I'm back for a third time with another lot of 28mm Arabs for my SAGA / Oathmark project. This time it's fourteen cavalry, kitbashed from the Gripping Beast Arab Heavy Cavalry and Fireforge Games Black Guard / Berber Infantry kits.
As mentioned previously the Gripping Beast Arab Heavy Cavalry horses were a real PITA with the neck joints being very poorly aligned. Despite my best efforts to fill and hide the issues I am still unhappy with them. They'll do I guess, if I squint and kinda look at them out of the corner of my eye...
The riders on the other hand, I am very happy with. The banner bearers were all upgraded to give them longer poles and flags made from heavy art paper to match the infantry. I've also swapped all the heads (which required some careful shaving), the arms (which were an easy like-for-like swap) and some of the shields.
I'll need one more to fill out three units of five so will try and pick up a sprue at CANCON on the weekend. The amazing KerryT also sent me a care package of 10 camelry and another 5 cavalry which he'd 3D printed so I hope to have those painted sometime soon as well.
Scoring:
14 x 28mm cavalry = 140 points
1 x cheeky "money for jam" bonus for the Seventh Circle: Violence = 20 points
Total = 160 points
Artist: Agnes Obel
Album: Citizens of Glass
Artist: The Offspring
Album: Americana
Artist: Massive Attack
Album: Mezzanine
Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Millsy
Millsy
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Hi Millsy
Great musical selections .. I'm particularly keen on Massive Attack and Mezzanine is classic :)
Well, these 'horsey boys' look super, I really like your customization of the banners and the head/arm swaps. To my (very) untrained eye, the horses themselves look great. Can't wait to see all the Arabs in a group shot!
140 points for the figures and 20 for the Location bonus points
Looking forward to your next post
- Sarah
Beautiful work! I think the horses look great.
ReplyDeleteGreat figures and painting Millsy, they do really look excellent in that scenic setting!
ReplyDeleteLovely work
ReplyDeleteOh I'm disappointed to hear the troubles with the GB horses as I have a few boxes in the cellar awaiting the right moment. But they do look great as rider / horse combinations and very nicely painted.
ReplyDeleteThose are rather nice Millsy!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work and staging. Well done.
ReplyDeleteIncredible stuff Millsy - I have been following your reviews on the various figures closely, as I'm hoping to dive further into this setting myself. I have always been a bit suspicious of the Gripping Beast plastics...
ReplyDeleteThey're generally pretty good, on par with Victrix. I just think this is an older set and the die is worn.
DeleteWow. I know you're not wild about all of these but I think they look tremendous as a body of cavalry. Well done on all your efforts!
ReplyDeleteGreat painting. What did you play at CANCON
ReplyDeleteI didn't play anything Geoff. I didn't have the time for two full days of gaming and CANCON won't run demo games because they can't charge for them. I spent a fun morning helping out John from The War Library instead.
DeleteLovely work
ReplyDeleteGreat effort Millsy particularly with Cancon coming up - I share your reservations re GB plastic horses but you've done a great job on them and the kitbashing idea is clever and gives you some unique figures
ReplyDeleteAmazing work Millsy. Great kitbashing
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