sorry but the Empire Great Swords are way nicer sculpts, these are fine but not in the same ball park

I wanted to address the elephant in the room, the massive empire knights decal sheet , it doesn't make any sense and the conspiracy theorist in me says that there are new sculpts for Empire knights but for some reason they didn't release them. Firstly the box art contains zero decals from the sheet, the decal sheet is very very extensive and was clearly designed and sized with shield sized icons for the 3 major orders, plus loads of other items that simply dont work for the models in this box. plus the assembly instructions were produced using the old assembly instructions so features the very obvious Reiksguard parts for the knights

Do you do requests? I wanna hear I was made for loving you.

I love this period and this has prompted me to make it my 2025 project... My wife will just say it's just adding to the mountain of grey 😅

If I didn't own a 3d printer, I'd probably have gone down this route and use other brands like this one. I also didn't notice mold lines on these models, is it the case or a lighting trick ?

Great box, indeed. Very nice models and a lot of them 👍🏻

There’s a lot more proxy kits out there! Not to mention conversion bits!

If they were spears or halberds- yes. But not pikes.

👍❤️🤘🔥

I used the fireforge for lion rampant skirmish game.

Just getting back into the hobby side of things after 18 months off and loving your videos, the warlord stuff is great and scales nicely with Perry miniatures, would love to see how they compare with Wargames Atlantic Conquistadors and knights! Keep up the great work

The Griffon looks very useful (as well as being a nice model too).

Have you looked at the Perry horses for comparison?

Bronzino would make a great general!

Great idea for raising that horse! Great comparison video Sir, thank you 😊

Very good video. I was curious about these models for the same purpose (after buying a box or two!) thanks muchly 😊

I know Mighty Lancer, had some dealings, they're very good in my experience 👍😊 I have a couple of boxes of these miniatures exactly for Old World intentions. THEN I saw this army box set.... 🫠😄 Probably still get one this year. I am thinking of the Wargames Atlantic new cavalry to fill that role. Just need some biiiig guns to tie in with these 😊

I must admit your editing is somewhat annoying as you start speaking it suddenly changes to another view with snippets of information, let it run a bit longer

You can pin an arm put not a quite chunky feather?

Gotta love sales. I picked up a Tomb Kings starter set, normally 300, on a clearance 40% off at my LGS. Dropped the price down to 180, impossible to pass up.

Bronzino is so cool 💣💥💀

Was very curious about this boxed set and whether I should get it - many thanks for giving us a look inside. Cheers!

I got the zweihanders box to get a feel for them before commiting to the starter army. Lovely models, but painting them can be a little daunting if you're doing a historical look with every man dressed like a rainbow 😅😂

I'm loving this series of videos for your Empire/Historical project! My only suggestion would be to do more comparisons with other miniatures during the video if possible!

The only thing giving me pause is those non-optional bases/feet they're all born with. Don't like them at all.

Unless you want to model "High Helms" i don't see why you would want oversized humans for your Empire armies, after all it looks more heroic if your more monstery enemies loom over the humans. Buying GW is essentially paying more for less accurate figures.

Algorithm. :)

Looking good… I’ve got the ECW starter army from Warlord… when they say it’s an army, they really mean you’re buying an army!! It’s huge and really good value. I’ve painted a few landsknecht, it’s weird taking time painting so many codpieces lol

This box is exactly where I started with my new take on a dogs of war army. Love the juxtaposition of historical and real units next to something highly fantastical.

I use the excess sprues plastic for DIY movement trays. They're 5 mm in width which makes them perfect for homemade adapter trays for 20mm, 25mm and cav bases in Old World.

Your alternative empire army could be a border prince's realm

I never liked the GW plastic pistoliera. They are to chonky. Im glad ive got 25 of the metal ones to work with

Mighty Lancer Games is great! They also have an excellent discord for hobbying/painting community. Thanks for this comparison, looks like a nice box!

Great review mate,a possible future project for me

Mighty lancer games get a visit from me every year on my holiday to Bridlington. Love them

Great looking models, I have just received three boxes of Warlord Greeks to start my own Greek army, looking forward to getting started. Please keep us posted with your progress, it keeps fellow hobbyists motivated :)

I'm no planet hugger but i absolutely hate the amount of waste on plastic sprue miniatures.

Thank you for the shout out. It always makes us smile when a member of the MLG community gets awesome new hobby from us and tells the world about us. As a tiny flgs hobby shop it gives us a warm fuzzy feeling inside. Happy hobbying everyone 😁

A gorgeous period and a promising box, enjoy!

I got this box last year such a fun set to put together and paint!

Good review, I like the Warlord Games Landsknechts, they are good minis, pretty affordable as well. There are a couple of issues though. 1) the are I think two versions of these very large sleeves, the ones you chose for your test mini, that can be hard to glue onto the body. They have this sort of circular ridge around the shoulder joint that I believe was supposed to "stick up" to create a puff goin up from the minis shoulder. However, I found that they are a pain to glue on. You also cannot put a katzbalger on the belt with those arms. 2) because of the design of the neck joints and some very high collars, some heads, if glued directly on, will be bowed down. That's especially the case for the head in the plain sallet. You have to either trim the back of the colour or the neck joint on the head for them not to look directly down at their toes.

How strong are the pikes? I have always replaced plastic spears on my warhammer miniatures with steel wire to get a thinner but less fragile spear. That's been fairly easy on GW miniatures because the spearheads are so oversize its easy to drill a hole in them to receive the wire, but on those pikes the tips don't look big enough to do that.

The "k" in "landsknecht" is not silent 😂

They are a lot smaller than gw 4th Ed empire but not that noticeable on the table top especially if you glue their bases to the top one of the taller gw style bases for some extra height. Anyway not all men are the same height and I painted mine as underfed Stirlanders.

The quality of the details on these is so much better than the ones on the state troops, maybe I got a miscast or something but all details are so muddy…

Been enjoying your content mate and i hope the hobby continues to provide a place of peace for you.

For Landsknechts models, I would recommend Sunland Landsknechts from Highlands Miniatures.

I am tempted now.... For variance of head, you could try the spare heads (with Morion helmets) from the Wargames Atlantic cavalry. On other sets the Warlord/Atlantics could be exchanged.

Great comparison! 😍 An extra shot short with Perry & Victrix Medieval horses would have been the bomb - just to get an idea regarding possibilities to jump between these manufacturers too... (I know its not fitting your Empire theme...) Perhaps an ultimate horses comparison video in the future? (plus Claymore/Gripping Beast, ? etc.). BTW, your work here is priceless! Regarding all those tabletop videos almost nobody does this kind of content - which should seem so full of value to all kitbashers / people that mix-n-match between lines. Keep up your fantastic work! 🥳👌

I'm going to have to stop watching your videos... too much temptation Then again, deep in my stash I have a bunch of Wargames Foundry Landsknecht bought way back when to serve as proxy Empire with a bunch of GW.