Late medieval mounted crossbows

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will05
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Late medieval mounted crossbows

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I am painting a later medieval army which I want to use for a Danish army circa 1400-1500. I am looking for models in 15mm of mounted crossbow. I have looked at Essex and they seem a bit early, Legio heroica don't look very armoured ( although I may go with some of them) and Mirliton look a bit Swiss.

Any suggestions? The more the merrier because I want a good mix of poses in the units of this army.
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donnington

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Re: Late medieval mounted crossbows

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will05 wrote:I am painting a later medieval army which I want to use for a Danish army circa 1400-1500. I am looking for models in 15mm of mounted crossbow. I have looked at Essex and they seem a bit early, Legio heroica don't look very armoured ( although I may go with some of them) and Mirliton look a bit Swiss.

Any suggestions? The more the merrier because I want a good mix of poses in the units of this army.
The mirliton mtd Xbow from the cummunal range are good for less fully armoured troops.
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Post by will05 »

Donnington & fighting 15's....thanks I'll check them out.
Thanks for the Italian Commune also, but I want something a bit later and more rather than less armoured. They are rated as armoured in FOG .

Do people think I could use this for later Danish: http://www.vexillia.ltd.uk/venexia/images/scangi06.jpg , or is it a bit too late. I am thinking of the flashy hat.

Also there is this: http://www.vexillia.ltd.uk/mirliton/images/cc22.jpg , or is the feather too Swiss.

I am not trying to be really historicaly accurate as I want these battle groups to be morphed into other later medieval armies, and I want lots of variety. So there is room for some artistic licence there, but I guess I should steer clear of wildly wrong things.
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Post by gozerius »

Essex in their Medieval Early Rennaisance (MER) line. Also Eastern Medieval (EMED) range.
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Post by madaxeman »

Old Glory do some quite nice ones with two-part castings split at the waist - there are some pics on my site in the 15mm photo gallery.
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Post by hammy »

There are also the Vexillia Polish mounted crossbows http://www.vexillia.ltd.uk/vexillia/images/vxec006.jpg

I am planning on a mix of Vexillia, Donnington and whatever was left in the bits box.
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