Rat Rampant

Here’s the three Landsknecht sculpts that have turned out well enough for me to cast. Once I add a halberdier I’ll have the four main weapon types for them.

There’s a mix of materials – mostly Green Stuff but for weapons and bases I prefer Milliput with a little Green or Gray Stuff mixed in. The Milliput is sandable, even with other materials mixed in, allow you to file things like swords to hard edges or sharp points. You can also stick your figure on a large blob of the stuff for a base and then file it down to the diameter and thickness you want.

A Landsknecht with arquebus, cast and painted up:

Pikeman with wire pike – I prefer this to the cast pikes.

For non-Landsknecht troops, I’m working on a peasant or city militia type.

No hands yet, I usually attach the weapon first. It’s much easier to do detailed items like hands when there’s a base for the GS – open hands are best with a wire frame at least.

The protrusion from his head will be a hat. I did the bulk of it first before putting on the brim. I’ve found the best sculpting results working in stages and layers. Too much unhardened GS is going to deform as you add details and ruining work you thought you finished is incredibly frustrating. Best to do a section and move on to another figure while it dries.