From the Tiranti moulds with a bit of help from my universal bowman and a standard Persian officer.
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| 12 figure unit of light infantry armed with bows and gazelle-horn tipped spears. |
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| The basic figure is the Nubian auxiliary with the shield arm replaced by one from an archer. Probably shouldn't have kept the ostrich plume but it looks better. |
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| I didn't give this figure a bowcase - that would limit it's uses! As it is, cut off the bow and I've got a shieldless javelin/spearman, cut off the javelin/spear and I've got a pure archer. Being one of the Garrison figures with the choice of ax or spear also helps with the variety! |
I'm hoping to greatly extend the range of Herodotus subject races in my armies - most already exist, just not in a 'formal' way.
This is one of the figures I remember from the mid 1970's when I saw Derek Sharman's immense Persian army. I loved it then and still love it now.
ReplyDeleteYou would have seen the Nubian auxiliary - these are conversions made by removing the shield arm and replacing them with a bow armed arm, plus the universal archer conversion which has a Nubian head, Greek archer body (I think), cavalry legs, base from..something... and random bow quiver from somewhere in the Garrison/SKT ranges!
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