The first historical entry on DwarfCrypt in the new year today. I return to one of my favorite topics- Landsknechts.
I will take a closer look at the Black Company by Florian Geyer and show three new soldiers painted for the occasion.

Other entries related to this multicolored formation can be found below:

• I. Sacco di Roma / The Sack of Rome / Złupienie Rzymu (1527)
• II. Landsknechts II: Dopplesoldiers / Landsknechci – Podwójnożołdacy (Artizan Designs)
• III. Landsknechts III: Regiment (Warlord Games)
• IV. Landsknechts IV: Recruitment / Rekrutacja (Warlord Games)

The original German name of the Black Company was Schwarzer Haufen. The term Schwarz (black) pointed out the ideological distance of the company from the large peasant army at that time, which called itself the Heller Haufen (Hell meaning „light-colored“). Black Lancknechts probably also distinguished black elements of uniforms. The German word Haufen was the name the peasants gave to their armed companies.

       The Black Company was formed in 1525 in Rothenburg, out of local, home guard farmers – maybe 600 men – and a company of mercenary knights.
The leader of the Black Company, at least nominally, was nobleman Florian Geyer (whom I will devote one of future entries).
       Geyer managed to shape the Black Company into something like a company of real soldiers, instead of just an armed mob. Some of the knights were probably his vassals.

Dziś pierwszy wpis historyczny na DwarfCrypt w nowym roku. Powracam do jednego z moich ulubionych tematów, czyli Lancknechci. Przyjrzę się przy tej okazji Czarnemu Hufcowi Florian Geyera oraz pokarzę 3 nowych pomalowanych na tą okazję żołnierzy.

Pozostałe wpisy związane z tą wielobarwną formacją znajdziecie poniżej:

• I. Sacco di Roma / The Sack of Rome / Złupienie Rzymu (1527)
• II. Landsknechts II: Dopplesoldiers / Landsknechci – Podwójnożołdacy (Artizan Designs)
• III. Landsknechts III: Regiment (Warlord Games)
• IV. Landsknechts IV: Recruitment / Rekrutacja (Warlord Games)