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So, I think I just saw the inspiration for this armor when I was looking to see if the other two knights' armor worked for Malta as well as Rhodes (which it did.) This is definitely right for Malta. Might be modern for Rhodes but I would need to look that up. John is crushing it on this line!

Is this Ernle's translation? The Siege of Malta 1565 - Francisco Balbi Di Correggio (A 1st hand account of the Siege) I also have a copy of HJA Sire's The Knights of Malta. It has some great sections on fortress and the Hospitaller's navy.

In my updated collection I have them fighting over the Landsknecht cannon. I did find a couple of pictures after adding the cannon: ​

Yes, crossbows were still in use. There are multiple examples of 16th century crossbows in the Heritage Malta Museum. I cannot remember if they are replicas, representative, or actually from the Siege. But they are there. I have several of JJDs and FL crossbowmen in my little collection. You...

Yeah, I had the ambition to create some of the Fort St Elmo, but with young kids just cannot find the time. The other "problem" is Valette wasn't in Elmo. Though, you could a shot of him witnessing the fight there and saying, "“What could be more fitting for a member of the Order of Saint John...

Here is my escadron of the Order: Valette himself:

There was a question about whether knightly (or knight in shining armor) like this would have been present at the Great Siege of Malta. In this paper...

Wow, that looks amazing. FL did a great job on that tank and very nice base to show it off.

Love the setup! Great figures!

A few more pics:

Well, the stars aligned and HR had some stuff that wasn't selling and I had some stuff that I wasn't using and we made a trade. Out of it, I got something I have wanted for a long time... a short-barreled Panzer III Ausf. J in the more modern technology and materials. HR was kind enough to add...

Love that placement and photography!

it is a guard to depress the radio antenna when the turret is moving. From an answer on Quora: The A-frame is designed to catch the antenna and push it out to prevent it from interfering with the barrel when the turret traverses past. That’s also why the frame covers both sides of the barrel...

I agree. I have been dying for more Barbarossa appropriate vehicles.

Ah-hahaha, now it is obvious! Thanks!

I really hope John gives us a rendition of Caesar's Germanic Cavalry as well as Batavian cavalry and infantry. Shouldn't be too hard for the Batavians. Just add more conical helmets and bearded faces/longer hair to his existing Roman cavalry and Auxiliary troops. Anyone able to decipher the...

There is also no modern audience for even good historical movies. The mob wants Barbie and comic book themed movies. Idiocracy. Wait a minute, Oppenheimer did well. That seems to disprove the statement above pretty easily: ‘Oppenheimer’ surpasses $500 million, sets box office record for...

THE VIKINGS VIKING ARCHERS The Vikings made considerable use of the bow, both on land and at sea. Not only was it used to a considerable extent by the bondi (in Norway and Sweden the word “bow” could even be used to mean a warrior) but also it was used by nobles and kings, who took great...

I shared some of the stock photos of this range on two Knights of Malta / Siege of Malta forums and the response was unanimously positive, especially from "actual historians." They marveled at bot the accuracy and quality.