Here is Gaudenz Von Matsch, Landeshauptmanner of the Tyrol, the last representative of his powerful noble family. He was close counsel to the Arch duke Sigismund of Austria and the Tyrol and most importantly to me leader of the Imperial army at the beginning of the War of Roverto in 1487.
The war against the Venetian city Rovereto in the valley of
the river Adige in the Trentino region of Italy, started with the imprisonment of Venetian merchants and their goods in
Bozen, Tyrol in April 1487. The Austrian military commander was Gaudenz von
Matsch, who at that time was in high favour with Sigismund of Tyrol. The Imperial army consisted of lots of soldiers of fortune of all classes, nobles and freemen mainly from Swabia and also some Swiss infantry. Only a few infantry were from the Tyrol, like those from Landeck. After a long bombardment by artillery the city fell on the 30th May 1487. It was the sack of this
city that alarmed the Venetians and they send their best commander Roberto di San
Severino (you'll here more about him later) to deal with the situation.
| This is what his coat should look like, a little tricky to paint on a 28mm figure especially when you have the flu. |
Gauntlets and Sallet created by the armourer Kaspar Riederer (active 1455-1499) in Austria (Innsbruck), around 1480-90
The
helmet comes from the armoury of Churburg Castle in the South Tirol and
was presumably made for the lord of the castle, Gaudenz von Matsch
(1440-1504), count of Kirchberg. The original lining of padded
fabric is preserved."
The figure itself is from perry miniatures war of the roses range, with a head from gripping beast plastic dark age warriors box set. As you can see i've tried to find a suitable figure to match ny research and its great to see some of his armour still survives in the Metropolitan Museum of Art