Black Legion Models is owned by Rick Berry of Michigan Toy Soldier and Figure Company. We produce models similar to style of Hausser/Elastolin plastic figures and cover areas that were not produced by Elastolin. For instance Elastolin produced a large line of Landsknechts (German Mercenaries of the 15th and 16th Century) but never released a figure of the main soldier of the Landsknecht army... the Doppelsöldner. Doppelsöldners were the vanguard (if vicious mercenaries who would change sides in the middle of battle for more money can be called that) of the army and took the brunt of the fighting. These soldiers received double the pay of a normal soldier, hence the name "Double Soldier or in German... Doppelsöldner." The weapon of choice for the Doppelsöldner was the oversized two handed sword or Zweihänder. The front ranks of a Landsknecht formation were made up of these two handed sword bearing Doppelsöldners whose job it was to lope off the pikes and halbreds not to mention body parts of the opposing forces. The figures produced by us represent two such Doppelsöldners wielding the Zweihänder in combat. These were sculpted by Douglas Miller who worked for Hausser/Elastolin in the 1970s and also coauthored the Osprey book "The Landsknechts." Another figure sculpted by Doug is the Landsknecht wagon driver. The kit comes with two heads and two separate sets of arms to make either a wagon driver or rider for the rear of the wagon. These figures are also available individually, assembled and painted in the Elastolin style. Another characteristic of the Landsknechts was the fact they were basically a group of drunken heathens and thus we have two of them in their finest moments of debacary.

The third arm of Black Legion Models is our exclusive representation of German modelers and product lines.

Our first line is from Mebanol of Germany produced by Michael Schmitt. Each item is hand made and painted one at a time. There is no mass production involved and therefore each piece is a small work of art with very limited release.