5825 Crusaders blister pack

[WarriorOfToys]

Thanks for the review, Rasputin. I love these very much.

I always thought the ones with the black crosses were german knights / german order?

They are, those Knights are the Teutonic Knights.
A German order that not only fought in the Crusades of the Middle east,
But also in North Eastern Europe against the Lithuanians. (Pretty sure the Lithuanians...)

[baden-wurttemberg]

Thanks Rasputin for the review! I had always liked these type of knights! And I have some too! 


Baden 

[Wesley Myers]

They are, those Knights are the Teutonic Knights.
A German order that not only fought in the Crusades of the Middle east,
But also in North Eastern Europe against the Lithuanians. (Pretty sure the Lithuanians...)

Yes, against the pagans in the area of what is today Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Some of the Teutonic orders of Crusaders were known as Livonians. 
 
In 1202 Bishop Albert of Livonia founded the Brotherhood of the Sword, an Order like the Teutonic Knights. In 1236 the remnants merged with the Teutonic Knights, and were known as the Livonian Order.

Here are some pictures from cover art of Zvezda toy soldiers (25mm) that are made in Russia (Italeri also has a license to release some of them in the West, so you may be familiar with them at hobby shops).  The first is 'Crusaders', the second is Teutonic Knights, the third is Livonian and the fourth is Teutonic again.

[Wesley Myers]

For those seeking to make customs, there are companies out there who make decals for wargaming figures that could be used for Playmobil by taking the images and increasing the size so they fit on Playmobil shields - it would take a bit of calculating but the effect could be pretty neat.  Maybe just on high quality sticker paper and then cut them out.

This way there woudl be a bit of variety between the different figures.

Here are a couple samples from littlebigmenstudios.com.  There are other sites, that have flags and heraldry for free you can download and print off.  You just have to search the internet.

In order:  Teutonic shields, Teutonic flags and Templar Crosses.

[WarriorOfToys]

Cool, thanks for the sticker website!