Kushite cavalry

 

First 18 figure Kushite heavy cavalry unit based on the Numidian cavalry. The gloss varnish on this lot aren't making for good photos! 

I chose to do a six base unit rather than a four base unit as this corresponds to my normal infantry or light cavalry basing structure. In retrospect, should always have done it this way...

There is a second unit undercoated and waiting in the queue.

I actually did seven  elements - including a general. The Pharaoh is a Greek cavalry figure with a Rose Prestige Range head. The cavalry are a simple paint conversion - rather than sand down the Roman shield pattern I just lathered several coats of paint over the shield!

SKT Catalogue 1990s

 Just added this to pages and placed it at the top!

Note: I've not included any of the 54mm figures, Pendragon figures or pohotos. The catalogue itself doesn't include any of the 1968-1972 'Classic' ranges of figures. Most of these figures should be available/castable, just won't always know until I try...

 

Sarmation HC Horse Archers

Rhoxolani MC - at some stage I intend to do an Alan/Rhoxolani conversion of the cataphract by cutting the kontos down, at which time I'll be able to do mixed LC/MC units with JLS/B/Sh. I painted the armour using Vallejo leather brown - can't say I like that choice, red leather would be better and use the leather brown for belts, etc.

It's a nice figure - found the masters but no record of the figure, made it as a one piece casting because the original separate rider didn't cast easily. Must admit I  like painting up the standards, just don't think of them as being in any way realistic!

S Range Spartan cavalry

 

Over the years I've collected a lot of odd figures and units that really need to be spruced up a bit. This lot seem to have been sourced from at least two different places...

Anyway, can't see me doing a full overhaul of these so I've pretty much done the minimum to make them presentable. At least it's another unit on the roster.

Bits and pieces

After all the basing, sorting and generally getting into commission the Gauls I got from Harry there were still a few left lying around...

Seemed a shame to waste them so they've been based and put together - not sure it's a unit as such, but at least it gives the Gauls another 10 elements!

Gallic chariot force

I seem to have taken a long time to paint this lot. Still, there are six of them, usually do chariots in batches of three.

They have been done as line chariots/lower class nobility. Plainer horse furniture, side panels of chariots  painted to represent whitewash. The charioteer is the Gallic archer minus his bow.

This means I now have a total of nine chariots - three higher class, six slightly lower class warriors. Might do another six in the near future - that would give a goodly force of fifteen, should be enough for most purposes...

 

After Salute 53

 

First question has to be: If it's about Salute, why a random photo of a market stall taken from where we stayed. The answer is that we stay in an apartment on Petticoat Lane and they have a market every Sunday...

Lots of expensive souvenirs in London. This one sells for £15 in the various tourist type stores in the city. Sells for £6 in the market...

There are different sets you can get. This set goes for £15 in town. Guess what the market price is?

The individual taxi is bigger than the one in the set. No idea what the town price is, here it was £3. So basically I got the lot for the shop price of the bus!

But there's more! The middle post box and telephone box were actually on key rings - hence the rings on top! These were a pound each, so my total outlay was £19! Figures for comparison a Crooked Dice Dr Who UNIT soldier, the ladies are Bad Squiddo vigilante school girls. 

The larger bus seems to fit nicely with 28-32mm figures.

Likewise the larger taxi.

Smaller taxi 25mm and smaller bus 1/87th? Haven't sized them out really.

At Salute itself I just got a few figures with a sort of Christmas horror theme - haven't unpackaged them yet. They are 3D printed figures by Modular Worlds - but can't find the figures in their shop! Pity, because they didn't have any of the Santa figure left...

And finally a visit to Warbases to rebuild my very depleted stocks of cavalry and LI/LMI bases...

Incidentally, the date for Salute 54 has already been posted - 17th April.