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Legnano to Jaffa: 28mm Late Twelveth Century Range, 1150-1200
The Late 12th century is in many ways the apogee of the knight in combat -- as long as he was intelligently employed, he was a battle-winning tool in the hands of European potentates. In the Levant, Richard used his milites to crushing effect as a trump-card in the Third Crusade. In Italy, German Emperor Friederich Barbarossa won victory after stunning victory against massive numerical odds, relying on the sword arms of his German knights -- that is, until fate finally dealt him Legnano.
Popular depictions to the contrary, this was not yet the period of the surcoat and the barrel helmet. Knights were still overwhelmingly equipped with full chainmail without a cloth covering, shields often somewhat larger than the heater that would later become nearly universal in the 13th century, and open-faced helmets often looking quite similar to those worn at Hastings more than a century before. They typically rode unarmoured horses.
Our first releases depict the core milites of any army, just as described above. Most men still had open faced helmets, no surcoat, and an unarmoured horse. While these were the bulk of milites available to any warlord, there were also gradually-increasing numbers of men in surcoats and masked helmets, as well as men-at-arms of the Holy Orders in mantles or similar distinct dress, and we have also released sets to depict those. Caparisons are also seen in art or mentioned on occasion, and those are now available for the knights as well. Infantry will be made next. Once the European range is fleshed out, and if it is well-received, Ayyubids will be made, as will the militias of the Italian cities, and Eastern European pagans (one preview figurine for those has been made, and is available below).
Knights are provided with separate pewter lances but of course you can use your own preferred wire spears instead. The reins on the horses are longer than needed for all the poses so you can always connect them right to the rider's left hand (and trim as needed).
(The painter trimmed the trumpet on the first set of milites command, but these were often quite long, and you can leave it as cast if you'd like.)
Caparisoned horses are shown in the images for the Military Orders milites.
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MILITES, NO SURCOAT, OPEN-FACED HELMETS
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-lance45-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-lance45-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-lanceup-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Lance Up, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-lanceup-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Lance Up, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-comm-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Command, on Unarmoured Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-comm-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail, Command, on Caparisoned Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-unit-deal-one | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail UNIT DEAL ONE -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on unarmoured horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-plain-unit-deal-two | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Full Chainmail UNIT DEAL TWO -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on caparisoned horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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MILITES, SURCOAT, ASSORTED HELMETS
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-lance45-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-lance45-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-lanceup-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Lance Up, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-lanceup-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Lance Up, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-comm-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Command, on Unarmoured Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-comm-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat, Command, on Caparisoned Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-unit-deal-three | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat UNIT DEAL THREE -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on unarmoured horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-surcoat-unit-deal-four | 28mm Late 12th Century Milites in Surcoat UNIT DEAL FOUR -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on caparisoned horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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MILITARY ORDERS BRETHREN, MANTLES, ASSORTED HELMETS
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-lance45-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-lance45-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Lance at 45 Degrees, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-lanceup-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Lance Up, on Unarmoured Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-lanceup-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Lance Up, on Caparisoned Horses (x3) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-comm-uh | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Command, on Unarmoured Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-comm-cap | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle, Command, on Caparisoned Horses (x3, includes one pewter lance pole in the pack) | $10.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-unit-deal-five | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle UNIT DEAL FIVE -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on unarmoured horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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| 28mm-l12thc-milorder-unit-deal-six | 28mm Late 12th Century Military Order Brethren in Monk's Mantle UNIT DEAL SIX -- two packs of lance up, one pack of lance 45, one pack of command, on caparisoned horses (x12 mounted figurines) | $37.99 |
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