Added to our Workbench feature today are twelve new 28mm miniatures suitable for the Italian Wars. These three new packs are for the period 1495 – 1530.

The triple bar helmet is most associated with the English Harquebusier cavalry of the 1640's, a lightened form of the heavier Cuirassiers dominant on the continent, Harquebusiers were the predominant cavalry type of the Parliamentarian army after 1643 as used by the 'Eastern Association'; and later the New Model Army, and although they became synonymous with the 'Roundhead' faction they could equally be found in 'Cavalier' units.

Quite why I've taken so long to get the pictures of these latest greens on the workbench is anybodies guess, but it has been ages since we collected these miniatures from our sculptor Nick Collier, and only really my tardiness has stopped me showing them off earlier.

These are the final two packs of Neapolitan Spanish Arquebusier for the period leading up to 1525, s you can see we have gone for miniatures in marching and firing poses, to complement the standing and loading ones we already have on sale.

This evening I am very pleased to be able finally to get round to showing off these latest miniatures in our ongoing Spanish Century Renaissance range.

These new additions are the sword and buckler troops for the Continental Spanish armies and are slightly different to our Conquistador sword and buckler men that are already released. These being much more heavily armoured than the ones designed for the new World

So far, in our Spanish Century extension to our Renaissance range, of 28mm miniatures, we have concentrated on the Spaniards themselves, Conquistadors for the New World and the Neapolitans, for Continental Europe.

Today we can start to show-off what we have planned for the first of the 'armies and enemies', the Italians.

This week’s additions to the Workbench feature here at TAG, are the latest in our huge and expanding Thirty Years War range of 28mm miniatures are three new packs which we have been asked by gamers who come to our web-forum.

We have been asked to make more commanders for our infantry regiments, to add greater variety, instead of having the same for few cloned individuals  commanding all the foot in their armies, so that is what we have done.

The Assault Group aren't making an English Civil War range...

But, occasionally we do make the odd pack of English miniatures for the 17th Century range, and in that context I delighted to show you these ‘English’ pikemen for the period 1610 – 1650. They are completely unarmoured, except for helmets, which on the continent of Europe was almost complete unheard off, and are posed with their pikes up-right.

Next on to the Workbench here at TAG HQ are 3 new Tatars for our Eastern Renaissance range of 28mm miniatures.

These musket armed warriors, called Segban, were mounted on ponies for ease of movement. We released the basic troops a year or so ago, but these new miniatures will allow those that would like to show their horse-holder represented on the model battlefield.