Thinking about doing late 17th century Ottomans. Does anyone know how well Pendraken'sOttomans for 16th century match up to later army?
If I am going to do Ottomans, will also need some Poles. Again, is Pendraken range suitable for the 1680 to 1700 era?

This is one that keeps coming up, and the answer is yes most of the figures with firearms can be used, the artillery's weapons would need replacement. Cavalry, some ok some not. Turks were not the most adventurous in military fashion.

As an aside - Leon on the sales site, it might help to add alternate uses for various figures.

IanS

Vienna 1683, Pendraken Poles and Ottomans here on the Forum:

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5993.0.html

Quote from: WeeWars on 07 February 2014, 12:28:27 PM
Vienna 1683, Pendraken Poles and Ottomans here on the Forum:

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5993.0.html

Thanks for this link. Looks very impressive.

Hello stranger

See here - http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8995.0.html

Quote from: Hwiccee on 07 February 2014, 02:31:51 PM
Hello stranger

See here - http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8995.0.html

Thanks Nick-thought you might pop up here!

Hi Dave,

Yes I get everywhere


I missed your mention of Poles on the first post. The Polish range is fine through to 1717. Like the Ottomans as time goes on you get less 'old fashioned' stuff - armour, lances, bows and more modern pistols. carbines and swords are used instead. But I found it easy to cut down the spears/bows to make swords/pistols and paint over the armour if desired. The main change is the 'Foreign' troops - 'foreign' or 'German' infantry were dressed like classic Polish infantry early in this period but switched over to Western styles during the period. So at various times you could use infantry from the Polish range or from the LoA range or the WSS range for these. There were also 'foreign' cavalry - Arkabuzerii and Dragonii - basically western style heavy cavalry and dragoons. The dragoons often wore fur hats but apart from that these guys would look like western cavalry at the time - i.e. use LoA or WSS figures as appropriate.

The Poles had at the start (these numbers are a bit misleading as the Poles have a strange recruiting system - real numbers are roughly 2/3rd of this and then normal campaign loses, etc)

3327 Hussars
8874 Pancerni
2261 Light Cavalry
590 Arkabuzeri
3587 Dragoons
11378 'Foreign' infantry
513 'Hungarian' infantry