I am a big fan of medieval footsoldiers and also of multipose figures. So I had to do some of Fireforge´s 28mm medieval "foot sergeants", a quite generic set of feudal European infantry for the 13th century, converted with parts from other Fireforge sets. There are some weaknesses, like the fact you get figures wearing chainmail under the gambeson. This happens, when you interact freely with parts of differents packs.
So here are some foot troops and mercenaries of the knights Templar, as they could have appeared in Outremer during the 13th century. I did some catapult crew figs also, converted with pewter heads from Mirliton.
I am not a wargamer and I think this time I won´t use the figs for a diorama....just for fun toy soldiers.
If you try to seach for the correct heraldry of the Templar order, you have many choices, which are probably not correct in a historical context. Black over white, white over black, white with different kinds of crosses. The only contemporary wall painting of a knight templar (or a mounted sergeant) shows a shield white over black with a small BLACK cross in the white area. And if you search the internet, the confusion becomes perfect.....so I decided for a compromise between historic and good looking.
....and I like to paint heraldry. The catapult is a rubber model by Whiz Kids, with some more details added by me.
The mounted sergeant you can see in the background is from a Conquest Games plastic set.
Have fun watching the images.
Thomas
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