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Heroic 15mm MILLENNIUM -- 1000AD to 1150AD
The Millennium, 1000AD, may not have been apocalyptic, but it was everything but. The period between 1000AD and 1150 saw the Norman Conquests, the beginning of the struggle between the Emperor and the Pope, El Cid, Manzikert, and of course the epic First Crusade, with a lot of action following in Outremer, and culminating in the disastrous Second Crusade.
These are "heroic" models so the proportions are chunkier, an aesthetic that proved very popular with our first such range, the Trajanic Romans. In case you're wondering that that translates into compared to "non-heroic" 15mm, here's an image of one of our crusading pilgrims (left) compared to a dismounted Mongol (right) -- as you can see, he's just slightly taller, but the main difference is in his bulk, he's got a bit more heft to make him more visible at normal tabletop playing distances.
The range is called MILLENNIUM but it extends into the middle of the next century, because it will center around Europe and the Near East, and European miliary equipment didn't change very much in the period. Knights fighting at the Second Battle of Dorylaeum in 1147 would have appeared (almost) identical to the victors at Hastings almost a century earlier.
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EUROPEAN AND CRUSADER MOUNTED
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| MILLENNIUM-WILLIAM | MILLENNIUM 15mm William the Conqueror (or other high commander) (x1) | $1.89 |
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| MILLENNIUM-GODFREY | MILLENNIUM 15mm Godfrey of Bouillon (or other high commander) (x1) | $1.89 |
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| MILLENNIUM-MTD-BISH | MILLENNIUM 15mm European mounted bishops (Odo of Bayeux, Adhémar of Monteil or other fighting bishop, and bishop bearing the True Cross or similar relic) (x2) | $3.69 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-COMM1 | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knight mounted command set 1 (x3) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-CHRG | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knights charging (x3) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-UP | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knights lance held up (x3) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-THROW | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knights throwing spears (x3, all knights did this in the early to mid 11th centuries, and Breton and Spanish and some other knights continued to do so later) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-HANDWEAPONS | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knights with handweapons (x3, two swords and a mace) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-GER-KNIGHTS-CHRG | MILLENNIUM 15mm German (or other) knights charging with great-swords (x3) | $5.49 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-E11THC-UNIT | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knight unit deal, early 11th century (four packs -- one pack command, one pack throwing spears, one pack handweapons, one pack spear up) | $19.79 |
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| MILLENNIUM-KNIGHTS-L11THC-UNIT | MILLENNIUM 15mm European knight unit deal, later 11th century (four packs -- one pack command, one pack spear down, two packs spear up) | $19.79 |
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| MILLENNIUM-SELJUK-TURCO-GENERIC | MILLENNIUM 15mm First Crusade Byzantine-loaned Turkopouli (these are the same figurines in the Seljuk range) (x3) | $5.49 |
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EUROPEAN AND CRUSADER FOOT
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| MILLENNIUM-FOOT-KN-COMM1 | MILLENNIUM 15mm Dismounted Knight Command Set 1 (x3) | $2.59 |
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| MILLENNIUM-FOOT-KN-TWOHANDED | MILLENNIUM 15mm Dismounted Knights Using Two Handed Swords, especially suitable for Swabians or other German knights (x4) | $3.79 |
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| MILLENNIUM-FOOT-KN-SW | MILLENNIUM 15mm Dismounted Knights With Swords (x4) | $3.39 |
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| MILLENNIUM-FOOT-KN-SP | MILLENNIUM 15mm Dismounted Knights With Spears (x4) | $3.39 |
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| MILLENNIUM-INF-ARM-SP | MILLENNIUM 15mm Infantry in Armour With Spears (x12) | $9.99 |
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| MILLENNIUM-INF-ARM-XB | MILLENNIUM 15mm Infantry in Armour With Crossbows (x12) | $9.99 |
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| MILLENNIUM-INF-UNARM-SP | MILLENNIUM 15mm Infantry, Unarmoured, With Spears (x12) | $9.99 |
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| MILLENNIUM-INF-UNARM-XB | MILLENNIUM 15mm Infantry, Unarmoured, With Crossbows (x12) | $9.99 |
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| MILLENNIUM-INF-UNARM-BW | MILLENNIUM 15mm Infantry, Unarmoured, With Bows (x4) | $3.39 |
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| MILLENNIUM-CRUSADER-PILGRIMS | MILLENNIUM 15mm Crusader Pilgrims (x10) | $8.29 |
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| MILLENNIUM-NONCOMBATTANTS | MILLENNIUM 15mm Crusader "noncombatants" -- monk with crucifix, "washerwoman" with frying pan, and child with rock (x3), meant as mix-ins for Crusader foot, especially Pilgrims | $2.99 |
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BEDOUINS
Bedouins could be found, sometimes in considerable numbers, in all the armies of the Middle East and as far as Central Asia in this period. They also formed their own dynasties which ruled local regions of the Middle East.
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THE SELJUK TURKS
The Seljuks may have seemed to have arrived from the East like a thunderbolt, inflicting a mortal (but not fatal) wound on the Byzantine Empire, but these Turks had previously served the waning Samanids in the east, then overthrew the Ghaznavids. Moving East, they conquered Baghdad, defeated the Byzantines in Asia Minor, then conquered the Jazira and the Levant.
Their culture and army was very strongly influenced by the Persian Samanids of Khurasan, and included elite Ghilmen, but the core of their manpower was made up of turcoman horse archers. The range includes many variations of these. Some historians conjecture that the grenadier-like sharbush cap may have been worn only by chieftains and other headmen, some Turcomans would have adopted Persian or other hats as they moved from region to region, or in the west they may have worn turbans or other hats typically worn by the Seljuks themselves (the Seljuks seem to have resisted wearing a turban until they moved to the West). Finally, we have more "basal" eastern turcomans dressed like Gok Turks, as well as or "generic" Turcomans," and the generics in particular may be suitable for the Turkopouli that were involved in the First Crusade as allies. We may make Turcomans in fez caps eventually.
We decided to make the Seljuk infantry as Kurds, as they seem to be the type most likely to have served on foot in all of the best known campaigns in both East and West. The Agulani are quite mysterious, derived from only one reference, but that reference is quite compelling! Fully armourred, horse and man, fighting with swords. We have depicted them as such, but we also offer them with mixed armoured horses if you want to use them as heroes or leaders in heavy cavalry units or as subgenerals, and on unarmoured horses as Kurds, who are described as wearing heavier armour than Arabs and also as fighting mainly with swords.
Seljuk Askars were a sort of medium cavalry, lesser ghllmen, lesser nobles and mercenaries. All the figurines depicted shooting forward are break-waist models.
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