28mm The Assault Group – Ottoman Levent. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII There are not too much information about these guys, and the term Levent is also commonly used as Marine, but also as a sort of semi-professional auxiliary troops. One of the Osprey books about the Ottoman Army, contains one illustration of these guys exactly as… Continue reading 28mm The Assault Group – Ottoman Levent.
28mm The Assault Group – Janissaries with Bow.
28mm The Assault Group – Janissaries with Bow. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Second Janissary Bow unit of the army. I Followed a color schema depicted by Osprey in one of their books. Flag is from Wargames Designs, re-printed to match the style of my own flags which i will use in the future. All the figures… Continue reading 28mm The Assault Group – Janissaries with Bow.
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (3).
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (3). Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Third Janissary Musket unit. Flag is from Wargames Designs, re-printed to match the style of my own flags which i will use in the future. Figures are by The Assault Group and Warlord Games. They have both different styles but… Continue reading 28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (3).
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (2).
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (2). Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Second Janissary Musket unit. Flag is from Wargames Designs, re-printed to match the style of my own flags which i will use in the future. Figures are by The Assault Group and Warlord Games. They have both different styles but… Continue reading 28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (2).
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (1).
28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (1). Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII First Janissary Musket unit Flag is from Wargames Designs, re-printed to match the style of my own flags which i will use in the future. Figures are by The Assault Group and Warlord Games. They have both different styles but… Continue reading 28mm The Assault Group – Warlord Games – Janissaries with Musket (1).
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Halberd.
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Halberd. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Last in this initial batch for the Ottoman army, are these Janissaries armed with halberds. One more time we have all the figures sided the same, in quite similar poses, some of them a bit odd. After have painted (except muskets, next in the pipeline)… Continue reading 28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Halberd.
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Bow.
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Bow. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Janissaries with Bow, Ottoman Turkish’s elites troop. Bows, compared with Muskets, were a cheap and still quite efficient weapon in the time, so it was extensively used in the Ottoman army. Warlord offer two different blisters for these guys, firing and advancing. As happened on… Continue reading 28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Bow.
28mm Walord Games – Azabs (Azap).
28mm Walord Games – Azabs (Azap). Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Azabs (Azaps) were an irregular volunteer infantry of the Ottoman empire, they were only paid during war times, so they mainly only existed during wars. As volunteers they were free to left the army at any time. they hadn’t any kind of train or uniformity, and… Continue reading 28mm Walord Games – Azabs (Azap).
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Sword.
28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Sword. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Janissaries were a military elite during a few centuries in the Ottoman-Turkish empire who evolved from military to socio-cultural ambit of the Ottoman empire. It’s a very interesting topic to research, they did an extensive use of the fire-arms, but as any other army of… Continue reading 28mm Warlord Games – Janissaries with Sword.
28mm Warlord Games – Wallachian Voynik Infantry.
28mm Warlord Games – Wallachian Voynik Infantry. Ottoman Empire XVI-XVII Wallachian Voynik, Ottoman Turkish’s auxiliary troops. Wallachian is a region in the nowadays Romania, and in the time was under the Ottoman Empire control. During the second siege of Vienna, 1683, Wallachian Corps was given task to bridging Danube. Warlord have 2 different sets for… Continue reading 28mm Warlord Games – Wallachian Voynik Infantry.