At least, the basic 12 Rider elements are.
Obviously, the intention is to add various infantry and 'exotic' elements to this - a couple of Vanha mammoths and some Vanha infantry are already waiting to be painted. Likewise, I will possibly field the basic elements as 4 Rider and 8 Knight elements.
The latest unit of the army consists of the General/Sultan of the army plus a rather large bodyguard.
Unlike my previous attempts, this time I took the trouble of taking pictures of some of the individual pieces. The original Sultan first painted about 25 years ago takes pride of place and is accompanied by his pet tiger.
It was at this point that I realised that I hadn't painted the sashes on the figures! Previously I had done a test figure mounted on a Byzantine fully armoured horse. When I did the actual unit I put them on Sassanid horses.
First attempt at painting a tiger. Slightly happy with it but made sure that I took a photo of it's 'best' side!
Other pictures of the Sultan and other units of the army can be found here:
The Sultan and
The Army The army link also shows other elements that may be added to the basic army.
I do like these, the 1/2 armoured horses fit them well. The tiger as Tony might have said is Grrrrreat!
ReplyDeleteIntrrnal discussions are ongoing as to whether I already need to add more archers, foot and horse.
It's actually the fully armoured horse - hard to tell with those robes! The Tarun and Sassanid horses seem to have a shared dolly so any of the plumed Sassanid horses are liable to fit, I tried the cataphract horse and it looked pretty good so...
DeleteSplendid army....and I love the tiger, ready to gobble up Yezdigerd's enemies.
ReplyDeleteThe tiger was an attempt to kill 2 birds with one stone. Kropotkin uses them as beasts, https://kropotkinspage.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/12102014053.jpg , and I like that idea, but I didn't want to try 4 straight off in case it didn't work. Likwise, I thought they would be a good addition to a command element.
DeleteSplendid army....and I love the tiger, ready to gobble up Yezdigerd's enemies.
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