Italian Wars - Gendarmes

My early renaissance armies for the Italian Wars at this point consist of half a dozen units of landsknechts (pike, halberd and arquebuss) and four artillery bases. Painting the beginnings of some cavalry to go with them has been fun. You can really go over the top with these figures, which I have not done here, but may get more adventurous in the future with the colors and patterns. The figures are Old Glory 25's.

Landsknechts

Having gotten through most (or at least a lot) of my unpainted lead piles for the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, I need to figure out what to tackle next. The two periods for which I have sufficient figure stock to keep me going for a while are the Seven Years War and the Great Italian Wars of the Renaissance (1494-1529).

I am strongly leaning towards the Renaissance at this point, as I have a good number of beautifully painted Landsknechts that need company. I have stands of pikes, halberds and arquebusses, but nobody for them to play with. No friends and no enemies, other than 4 or 5 stands of artillery. I can send most of the foot overseas, and can play around with painting the cavalry myself. That should be fun. As colorful as the period is, you can pretty much go completely bonkers and still not have gone over the top.

I'll make a final decision soon.

And yes, these figs are some of the many that need proper basing.