Miniature Suggestions for Javelineer

[Tordenskjold]

I'm building a renaissance themed warband out of old Empire bits and Frostgrave soldiers. I'm using handguns for crossbows, pistols instead of regular bows and bucklers as shields. However, I decided to include a javelineer, and can't think of a good renaissance-themed replacement.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

[Hobby Services]

I'd keep some actual crossbows in the mix myself.  They're very much still in use during the Renaissance, and Italian crossbowmen are particularly iconic.  Hand cannons and crude handguns might be better used with javelin stats (they sure didn't have much accurate range) leaving the more effective crossbow rules for, well, actual crossbows.

[Weesparky]

Games Wreckedshop Empire Engineer with Lochland Rifle.
or Engineer with pistol

[Coenus Scaldingus]

Pistols seem most logical as javelins, given the limited range.

As mentioned, crossbows (and indeed normal bows for that matter) continue to be in use for quite a while too, and both have plenty of model available from the mentioned ranges.

[Philhelm]

I agree with the suggestion of pistols for the javelin rules, due to the 10" range.  More specifically, pistol and hand weapon, since the javelin counts as a hand weapon in melee.  Handguns should probably count as crossbows, due to slower reload time, and crossbows should count as bows.

Honestly, the javelin is kind of a strange weapon to include, since it will probably fit fewer warband themes than if we had, say, a 12" ranged weapon that could represent pistols, throwing weapons, and even shortbows, etc.

[Tordenskjold]

Thanks everyone! I got inspired to quickly put together this guy, a pirate-y 'javelineer' w/pistol. Handguns will still represent crossbows, bows will probably either be short musket/arquebus or simply, well, bows.

[Urquhart]

Good conversion!