Pike & Shotte

Sir William Waller

A supporter of the Parliamentary cause, Waller raised his own regiment of cavalry and captured Portsmouth in September 1642. He went on to fight at Edgehill and learned from the defeat of the Roundhead cavalry. He spent the rest of the year consolidating...

Christian IV Of Denmark

Christian IV is something of an enigma. He was a man of many personal flaws: excessive drinking and gambling, poor political acumen, and an unsavoury habit of burning witches, to name but a few. On the other hand, he was driven, ambitious, and was one of...

Pike & Shotte: Louis De Bourbon

Born into one of France’s greatest noble families, the young Louis was a well-educated and natural leader, as exhibited by his temporary governorship of Burgundy as a teenager and was eventually appointed to command French troops against the...

Pike & Shotte: Baron Hopton

Born in Somerset, he fought in Germany alongside his friend William Waller. He was appointed Lieutenant-General of the West by the King, he was to achieve fame in the 1643 battles of Stratton Hill, Lansdown Hill and Roundway Down. He was badly wounded by...

Pike & Shotte: Lord Astley

Serving as a soldier in the armies of Denmark and the Low Countries, Astley served in the Bishops’ Wars against Scotland. He fought at many of the major battles of the King’s Oxford Army, including Edgehill and the First and Second battles of...

Samurai Horsemen

The Samurai began life as retainers to the nobility and over time became known as the main warrior body of Japan. Initially, they were cavalry, armed with hand weapons and missile weapons. Hard hitting and superbly trained they were a professional force...

Samurai Infantry

The Samurai is an almost mythical warrior caste of Japanese history. Their most famous exploits occurred during the Sengoku period between 1467 and 1603. With the Emperor and the Shogun unable to control the many Daimyos, there was near constant fighting...

Ashigaru Missile Troops

The biggest change in the Sengoku period (1467-1603) would affect the role of missile troops in battle. At the start of the period, these were all armed with the yumi (bow) and fought in coordinated units to pepper the enemy with their arrows. This bow,...

Ashigaru Yari Spearmen

Ashigaru (literally “light foot”) were so named as they had lighter armour than the Samurai. They also formed the bulk of the armies of the day. Each Samurai was expected to provide two armed Ashigaru. Many of these would be armed with the...

Samurai Starter Army

The Samurai are the almost mythical warrior caste of Japanese history. Their most famous exploits occurred during the Sengoku period between 1467 and 1603. With the Emperor and the Shogun unable to control the many daimyos, there was near constant...

Croat Cavalry Command - WGP-TYW-38

Contains three mounted metal miniatures, supplied unpainted.

Swedish Leather Gun & Crew - WGP-TYW-35

The leather cannon, or leather gun, was designed from the desire to build a light and cost effective weapon that would help fill the gap between the portable musket an the more static heavy cannons in use at the time. The gun's odd name comes from the...

Croat Cavalry - WGP-TYW-33

Contains three mounted metal miniature, supplied unpainted.

Cardinal Richelieu - WGP-TYW-26

Cardinal Richelieu! The Red Eminence, as he was known, was a powerful clergyman acting as the French King Louis XIII's First Minister. Richelieu transformed France into a strong central power and wielded not inconsiderable influence during the war. Pack...

Count Tilly - The Monk In Armour - WGP-TYW-03

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commanded the Imperial forces during the Thirty Years War. He had a string on important victories against the Protestants but was then defeated by forces led by the King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Along with Albrecht...

Wallenstein - Imperialist Commander - WGP-TYW-02

A gifted politician and soldier from Bohemia, Wallenstein grew in stature to command armies for the Imperialist, or Habsburg cause, fielding vast forces in many battles in The Thirty Years War. Despite his many successes he fell out of Imperial favour...

Gustavus Adolphus - King Of Sweden - WGP-TYW-01

The charismatic King of Sweden who changed seventeenth century warfare forever with his reforms. We depict him here in buffcoat and with drawn sword leaping his horse over an obstacle, once again leading from the front like all proper politicians should...

Thirty Years War Swordsmen - WGP-SWO-01

Amongst the dense pike columns and sleeves of shot, could sometimes be found soldiers like these sword and buckler men. Sometimes used to defend the colours, sometimes formed into assault parties, they would certainly be where the fighting was the most...

Pike & Shotte: For King & Country Starter Set - WGP-START-01

Pike & Shotte is a game of tabletop battles with model soldiers set in the 17th century. Pit your wits and tactics against your friends as armies clash in massed combat. This starter set gives you the splendid Pike & Shotte rulebook and two starter...

Saker Cannon & Crew - WGP-SAK-01

The Saker was the mainstay of the artillery park. Large and fearsome enough to pound the enemy in the field and also manageable (just!) so that it could arrive on the battlefield. We forget today that 350 years ago in Britain few had seen the savage...

Prince Rupert - WGP-RUP-01

Born in Prague in 1619 the son of Frederick V, Elector of Palatinate, Prince Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I. Rupert first campaigned in the Thirty Years War at the age of 14, and was held hostage in Austria for 3 years until released with...

Armoured Swordsmen - WGP-REL-27

This blister pack contains 8 metal miniatures (composed of 4 different poses.) Please note that these models are supplied unpainted, and some preparatory work may be required.

Mercenary Captain Mounted - WGP-REL-20

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Contents may vary.

Mortar & Crew - WGP-MOR-01

There were few more terrifying weapons in the 17th Century than the fearsome blast of the mortar bomb. Employed largely at sieges, mortars spat their fizzing, hissing shells high into the air clearing the tallest walls or towers to crash into streets or...

Mac Colla "The Devastator" & Bodyguard - WGP-MON-04

This is Warlord's take on perhaps the most dangerous man in the British Isles at the time...Alasdair MacColla "The Devastator", a man who went by many names, some rarely used out loud! This legendary Highland warrior came from the Isles and grew famous...

Regular Highlanders - WGP-MAC-07

Not all of the Highlanders that fought in the Civil War ran amok in wild mobs! Oh no, the Covenanter forces fielded units from the Highlands who had no love for Montrose nor the King. Clan emnities run deep in Scotland, so the chance to strike back at...

Landsknecht Looting party - WGP-LS-37

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Landsknecht Arquebusiers - WGP-LS-26

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Landsknecht Handbuchse light gun - WGP-LS-23

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Landsknecht Pikemen - WGP-LS-22

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Landsknecht command advancing - WGP-LS-21

Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Earl of Essex - WGP-ESS-01

Robert Devereux, eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Essex who was famously executed by Elizabeth I, was born in 1591. Although one of the wealthiest men in England at the time of the English Civil War, he was never a favourite at the court of Charles I. He...