Hello to you all
In todays hobby we mostly see resin being used in casting but sometimes white metal is produced aimed at a company's target market place , this is the case from the latest from Altores Studio , after speaking to them its our Russian modelling friends that like metal castings.
UPDATE @ 07/06/17
The main reason for the metal casting was that the original resin mould broke after some were actually cast in resin so companys that ordered while this mould was okay would have been sent resin for example El Greco Miniatures in UK .
A new resin mould is planned in the very near future and I will review and compare both this and the resin
The release:
The release was initially announced here (no artwork)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/altores-studio.83982/
Its hard to believe that Altores have only been releasing just over a 15 months and have made a real impact from the very first release , covering all subjects and scales .
The subject matter is a popular one and follows on in theme to the bust that I reviewed here
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mercenary-from-altores-studio.88788/
Landsknechts were exempt from the ‘sumptuary laws’ that dictated the colours and style of clothing each social class could wear. Maximilian granted his soldiers this privilege because, in his words, their lives were “so short and brutish.”
As a result, landsknechts dressed in the most garish costumes they could devise. Slashed doublets, striped hose, tight or voluminous breeches and outrageous codpieces were all worn in a deliberate attempt to flaunt their status, intimidate their enemies and shock civilians.
The landsknechts’ standard battlefield tactic was to form a huge square of pikemen (up to 4,000 strong) surrounded by a double rank of halberdiers, swordsmen and arquebusiers.
This formation was known as an igel (hedgehog) and it presented an enemy with both an unstoppable force and an immovable object. When on the offence, the igel trampled everything in its path; in defence, the pikes presented an impenetrable hedge to protect the handgunners.
In addition to pike squares, landsknechts employed a tactic called the verlorene haufe or “forlorn hope” whereby a thin line of double-handed swordsmen and halberdiers would charge an opposing igel darting in between the enemy’s pikes in an attempt to break up their ranks.
Forlorn hopes were made up of volunteers hoping for glory or condemned men seeking redemption. Since these mad-dashes were almost always fatal for those taking part, attackers fought beneath a blood red banner.
As you can see a very colourful style!!!
References are available here are a few for you
Continued in next post
Nap
In todays hobby we mostly see resin being used in casting but sometimes white metal is produced aimed at a company's target market place , this is the case from the latest from Altores Studio , after speaking to them its our Russian modelling friends that like metal castings.
UPDATE @ 07/06/17
The main reason for the metal casting was that the original resin mould broke after some were actually cast in resin so companys that ordered while this mould was okay would have been sent resin for example El Greco Miniatures in UK .
A new resin mould is planned in the very near future and I will review and compare both this and the resin
The release:
The release was initially announced here (no artwork)
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/altores-studio.83982/
Its hard to believe that Altores have only been releasing just over a 15 months and have made a real impact from the very first release , covering all subjects and scales .
The subject matter is a popular one and follows on in theme to the bust that I reviewed here
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/mercenary-from-altores-studio.88788/
Landsknechts were exempt from the ‘sumptuary laws’ that dictated the colours and style of clothing each social class could wear. Maximilian granted his soldiers this privilege because, in his words, their lives were “so short and brutish.”
As a result, landsknechts dressed in the most garish costumes they could devise. Slashed doublets, striped hose, tight or voluminous breeches and outrageous codpieces were all worn in a deliberate attempt to flaunt their status, intimidate their enemies and shock civilians.
The landsknechts’ standard battlefield tactic was to form a huge square of pikemen (up to 4,000 strong) surrounded by a double rank of halberdiers, swordsmen and arquebusiers.
This formation was known as an igel (hedgehog) and it presented an enemy with both an unstoppable force and an immovable object. When on the offence, the igel trampled everything in its path; in defence, the pikes presented an impenetrable hedge to protect the handgunners.
In addition to pike squares, landsknechts employed a tactic called the verlorene haufe or “forlorn hope” whereby a thin line of double-handed swordsmen and halberdiers would charge an opposing igel darting in between the enemy’s pikes in an attempt to break up their ranks.
Forlorn hopes were made up of volunteers hoping for glory or condemned men seeking redemption. Since these mad-dashes were almost always fatal for those taking part, attackers fought beneath a blood red banner.
As you can see a very colourful style!!!
References are available here are a few for you
Continued in next post
Nap
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