28mm Maximilian knights, new knight with beard added 28th

[Atheling]

Really excellent work!! 

Any idea as to when the sets will be available?

I'm definitely interested!

Darrell.

[Steel fist]

Cheers
The miniatures will be funded as a Kickstarter next month. I still am working on a few more, some in flodden era armour too.

[Stuart]

Great stuff, interesting how these and samurai helmets developed along that similar theme -which plays into your hands perfectly!

Will there be any open visor chaps?

[caveadsum1471]

Great helmet, lovely figure, in a grotesque way of course!
Best Iain

[Atheling]

some in flodden era armour too.

Now that has got my juices flowing 

Darrell.

[Steel fist]

Great stuff, interesting how these and samurai helmets developed along that similar theme -which plays into your hands perfectly!

Will there be any open visor chaps?

Thanks Stuart, I think the armour of this period is very interesting.
Regarding open visors, for static command Knights I would do them open because I think most people would raise their visor at any safe oppertunity.

The next figure is well on its way

[painterman]

Fantastic sculpts Oliver.
Hope the Kickstarter gets great support - your skills and attention to detail deserve it.
Simon.

[Steel fist]

Third knight.
This one is needing the sword to be finished plus some other bits, he is in early 16th century armour with a serrated great sword

[Atheling]

Erm..... Wow!!!!!  

Brilliantly executed poise in the posture of the sculpt, not to mention the quality of the sculpting

Darrell.

[Phil Robinson]

What Darrell said, superb.

[Stuart]

Excellent work, my only suggestion would be some plumes, there's a definite use for him either as a foot knight or within a pike block - i really like the early 1500's transitional sallet, absolutely superb.

Stuart

[Steel fist]

Thanks for the thoughts, although the figure is advancing he is using a high guard.

Stuart I though about plumes but this helmet is this one here and it does not have plumes, I do see these Knights among pike blocks and landskneckts.

[Stuart]

Yep that's the badger, it's part of a series of 1500-1510 transition sallets in the Wallace collection, this being a rare painted example, there are others in Munich & Philadelphia collections.

These were all fairly rudimentary munition pieces, which, along with the zweihander lends this chap perfectly to be in a pike block or as a colour guard, the Tudors called them 'whiffler's though I think they started to appear in the 1520's.

Very nice indeed - and plumes would probably get in the way though practicality and dress were not high on the agenda at that time!

[Stuart]

Here's some comparable examples.

[Steel fist]

Thanks for the info stuart, I figured this was fairly munition grade armour. But I was not exactly sure when the Zweihander appeared. Also thanks for the pics I have all but the red one which is interesting.

I think I will leave the plumes off this knight but the others will mostly have plumes. I'm potentially interested in doing some landskneckts to go with these but I have not weighed it up yet I will depend on how the Kickstarter goes.