FeR Miniatures: Polish Winged Hussar

Sculpture: Young B. Song
Painting: Arnau Lázaro
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 12
Scale: 75 mm

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING THIS FIGURE:
– This is a new chance to get an iconic and long out of production piece by Young B. Song.
– The diverse elements included in this figure allow for many possible interpretations and effects.
– Our signature resin quality allows you to get the figure clean and ready in almost no time, so you may invest your precious free time in what really matters: painting and having fun.

The Winged Hussars were a specialized type of cavalry unit that was widely used in the XVI to XVIII centuries in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland and Lithuania.

Initially, this kind of units was formed in Poland with Hungarian and Serbian mercenaries, in an effort to deploy cavalryman that were effective and not so expensive as the heavy-armoured shock cavalry, typical of the late Renaissance. After the reforms of Stephen Bathory and John Sobieski III, Kings of Poland and Grand Dukes of Lithuania, they were equipped in a heavier fashion and started to replace the older heavy-cavalry.

The golden “century” of the Winged Hussars started in 1577 with the Battle of Lubiszew and spanned till the Siege of Vienna in 1683. After that, they were slowly replaced by more modern units, like the Uhlans, as infantry firearms became much more effective and the tactics of heavy cavalry were finally discarded.

Our miniature carries the typical elements of these troops, like the half-armour, the particular type of lobster-tail helmet and of course, the huge “wing” frame made of feathers that gave them their characteristic profile.