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St. Mere Eglise. Carentan. Nijmegen. Bastogne.
Actions that stir the blood and conjure images of highly trained US paratroopers punching holes in the German lines in Normandy and later holding off overwhelming opposition in the Ardennes.
These American airborne models are suitable to represent the 101st Screaming Eagles; 82nd 'All American'; or the 17th 'Thunder from Heaven' divisions- arguably some of the toughest of the US army.
Aggressive and innovative, these elite troops were eager to take the war to "the Krauts"- something they did so successfully. They were ordinary citizen soldiers, but highly trained and motivated, superbly equipped and packed with firepower as only an American force can be!
As brilliantly highlighted in the superb TV series, Band of Brothers , US Airborne troops were always at the pointy-end of the action and weren't found wanting.
 
Screaming Eagles Contains:
Command: 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant with M1 Garand , 1 Medic and 1 Radioman
12 man squad: Sergeant with M1 carbine, Sergeant with Thompson SMG,8 Paratroopers with M1 Garand rifles (These are random models), 2-man .30Cal LMG team
60mm mortar and 3 crew
2-man Bazooka team

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The guns were officially introduced under the TO&E from December 1944. According to the TO&E, a division was issued a total of 50 pieces: 8 in divisional artillery, 24 in AA battalion, and 18 in glider infantry regiment; parachute infantry regiments did not have anti-tank guns. The British guns were referred simply as 57 mm guns.

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US Airborne paratroopers with 75mm pack howitzer. One gun and three crew.

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American 60mm mortar and three airborne crew.

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Red Devils
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Few divisions in the British Army have earned such a valorous reputation so quickly as the Parachute Division. Known as the Red Devils by the Germans for their trademark maroon beret and dogged fighting ability, the British airborne force grew into a force to be reckoned with, whether delivered by Dakota aircraft, Horsa glider or as a front line shock troops.
Drawn from all over Britain, the volunteers established an awesome reputation for daring and sheer bloody-mindedness, culminating in their heroic but, ultimately, doomed defence of Arnhem bridge in Holland.
Although comparatively lightly-armed, British Paras could dish it out and would not hesitate to close to hand-to-hand fighting if needs be, screaming their warcries as they went.
 
Red Devils Contains:
Command: 2 Officers with Sten guns, 1 Medic and 1 Radio Operator
10 man section: Sergeant with Sten gun, 2-man Bren gun team, Corporal with Sten gun and 6 paratroopers armed with either Sten guns or SMLE rifles
Vickers HMG and 3 crew
2-man PIAT anti-tank team

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British 3 inch mortar and three paratrooper crew.

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The Fallschirmjager (German Airborne troops) performed the first airborne invasion when they assaulted Denmark on the 9 April 1940. They followed this success up with further successful airlandings of Norway and the pyrrhic victory of Operation Mercury in taking Crete.                                                                                                                    

Unlike their Allied counterparts these German Paratroopers were attached to the German Luftwaffe rather than the army.
                                                                                                                               Fallschirmjager were highly trained, invariably veteran troops, as the Allies found in such legendary battles as Eben Emael, Carentan (we've all seen Band of Brothers haven't we?), Monte Cassino and Arnhem.                                                               

Wherever the Fallschirmjager were found a bloody struggle was sure to be had...

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This product contains 1 MG 42 and crew.

Model comes supplied unpainted and unassembled.

 

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This contains a complete Fallschirmjager 81mm Mortar and team.

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This product contains 1 Pak 40 and 3 crew.

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Partisan Band
£10.00
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This pack contains 8 random Partisans.

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In the pack you will get 2 dead cows and a dead horse, they have been dead for some time hence the stiff legs in the air and the bloated bellies.

These are perfect for adding characterful scenery to your gaming table or using as casualty markers.

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The dour psalm singing men of Parliament are captured here in a box containing 40 Parliament Soldiers and eight standards and complete with bases.

From the hurriedly raised regiments and tarried bands of 1642, the Rebel army grew to be an awesome fighting force with the Venice red coated New Model Army driving all before them. By the 1650's the NMA was arguably the best trained and effective force in Europe

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Outnumbered, underequipped but never outclassed, Charles's infantry fought against desperate odds even beyond their cataclysmic defeat at Naseby.
The names of their regiments live on, Rupert's Foot, Kings Guard, Newcastle's heroic White coats and the astonishing Cornish Foot.
This box gives you enough variety to assemble 40 stout Royalist infantry and eight flags, a painting guide, bases, all you need to rally your forces for Charles, King of England.

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Covenanters
£15.00
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There is a compelling thrill about the sight of a Scottish Government army drawn up for battle. Dour-faced hardmen from the lowlands of Scotland drawn up in their trademark Hodden Grey uniforms, topped with their distinctive blue-knitted bonnets, the Covenanters fought hard in many bloody battles of the civil wars.

Indeed they routed the English forces in the Bishops' Wars leading up to the great civil war where they first sided with Parliament, fighting mainly in the North, most famously at Marston Moor. Then they made a momentous decision and sold the captured Charles I, their King, to his bitter enemies, Parliament.

This unholy alliance could not last and the Covenant army found itself allied with a doomed Royalist cause in the second and third civil wars.

Well-equipped and organised, the Scottish infantry could give a good account of themselves. They scorned armour, and often helmets, in their pike divisions, but all too many of them died at catastrophic battles like Preston, Dunbar and, finally, Worcester or were slaughtered in the Highlands by Montrose's wild Highlanders and Irish. Survivors were shipped to the West Indies where many died of disease, a sad end to a once proud fighting force.

Warlord's Covenanters are shown here fighting under the saltire flag, which was typical of the day, eager to get to grips with their English foes.

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24 Musketeers
 
12 Pikemen
 
Captain, Ensign, Sergeant & Musician (in metal), and enough Bonnets to equip the entire unit.
 
 
Plastic bases
 
 
Background & Painting Guide & 8 Full colour flags, new and battleworn!

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Firelock companies were raised throughout the Civil Wars for a variety of purposes. Formed originally to fight in the wild bogs of Ireland where a flintlock was more easily handled than the clumsy matchlock, firelock-armed musketeers grew more common as the Civil Wars progressed, all armies sometimes fielding large units so armed.

The firelock had numerous advantages over the older matchlock. It was ready to fire at a moment's notice, was more weatherproof and did not betray a night advance with glowing match cord. It was also much cheaper in the long run as they did not consume vast quantities of match cord.

They were regularly used for baggage and artillery guards, as the flintlock mechanism was seen as infinitely more desirable in a gunpowder depot than spluttering, lit, match cord!                                                                                                                                                

By mid to late war, whole companies were fielded. For the Royalists, Legge's who fought at Edgehill, Rupert's and Maurice's redcoats and Sandford's from Ireland. Parliament issued them liberally and many of the New Model Army had whole companies so armed and later, whole regiments. The Scots Covenanter forces also used the firelock to good effect.                                                                                                                                      

Warlord Games' Firelocks are shown storming a bridge led by their dashing Captain, just the sort of action that Firelock Companies were used for!

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1 Officer

1 drummer

16 plastic firelock musketeers

This a plastic and metal box set that requires assembly and painting

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There are few more iconic images of the English Civil Wars than the grim-faced lobster pot helmed, buff-coated Parliamentarian Ironside.

Parliament cavalry cut a fearsome appearance on the Civil war battlefield. For offensive purposes they could be armed with a good stout broadsword, two long flintlock pistols and sometimes a carbine. This reflected their tactical use on the field, often drawn up six deep, using their carbines, and then their pistols, in the Dutch fashion, to pepper the enemy with shot and then and only then close with the sword.
                                                                                                                                                     When it worked it worked well, but crushing defeats by the dashing Cavaliers led to Cromwell reorganising his horse regiments and playing the Royalists at their own game.
Warlord Games' Parliament cavalry are equipped with sword and pistol, in addition to carbines and poleaxes.

The boxed set also contains standards for Parliament regiments and the Thirty Years War Swedish army.

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12 mounted Cavalrymen

Set of 6 cornets (4 English Civil War and 2 Thirty Years War)

Set of Bases

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Royalist cavalry earned a well deserved reputation for ferocity from their first clash with their Parliament foes at Powick Bridge in September1642 to the last major battles of the Civil wars.

Inspired by commanders such as Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Cavalier cavalry adopted a style of charge that overwhelmed their opponents in the early war years. Drawn up only three deep, their tactic was to approach steadily then spur their horses into the enemy at a gallop, not using their pistols until they literally pressed the muzzles against the bodies of the Roundhead troopers!

Well led, well motivated, and superbly mounted, the Royalist horse was the terror of the battlefield, until Parliament learned how to stop the ferocious charges and turn Royalist indiscipline against them.

Warlord Games presents their Royalists with all manner of options. You can equip them in helmets or hats and arm them with swords, pistols or even carbines and poleaxes. We include standards for Royalist regiments and the Imperial amy in the Thirty Years War.

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12 mounted Cavalrymen

Set of 6 cornets (4 English Civil War and 2 Thirty Years War)

Set of Bases

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Dragoons
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The role of the dragoon was still being defined in the wars of the 17th century. Dragoons later went on to become heavy shock cavalry who rarely got off their expensive horses. Our subjects fighting in the English Civil Wars and Thirty Years War are really mounted infantry, musketeers mounted on poorer quality horses. Their role was not glamorous, but was nonetheless vital to a 17th century general.  

Before any pitched battle the Dragoons would have been worked hard, joining raids on enemy strongholds and supply lines. Capturing and holding bridges, fords or crossing points at major rivers were also important during preparations for the coming fight. Dragoons could also find themselves on outpost duty, using their firelock or matchlock muskets to keep the enemy at bay. They were also the perfect troop type to escort wagons, prisoners or guarding anything else thought valuable.   

Come the glorious day of battle however, the Dragoon could come in to his own. Never as well paid or equipped as their comrades in arms in the cavalry, and most likely despised by the footsloggers, the Dragoon had a job to do nevertheless. Most commonly, it would be dangerous work, joining Forlorn Hope parties, guarding the flanks and rear of the army. They were sent forward to clear woods, ditches and hedges of enemy musketeers and opposing dragoons. Often the Dragoons would move forward smartly and then dismount to fight, forming regular musket blocks on the field and responding to drum calls as would any infantry of the time.  

In the heat of battle their horses would be sent to the rear, along with one in four of the men. These troops would ensure the horses were sheltered from fire and prepared for swift mount up, whether to retreat or redeploy on the battlefield. 

Firing from the saddle was attempted, indeed even trained for, but it is difficult to imagine this being of any real worth in the field. Hand-to-hand combat was not seen as a major role for a Dragoon, however Colonel Okey and his New Model Army regiment bucked this tradition. At Naseby, Okey's Dragoons famously charged, sword and carbine in hand, to help destroy a collapsing Royalist army.  

Warlord's dragoons can be fielded for either Royalist or Parliament. You could add bonnets which would make them perfect for Covenanter armies too. They can also represent all sorts of mounted shot for Thirty Years War armies.  

Our lads are modelled so that you can have the mounted and dismounted versions of the same Dragoon , wearing his unique hat  and carrying the weapon of his choice! 

Whether you are Covenanter, a monarch-loving Royalist or even a Crop-headed rebel your army needs dragoons!

This box contains:

12 plastic horses

12 metal riders

12 foot dragoons

2 sprues of bases, 1 for foot and 1 for cavalry

1 leaflet descibing the background of the Dragoons and containing ensigns

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Saker Cannon
£15.00
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The Saker was the mainstay of the artillery park. Large and fearsome enough to pound the enemy in the field and also manageable (just!) so that it could arrive on the battlefield. We forget today that 350 years ago in Britain few had seen the savage effects of gunpowder weapons let alone heard such a terrific noise as a Saker giving fire!

Crewed by a couple of specialists and a team of labourers who had to swab the gun and haul it back into position after each shot, artillery were much valued by generals of both sides. Their material effect on the enemy was often negligible, but the morale effect profound.
The Warlord gun team can be painted to represent any gunners in the 17th Century. Don't forget that cannon seem sometimes also to have been painted in surprisingly bright colours, though we recommend Black for the barrel and ironwork.
The Saker is beautifully sculpted in fine detail and for this reason we have produced it in fine resin so that all wood grain and rivets are represented.

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Scotland might not have been one of the richest lands in Europe, but when its well organised army marched to war, it went well equipped with artillery in quantity and in many forms.

The Frame gun was a Scots favourite. Small and compact and easy to manoeuvre, frame guns come in all shapes and sizes. They could be simple barrelled, double-barrelled or even quadruple barrelled as is our Warlord gun!
They could be towed by mules, packed in carts or dismantled and carried by pack animals, making them very versatile, as artillery was frequently lost on campaigns or reaching the battlefield too late to make a difference.
Frame guns could fire round shot or hail shot and would be able to keep up a quick rate of fire. Scots armies seemed to field many of these useful machines of destruction, indeed some people called small guns such as these 'murderers'.
We imagine that Montrose may well have picked up some of these on a campaigns though he did not record so doing, in his many victories against the Government forces.

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Mortar
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There were few more terrifying weapons in the 17th Century than the fearsome blast of the mortar bomb. Employed largely at sieges, mortars spat their fizzing, hissing shells high into the air clearing the tallest walls or towers to crash into streets or houses below before exploding in a shattering blast.
They terrorised garrisons and townsfolk alike, sometimes leading to the civilians petitioning the city's governor to surrender and avoid any more damage.
Rarely used in the field, mortars needed a skilled crew to set the fuses, and lob the shells accurately without blowing themselves to kingdom come!
Perhaps a master gunner could be useful….

This model comes supplied unassembled and unpainted.

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Officer. Lifted straight from page 116 of Wagner's classic TYW book, this officer is a classic study. He is richly dressed, in old fashioned jacket and possibly has served on the continent himself. He will be ideal for all early armies, as Royalist, Parliament or Covenanter and will serve as a captain or leiutenant of foot. He has a partizan and sword, and a pistol hung down from his belt. A lovely study.
 
Ensign. This fellow is taken from the wonderful Haythornthwaite ECW book, and is a classic Ensign, with sword drawn and dressed in a cassock. Again he could be used in all armies, Rebel, Royalist, Scots or Montrose.
 
Drummer.  Every Company fielded at least one drummer and our fellow is neatly attired in a posh jacket with ribbon and braid attached. He wears a jaunty Montero with feathers too, something that the Colonel has thought it worth dipping into his own pockets for, which was common at the time. Being a warlord Drummer, although he is not carrying a sword, he is still packing a pistol for close defence.
 
Sergeant. We asked for this sergeant to be a hard bitten professional who has seen a thing or two in his time. He wears a Burgonet and sleeveless buff coat and is doing what sergeants do best, shouting! He could be slotted into any Civil war army.

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This pack of Amoured Pikemen are great for adding variety to your exsisting pike units and increasing their size, or building a new one entirely from scratch.

These are great characterful models with a great amount of detail for you painters out there.

In the pack there are 8 random armoured pikemen with pikes.

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Clubmen
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England in 1642 was a land of peace and sea of tranquillity compared to the horrors of the Continent's terrible 30 Years War. So when the King and Parliament fell out and fisticuffs spread throughout the land it was like a bolt out of the blue…

No doubt most thought it would all be over by Christmas, but the war dragged on and on and, as usual, it was the common folk who suffered the most. Raiding parties from both sides waged a small war as a fight for supplies and personal plunder took hold of the soldiery who were, it is fair to say, often poorly provided for. This became too much for the good yeoman people of the midlands, and firstly in Worcestershire, then the West Country, the locals organised…

Led most often by their social betters, the villagers and small townsfolk formed associations, or 'Clubs', sworn to defend their livestock, beer and persons from any marauding soldiery whomever they were. They armed themselves from whatever were available, largely agricultural tools, and with whatever other weapons the local squirearchy could avail himself of. Some Clubmen groups even fielded cavalry!

They fought a few actions, seeing off small raiding parties, and even sometimes allied with an army for temporary advantage, though no general could count on the goodwill of these bands for long.

So Warlord present a savage looking bunch of villagers, led by their handsome squire, mustering on the village green before marching off to 'beat the bounds' of their parish and see off any intruders.

 

Pack contains 8 models: 1 Gentleman, 7 villagers and 2 weapon frames in metal.

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Master Gunner Hertz Van Rental
When war broke out in 1642 in England all armies poured their money into forming large trains of expensive artillery. What was not readily available were the trained personnel to man the guns. Labourers and common soldiers were easy to employ, but Gun Captains and Battery commanders who really knew their trade were few and far between.
Our master gunner, a Dutch mercenary, is laying a target with his gunner's sight. Gunnery in the 17th Century was part science and part craft, but there was no substitute for experience in the field.
He would be a civilian, richly dressed, well paid and not above swapping sides or returning to Europe's wars if the pay was not to his liking.
'Old Tom' - Marksman
Warlord Games are proud to release a superb new marksman model. 'Old Tom' as his subordinates call him has been the squire's gamekeeper for as long as most can remember.
A skilled marksman, hunter and no friend to poachers, Tom rarely needs a second shot to fell any creature large or small.
Tom jokes that it is his steady eye and sobriety that ensures his unerring accuracy, but his young understudies think that it may have more to do with trusted and valuable long wheel lock musket and given one any fool could shoot as well.
Marksmen were rare in the Civil wars, but turn up in certain Swedish regiments in the Thirty Years' War in a regular fashion. Marksmen were principally used in sieges, where they were employed in towers to pick off besieging gunners and specialists, or in the siege lines where they tried to do precisely the same thing back.
At the siege of Latham House in Lancashire, Lady Derby's small garrison held out against far larger besieging force. She used her gamekeepers to pick off unwary Parliamentarians.
Incensed by this sniping, the Roundheads built a wooden 'sow', an enclosed stout wooden box to advance in safety. Sadly the keen-eyed snipers merely shot them in the ankles and feet which were still unprotected. Poor Parliamentarian Lord Brooke was also assassinated by a marksman named 'Dumb' Dyott who had placed himself in Lichfield Cathedral tower and shot him dead, and though we do not know what weapon he had it was an impressive shot by any standards.
So, here we have Tom, who has crept out early between the lines to take a shot at an enemy officer who does his round at the same time each day. He has spannered his wheel lock, loaded carefully and even used his hunting sword embedded in the ground to rest his piece. Now to calm his breathing, allow for that forsaken wind and squeeze the trigger…..  ...
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Cromwell
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Cromwell. Our chief of Men.

 
Oliver Cromwell had little inclination to become a great general, and indeed had no military experience at all before he felt compelled to resist the machinations of Charles, raising a troop of horse in East Anglia and join the forces of rebellion. Many minor gentry raised local forces to fight for either faction, and Cromwell's troops were no different in those early days.
 
After years of campaigning however and under Cromwell's studious and pious leadership his regiment of horse, a huge, double sized unit, became a well-oiled, disciplined machine - so much so, that the Royalists themselves named them ironsides.
 
Cromwell went on to command armies all over Britain, culminating in devastating and bloody conquests in Scotland and Ireland, crushing Royalist resistance wherever it was met. As Lord Protector, he became in many ways a pastiche of the 'tyrant' Charles as he himself crushed Parliament and ruled with his generals in a military Junta. After a number of years his rule became unpopular and when he died, possibly of malaria, his son Richard was foolishly offered his post, a post no one else could hope to fill, so that shortly a grateful public recalled Charles' son to the throne.
 
Be that as it may, Oliver Cromwell showed himself to be an able general, a superb strategist and a focus for reform in turbulent times. His military legacy was the emergence of the red-coated British army and a navy that would challenge all other nations to supremacy.
 
Warlord Games have modelled the Lord Protector in full battle mode, flourishing his hat to show he is well and in command, wearing an iron cap, or 'secret' on the crown of his head,
 
One king but Jesus!

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Born in Prague in 1619 the son of Frederick V, Elector of Palatinate, Prince Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I.

Rupert first campaigned in the Thirty Years War at the age of 14, and was held hostage in Austria for 3 years until released with Charles' aid. He came to England with his brother, Maurice, in 1642.

Very gifted in langauges, the arts and mathematics, Rupert was a firm favourite and charismatic leader in the Royalist cause. He went on to become a feared and renowned cavalry commander, sweeping all before him in ferocious charges. Nicknamed 'Robert the Devil' by Parliament, it is clear the fear he instilled in them. Even his pet dog Boye was accused of being demonically possessed!

Headstrong and impetuous, the success of these charges was sometimes diminished by an inability to rein in after initial contact, and this cost the Royalist cause key victories.

This fantastic sculpt of Prince Rupert shows him leading his cavalrymen into the charge along with his fearsome dog Boye.

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Robert Devereux, eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Essex who was famously executed by Elizabeth I, was born in 1591. Although one of the wealthiest men in England at the time of the English Civil War, he was never a favourite at the court of Charles I.

He gained his early military experience fighting in the Thirty Years War for the protestant cause in Germany and the Low Countries. Essex firmly tied himself to the cause of Parliament by warning the five MP's about to be arrested on the Kings orders. He was in fact the highest ranking noble to support Parliament and was made Lord General of al Parliament forces in 1642.

Essex was a naturally cautious general, although undeniably brave. In fact, at Edgehill he was seen in the thick of the action with pike in hand. Beloved by his men, he was nicknamed 'Old Robin' by them as a term of endearment, his regiment becoming known as 'Olde Robin's Foote'

This fantastic sculpt shows Essex mounted and his hat off taking a salute.

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First off we have a Ranter, also known as a Leveller, Digger, or Agitator. The Parliament forces were full of them. Charismatic, forceful, bellicose, determined men who would hector and cajole their comrades to club together to be listened to and demand change!

Quite what they wanted could change daily, but commonly it would, not unreasonably, be about not being paid for 5 months, having no clothes to wear or no food to eat. Worse than that, sometimes the ale ran out! Often enough it was rather higher questions that were being asked. Matters of religion and God's command of man. "When Adam delved and Eve spun, who then was the gentleman?", was a question asked in the ranks.

Warlord's Ranter is a New Model Army man who is obviously appealing to his fellows to see reason. He has a scarf wrapped around his arm as a sign of his politicisation, a pamphlet on soldiers' rights stuffed into his hatband, and a suitably barmy expression. All he needs now is a chat with that nice Mr Cromwell - he seems a reasonable man….

Our next model is a Cleric based in some part on Archbishop Laud, who was done in by the Roundheads for being a bit old-fashioned in his views (ie, not being a bigoted Puritan). This saintly man has a sly expression, and worryingly carries a sword by his side (for protection or to enforce his preachings?).

We envision him being used mainly in Royalist armies to give a sermon before the battle. A bit of fire and brimstone before they go forward to do the Lord's work. He is also just the man to accompany Montrose's Irish Brigade in their campaigns (more on those in a newsletter soon…). Montrose had many Catholics in his army and they no doubt had priests to hear their confessions and crimes. We suspect they must have been busy men…

Our Puritan Preacher is a bit of a misery. He carries the good book and isn't afraid to use it! As you can see he is giving his flock a severe talking to, hopefully inspiring them to great things in Parliament's cause… "One King, KING JESUS!",  was one of the Parliamentarian's regular chants.

This model can be used in all Parliament armies, and especially in the New Model Army. In a pinch he can be put in Covenanter units as well (they were all Protestants) to wind up the lads against the filthy Highlanders and their Popish Catholicism!

 

Fireand Brimstone includes the following: 1Ranter, 1Cleric,1Preacher 

First off we have a Ranter, also known as a Leveller, Digger, or Agitator. The Parliament forces were full of them. Charismatic, forceful, bellicose, determined men who would hector and cajole their comrades to club together to be listened to and demand change!

Quite what they wanted could change daily, but commonly it would, not unreasonably, be about not being paid for 5 months, having no clothes to wear or no food to eat. Worse than that, sometimes the ale ran out! Often enough it was rather higher questions that were being asked. Matters of religion and God's command of man. "When Adam delved and Eve spun, who then was the gentleman?", was a question asked in the ranks.

Warlord's Ranter is a New Model Army man who is obviously appealing to his fellows to see reason. He has a scarf wrapped around his arm as a sign of his politicisation, a pamphlet on soldiers' rights stuffed into his hatband, and a suitably barmy expression. All he needs now is a chat with that nice Mr Cromwell - he seems a reasonable man….

Our next model is a Cleric based in some part on Archbishop Laud, who was done in by the Roundheads for being a bit old-fashioned in his views (ie, not being a bigoted Puritan). This saintly man has a sly expression, and worryingly carries a sword by his side (for protection or to enforce his preachings?).

We envision him being used mainly in Royalist armies to give a sermon before the battle. A bit of fire and brimstone before they go forward to do the Lord's work. He is also just the man to accompany Montrose's Irish Brigade in their campaigns (more on those in a newsletter soon…). Montrose had many Catholics in his army and they no doubt had priests to hear their confessions and crimes. We suspect they must have been busy men…

Our Puritan Preacher is a bit of a misery. He carries the good book and isn't afraid to use it! As you can see he is giving his flock a severe talking to, hopefully inspiring them to great things in Parliament's cause… "One King, KING JESUS!",  was one of the Parliamentarian's regular chants.

This model can be used in all Parliament armies, and especially in the New Model Army. In a pinch he can be put in Covenanter units as well (they were all Protestants) to wind up the lads against the filthy Highlanders and their Popish Catholicism!

 

Fireand Brimstone includes the following: 1Ranter, 1Cleric, 1Preacher

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This pack contains 4 causalities and 1 objective marker.

Comes supplied unpainted

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