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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Aug 5

Infantry ("Fodder") of the 44th Good Root Disciples Regiment.

(mini made for the H.R.E.N.28 event for #Turnip28 held by the Amulet D20 crew. A full writeup on my blog: backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/08/hren...)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Aug 5

Lieutenant Moszcz, a brave Snob of the 44th Good Root Regiment.

(mini made for the @h.r.e.n.28 event for #Turnip28 held by @amulet_d20. A full writeup on my blog: backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/08/hren...)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dame Emilia, the Winner of the Shooting Star and the current Toff of the 44th Good Rood Disciples Regiment.

(mini made for the @h.r.e.n.28 event for #Turnip28 held by @amulet_d20. A full writeup on my blog: backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/08/hren...)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Aug 5

On my blog: a writeup of the H.R.E.N.28 event for #Turnip28 held by Amulet D20, and of my brave Regiment, the 44th Good Root Disciples. backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/08/hren...

H.R.E.N.28: Turnip Adventures of the 44th Good Root Disciples

The Regiment of the 44th Good Root Disciples was formed partly because of the unfortunate demise of the 43rd regiment, and partly because of...

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Jun 4

On my blog, an overview of Perry Agincourt kits, which work quite well for depicting the murderous soldiers from St. John's Polyptych of Stargard.

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Using Agincourt Perry Miniatures for St John's Polyptych of Stargard

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 22

My overview of kits viable for my late 15th century Pomeranians continues with the Foot Knights I bought quite a while ago, when I knew nothing of epic highs and lows (mostly lows, though) of the Pomeranian Cow War of 1469 and related conflicts. backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/05/usin...

Using Perry Foot Knights 1450-1500 for Pomerania

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 16

On my blog, I'm reviewing Perry Miniatures Mounted Men at Arms kit on the merits of using it for historically accurate late 15th century Pomeranians: backwaterdeathworld.blogspot.com/2025/05/usin... (pictured below: historically accurate late 15th century Pomeranians)

Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 8

44th Good Root Disciples pledge their arms to the defence of Geets.

Our fathers died for hopeless causes, our grandfathers died for hopeless causes, and 43 Good Root Disciple regiments before us died for hopeless causes, and so we would gladly die for a hopeless cause as well. #Turnip28

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 4

bright contrasting campo paintjobs are underutilised in 40k, I think

Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 4

(the mini hand-sculpted from scratch -- background is historical, particular character stories are fiction)

Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · May 4

In summer 1471, due to sluggish peace talks, the long and bloody war between Brandenburg and Pomerania was still not over. But Heske was in love for the first time in her life and it was the only thing that mattered.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Apr 24

Yes! We need more converted Infinity. Do you know the work of xeno-savanarola? He was converting too, posting on old Infinity forums -- he's on Deviant Art now www.deviantart.com/xeno-savonar... (NSFW warning, he was very into Giger).

xeno-savonarola User Profile | DeviantArt

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Apr 24

We have some knowledge of uniform liveries worn by soldiers in the 15th century (white and red for Lubeck town levies, for example), but we also often get depictions of soldiers wearing mismatched colours - like the mercenaries in the painting depicting the siege of Malbork.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Apr 6

Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHqS...

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Apr 6

On a somewhat less historically accurate note, behold Gerolt of Riga, a Latvian mercenary with high professional ethics.

A Perry Miniatures model styled after the Witcher, facing a knight.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 31

For Stargard, its highly stylised Mill Gate featured on several seals. The gatehouse building was the meeting place of the Sailors' Guild, the most prominent guild in town. (sources: Czerner 1989, "Herby miast województwa koszalińskiego", Gut 1995, "Rozwój herbu Stargardu Szczecińskiego...")

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 31

We have hardly any sources for 15th century Pomeranian coats of arms, but we do have municipal seals on which coats of arms are often based. Kolberg (modern Kołobrzeg), a bishop's see, featured crossed croziers, a mitre, and waves in its seal from the late 15th century.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 29

This guy here carries a matchlock arquebus used from around 1475 on in Burgundy, and in Poland presumably quite later. Since I aim at Pomerania in 1471, maybe he got an early overseas shipment? (sources: Grabarczyk "Piechota zaciężna" 2000, Williams "The Knight and the Black Furnace" 2003)

Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 29

In 1470s, the crossbow was the prevalent Polish mercenary infantry weapon, with barely any firearms on record. Only 20 years later, most marksmen carried handguns instead. They took forever to load, but were slightly cheaper than crossbows, and bullets delivered several times more energy than bolts.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 24

This last fellow in yellow is probably quite well off, with his nice kettlehat helmet. (Sources: Grabarczyk 2000, "Piechota zaciężna Królestwa Polskiego w XV wieku"; Kutrzeba 1937, "Polskie ustawy i artykuły wojskowe: od XV do XVIII wieku", Kurfürstlich Sächsische Kriegsknechte 1475)(3/3)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 24

A Polish mercenary crossbowman carried a crossbow (duh), a sidearm (usually a sword, a sabre or a falchion), rarely a helmet and/or a shield – and nothing else. For Germans, pavise shields were common. And my Pomeranians? Maybe something similar to Poland or Germany. It's guesswork. (2/3)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 24

According to a decree from Polish Sejm of 1477, during a war, towns were to supply foot soldiers armed with crossbows, shields, helmets, gauntlets and breastplates. Mercenaries from the period listed in the rosters of Poland and Germany, however, had way less robust gear.(1/3)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 22

(sources: Grabarczyk 2000, "Piechota zaciężna Królestwa Polskiego w XV wieku"; Kurfürstlich Sächsische Kriegsknechte 1475 reconstruction group. The lovely terrain in the background was made by my friend.)

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 22

Crossbowmen formed the core of late 15th century mercenary infantry for both Poland and Holy Roman Empire. With few sources available for the town militias of the Duchy of Pomernia, building crossbowmen has felt like a safe bet.

A miniature late 15th century crossbowman dressed in pink.

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Backwater Deathworld @bwdeathworld.bsky.social · Mar 12

In 1471, eleven towns of the Duchy of Pomerania renewed their alliance, pledging to send soldiers to each other in need.

There were wars in Pomerania in the coming years, but we don't know if the soldiers of the promised alliance ever took arms.

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