One of my personal problems with the hobby of miniature wargaming is that I've hardly ever met a toy soldier I didn't like. Nevertheless, long years of discipline have left me able to walk through the dealers' area at major conventions without new projects--most of the time. However, I've always had a soft spot for 1/72 scale plastics, as a result of having been raised on Airfix in the early 1970s. As a result, I have a tendency to buy 'sample' boxes of new releases.
When Orion released the first box of Landsknechts (doppelsoldners and arquebusiers) some years ago, I was already working on the 40mm Renaissance project shown here previously. My 40s were already mounted on group bases for larger scale battles, so I thought that it might be fun to paint up a few individuals for a skirmish game.
I got as far as assembling the figures and priming them, but then foundered on the realization that my speed at scenery building meant that I would never get this game on the table. I only ever finished this one figure, just to show that I could.
