Command

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pike & Shotte Command Group 3 - WGP-EC-75

Pike & Shotte Mounted Commander - WGP-EC-58

Pack contains 1 mounted metal figure with a choice of 2 heads. Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

Fire and Brimstone - WGP-EC-31

First off we have a Ranter, also known as a Leveller, Digger, or Agitator. The Parliament forces were full of them. Charismatic, forceful, bellicose, determined men who would hector and cajole their comrades to club together to be listened to and demand...

James Graham, The Marquis of Montrose - WGP-EC-27

The Marquis of Montrose was perhaps the most tragic, brilliant and romantic figure of the British civil wars.He became the King's Champion in all of Scotland and fought a brilliant campaign against extraordinary odds battling the grim Government...

Lord Leven - WGP-EC-25

The Covenanter´…_Ùs armies most gifted and successful general.¨Æ__ This Thirty Years War veteran was instrumental in the English Civil Wars.¨ÆãÆ__ ¨Æ__ Contains single mounted metal character.¨Æ__ Supplied unpainted and unassembled.

Oliver Cromwell - WGP-CRO-01

Cromwell. Our chief of Men. Oliver Cromwell had little inclination to become a great general, and indeed had no military experience at all before he felt compelled to resist the machinations of Charles, raising a troop of horse in East Anglia and join...

Pike & Shotte Command - WGP-CMD-01

Officer. Lifted straight from page 116 of Wagner's classic TYW book, this officer is a classic study. He is richly dressed, in old fashioned jacket and possibly has served on the continent himself. He will be ideal for all early armies, as Royalist,...

King Charles I - WGP-CHA-01

Divisive but powerful, Charles I was the King of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Betrayed by the perfidious Scots he was defeated and eventually murdered (or executed illegally). He was praised as a Saint by the Anglican church during the reign of his...