Description: Pike & Shotte - Oliver CromwellSummary: One unpainted miniature for Pike & ShottePike & Shotte is a 28mm historical tabletop wargame covering the Thirty Years War, English Civil Wars, Italian Wars and Wars of Religion.The 17th Century saw catastrophic war in Europe, a conflict so savage that its like had hitherto had been unknown, especially to the civilian population. The Thirty Years War ravaged whole countries and populations, whilst the first truly national armies marched and counter marched over Europe. Meanwhile, in Britain, the King was losing power to an aggressive, self-assured Parliament, galvanised be new ways of thinking, by religion and by personal ambition. The two parties were on a collision course to war and when it came in 1642 caught the country unaware and unprepared. The hastily raised armies clashed many times before Parliament triumphed, then succumbed to in-fighting, before the Restoration of Charles II. Warlord brings you all the main protagonists for both wars, Grand divisions, Tercios and whole wings of glittering cavalry are yours to command, led by gentlemen of honour whose names are remembered today, men who commanded and fought in the front ranks: Rupert, Fairfax, Wallenstein, Gustavus Adolphus, Montrose and MacColla "the Devastator".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 the forces of rebellion. Many minor gentry raised local forces to fight for either faction, and Cromwell’s troops were no different in those early days.After years of campaigning however and under Cromwell's studious and pious leadership his regiment of horse, a huge, double sized unit, became a well-oiled, disciplined machine - so much so, that the Royalists themselves named them ironsides.Cromwell went on to command armies all over Britain, culminating in devastating and bloody conquests in Scotland and Ireland, crushing Royalist resistance wherever it was met. As Lord Protector, he became in many ways a pastiche of the 'tyrant' Charles as he himself crushed Parliament and ruled with his generals in a military Junta. After a number of years his rule became unpopular and when he died, possibly of malaria, his son Richard was foolishly offered his post, a post no one else could hope to fill, so that shortly a grateful public recalled Charles' son to the throne.Be that as it may, Oliver Cromwell showed himself to be an able general, a superb strategist and a focus for reform in turbulent times. His military legacy was the emergence of the red-coated British army and a navy that would challenge all other nations to supremacy.Warlord Games have modelled the Lord Protector in full battle mode, flourishing his hat to show he is well and in command, wearing an iron cap, or 'secret' on the crown of his head, One king but Jesus!Cromwell on horseback. Multi-part metal miniature. 28mm scale.Pack contains one miniature. Miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly.Company: Warlord GamesSeries/Line: Pike & ShotteStock Number: WGP-CRO-01Contents: One (1) MiniatureSculptor: N/AScale: 28mmMaterial: White Metal AlloyCondition: New Thanks for viewing.
Price: 11.5 USD
Location: College Station, Texas
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Assembly Required?: Yes
Company: Warlord Games
Custom Bundle: No
Painted?: No
Material: White Metal Alloy
Scale: 28mm
MPN: WGP-CRO-01
Age Level: 17 Years & Up
Modified Item: No
Brand: Warlord Games
Number of Figures: 1
Features: Metal
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: English Civil Wars
