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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The King's Reiters




Here we have the most elite of the German-style troops in the Polish army. Originally the King's bodyguard were halberd-wielding infantry called drabants, but by the time of Berestechko they'd more or less merged with a regiment of reiters, with only a small proportion retaining their halberds for guard duty. The rest fought mounted in the typical German style, which must have been much more useful on a battlefield.

It's a shame though, I would have liked to convert up a regiment of halberdiers for this project. Ah well.
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  1. KadrinaziNovember 22, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    Those king's reiters - if had to - were using halberds as ceremonial weapon. We have at least one paiting that shows them with halberds (of course dismounted). My sugesstion though would be convert helmets - those You have here were not used anywhere except English Islands. Also white coats are rather incorrect -in case of guard 'Vasa blue' would be just right - and models are missing arkebus/carbine. I guess You just have ECW models and You want to use them but they're just wrong and do not much what was used in Eastern Europe.

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    1. ThaddeusNovember 22, 2012 at 11:04 AM

      I've got plenty more plastic cavalry to assemble (including carbines), so it will be easy enough to demote these reiters to mercenaries (perhaps with some repainting) and have the next batch be the actual king's reiters. Thanks for the tips!

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  2. KadrinaziNovember 23, 2012 at 5:43 AM

    If You need any help with historical research for You paintings just let me know through comments or on my email kadrinazi[at]gmail.com - I will be more than happy to help :)

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  3. commissarmoodySeptember 23, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    Nothing is stopping you from doing a unit of dismounted Halberds. I would make a few just for the hell of it, or for a skirmish game.

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    1. ThaddeusSeptember 24, 2013 at 12:53 PM

      I did end up making two so far, they're here: http://spoonybardiche.blogspot.com/2013/04/hail-to-king-baby.html

      I might make more eventually

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