upright this will look a bit odd. As you get five identical sprues, each with six figures (and nine heads), this means ten figures are going to look a bit strange in the pike block. Still I suppose this makes your selection of figures for other duties much easier.

The 'command' sprue features one fully plated up figure, four additional heads, drum and drumming arms, feathers (better in the flesh than expected) and some weaponry.

The shooting option is one set of arms on each sprue.

So I think this is a very nice set - as has already been mentioned, we have been rather spoiled by the Perries plastics. As far as I can see, from a purely sticking bits together viewpoint, the two are perfectly compatible. I'm very keen to see what our talented members do with them.

[Dr. Zombie]

Mine arrived today.

I must say I am well pleased with them. They are very nicely cast. There is hardly a moldline on them.

There is only one gun on the sprue and that is a bit sad. But overall I think this is a very nice box.

[white knight]

Got my box too. They are lovely figures, so kudoss to the sculptor, but people weren't exagerating that they were small. They are tiny, smaller than the metals from the range even. That should put to rest any notions of compatibility with the GW kits or fantasy miniatures in general I think.

[Gibby]

Well that's a disappointing aspect to them then, and a missed opportunity really I think. They're out of my particular preference range if they're smaller than even the Perry plastics. Glad most others are happy with them though!

[Elbows]

Are these as slight as normal Perry offerings, or are they a bit larger (more in line with some Warlord's other kits)?

[The Red Graf]

Got my box too. They are lovely figures, so kudoss to the sculptor, but people weren't exagerating that they were small. They are tiny, smaller than the metals from the range even. That should put to rest any notions of compatibility with the GW kits or fantasy miniatures in general I think.

Any pics White Knight? A comparison shot would be wonderful.

[Dr. Zombie]

The painted ones are warlords metal. I Think they fit perfectly. If anything the plastic ones are a tiny bit larger. They might not fit current GW sets I don't know. But they certainly fit the metal range.



If the metal ones look sad it is because when taking them out for the photo I dropped the base and they all fell of their bases and lost their pikes

[Kommando_J]

To be fair it seems that the plastic ones have the standard much thicker base.

[white knight]

I was comparing them unassembled to the new metal command group. My judgment may have been off but they seemed smaller? Will have another look at home.

[JollyBob]

Hmm. Just compared my old Empire stuff against these, and as predicted the GW parts are larger by half than the Warlord pikemen.

I thought that I could maybe at least seed a few spare heads into the ranks for variety, but no. Not unless I want to represent some troops with acromegaly. 

Not to worry. I'll just let Captain Blood play about with them and come up with some conversion ideas I can steal.