Victrix: New Plastic 12th & 13th Century Medieval Range - Crusades, Feudal Europe and Much More!

Victrix: We are very excited to announce that Victrix is starting a new Medieval range, covering the period from the 12th to 13th century. We intend to cover the armies of the Crusades, both Western and Islamic, followed by Feudal Europe including Spain and the wars of the Reconquista.

The first sets being worked on are some Knights from the late 12th to mid 13th century wearing surcoats and riding barded horses. Barding started to come into use near the end of the 12th Century in Europe but started to be used earlier by western Knights in the Crusader States due to influences from the Byzantines and Moslem cavalry. It added much needed protection for the horses against the hails of Turkish arrows. We have also made a start on the Islamic forces. First of all being Moslem infantry with spears and swords which will represent the foot soldiers of the 11th to 13th century Fatamid and Ayyubid Caliphates as well as Syrian City Militia, Andalusians in Spain and can be used further back into the 7th and 8th centuries as part of the great Islamic conquests of those centuries.

Though this is the beginning of a new range, we at Victrix intend to cover the major factions of the period and we hope to create the opportunity for collectors to have a choice of opposing armies in the various spheres of conflict throughout this period. The Crusades will obviously be focused on, with the intention of releasing sets for both Christian and Muslim armies as shown above. Moreover, this will link nicely with our intentions to include releases for the forces of Al-Andalus and the Northern Christian Kingdoms of Spain; a hugely interesting period of Muslim and Christian medieval history.

Feudal Europe will also be explored, we are hoping to perhaps explore the factions of the Angevin Empire, France and the Holy Roman Empire, who were in states of constant warfare throughout this period. We will also be releasing a Byzantine range for this period, these can be used against Christian or Muslim factions such as their Italian enemies whom sacked the city of Constantinople during the fourth Crusade, establishing the Latin Empire. We always like to get things as accurate as we can with our miniatures so we always welcome reference input from our knowledgeable customers who might have explicit knowledge of the period.