Hello Everyone!
I own the conquistadors and the renaissance heavy cavalry sets and they are great. So expanding on this success, I was wondering if people would be interested in a late 17th century pike and shot set. Especially because the only plastic options availble for this period are Warlord Games sprues. I have these but they are kind of old (from 2010) and hard to kitbash.
As you can see in this image the figures don't have removable heads which makes fantasy conversions difficult and some figures are single pose. Many of these are going out of stock and are hard to find. Especially the Firelock Storming Party which I cannot even find on Ebay. 
. I really like this period, but it is currently hard to work on my New Model Army force (and my roundhead-inspired) human fantasy army and I don't plan on using any metal figures as they are expensive, fragile, and not particularly customizable.
I think given the popularity of games like the pikeman's lament, never mind the matchlocks, and even the Silver Bayonet, Blood and Plunder, these would be popular figures. Some things I would like to see on the sprues is pikes, firelock, and matchlock muskets, swords (especially for the Charge Pike for Cavalry pose, something that the Battalia set has no options for creating.) Halberds would also be nice for sergeants. I know this might be controversial but female heads may also be nice. though not allowed to fight in pike blocks or with muskets, women did often disguise themselves. Crossdressing female soldiers were a very common subject of literature and especially in folk songs. For what it is worth the Modern, Earl of Manchesters Regiment, a parliamentarian renactment group, allows women in all roles with the regiment. Another good use for this kit could be female Imperial State Troops from Warhammer Fantasy, the most recent addition of the Roleplaying game features many female military NPCs and even a pregenerated character who is an infantry officer. While the time period is a bit off as the army of the Empire of Man seems to be based more on the Landschnects, these figures would be easier to convert since the lack codpieces (good riddance). They could also be used for Roundhead, Cavalier, Spanish Tercios, Gustavus Adolphus' swedes, Dutch troops Dtuch wars of independence and more!
(This is the charge pike for hose pose, the pikeman kneels and presents his pike toward the horseman, in the other hand he holds a sword to dispatch the rider when he falls off his mount.)
Here are some inspiration pictures from the Earl of Manchesters Regiment:
Would anyone else be interested in this? Or am I the only one?
