Thursday 7 January 2016

From BrendonW - 28mm Mounted Arab Bowmen (60 points)

6 x Gripping Beast 28mm Plastic Mounted Arabs. Getting into the swing of painting lots and lots of horses means lots and lots of straps to paint (a lot more to go). These figures have one more choice that needs to be made when you reach for the colours and that is what colours and pattern to paint a blanket under the saddle. Hard to see in my photos but the flash dude in the middle has a pattern on his horse blanket. It's another detail that adds time to completion but it's a nice unique part that will set them apart from other forces. The bows are of a different design than the ones that come in the Foot set curiously.

As you can see I have not gone with a typical yellow desert basing style on these. Arid perhaps but not desert. The way I see it, it's probably more important to fight for the slightly greener parts of the globe than the extremely drier bits. Especially when it comes to those mad Mongol invasions or pesky crazy Crusaders.




Very nice indeed Brendon! Many gamers brush over (pun intended) horses and saddle furniture when painting mounted units and I always feel it's an opportunity lost. It's a large part of the whole and really sets a rider off the same way a well painted base does. You've certainly made my day with these horses sir! Ka-ching! Another 60 points... Cheers, Millsy.

13 comments:

  1. Ah yes, the old challenge of making sure the saddle blanket colour complements your robe colour..... 'Twas tough back then!

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  2. More nice work Brendon :)

    I agree with the basing points - much of the fighting would have occurred in the more agricultural/less arid areas.

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    1. "There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing"

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  3. Brendan, I love this unit. You are bang on with the basing. Cheers PD

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  4. I have to agree with the above comments . Basing spot on. A nice skirmish of Arab mounted bows. And very pleasing to see some Arabs for a change to the normal European figures. Be great for Italian Renaissance. Nice work.

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  5. Grand looking cav force! I'm looking forward to viewing the rest. The horses and basing are well done!

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  6. I like the horse blanket and the pattern on the riders tunic.

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  7. I'm already loving this project and hope we'll see a lot more. The horseflesh and tack looks fantastic.

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  8. Thanks for the comments folks. Glad the base choice has gone down well.
    Matching blankets with riders so a violent colour clash does not occur is a concern. But colour is going to be all over the place with this force. cheers

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  9. I like the patterned robes!

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  10. Very very nice, I was thinking of buying some of these chaps for my Moors at Tangiers? Trouble is I nearly lost my mind gluing some GB Vikings together last year, so I'd probably lose the plot altogether!

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