Khurasan Miniatures: We are very pleased to release the latest set for our popular Spanish colonial line of 15mm models, a Spanish colonial pike and shot unit.
The first units of Spanish colonial soldiers generally did not draw up in formal pike and shot units, and the troops in fact frequently used the crossbow, a weapon largely abandoned on the continent. However, as they expanded their presence in the New World, the Spanish began to field pike and shot formations, although they were not nearly as large as those used in the great battles of continental Europe. Because there were no fully-armoured gendarmes or Swiss mercenaries to worry about in the native forces, the ratio of shot to pikes could be much higher.
Some of the models in the unit are in traditional European dress, but others have gone native and the heavy fabric armour of local manufacture, making for an interesting and distinctive look for a pike and shot unit.
In other news on the New World range, the first codes of Inca will be released quite soon, either as auxiliaries for the Spanish or in their own armies.
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