Men in Boxes: Crusaders

I've been slowly amassing boxes of crusader models since Italeri first released their knights set. Fittingly, these boxes will be the first Men in Boxes work-in-progress showcase. I have a number of projects running along at the same time and making a wip report seems like a good idea for tracking and evaluating the progress done from sprue to gaming table. These models will make up my 3rd Crusade Warmaster army. Currently, I have the ff boxes:

Italeri Set 6009 The Knights
Caesar Miniatures H017 Medieval Knights Crusaders
Italeri Set 6125 Templar Knights
Strelets Set M012 Military Order Warriors
Strelets Set 088 Military Order Sergeants
Strelets Set M015 Foot Military Order Knights
Strelets Set 090 Turcopoles

In the meantime, I'll be ordering the following boxes from my supplier:

Strelets Set 104 Mounted Crusaders in Oriental Dress
Strelets Set M025 Medieval Crossbowmen
Zvezda Set 8059 Medieval Peasant Army
Strelets Set M005 Medieval Levy

Expect to see the process of making an army from box, to sprue to table and display case.

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