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Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)

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Thaddeu:
Hi Everyone!

Inspired by traveller's thread about Ottoman kitbashing, I figure I should start my own thread for my Ottoman Army project. After collecting decent-sized Pike & Shotte armies for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate, I decided I wanted to add Russia and the Ottomans to my collection.

I am starting with Ottomans, because it is easier to convert them from plastics. There will be plenty of purpose-built metal figures as well, especially for commanders and janissaries, but the bulk of the infantry has been converted from Gripping Beast plastic Arabs, and a substantial proportion of the cavalry will be based on their Arab Light Cavalry (with maybe some heavy cav bits as well). The metals will be mostly TAG with some Warlord.

Since Pikeman's Lament is pretty light on specific army list guidance, I am using By Fire And Sword (produced by Polish company Wargamer) to help define my troop types and army selection.

To start, here is a picture of my force as it stands. Individual unit pics to follow.



Or if you're impatient, you can always check out my blog. But this thread will be organized better.

traveller:
Wow! looking forward to see more of this  ;D

Forwardmarchstudio:
I'm liking those janissaries. 

A long time ago janissaries were the unit that got me interested in painting bright, vibrant colors and complex uniforms.  I painted up a dozen OG 28mm janissaries while sitting in the barracks office on fire watch one day in North Carolina, years ago.  That's where I learned how satisfying it is to layer up blue.  You can break my painting career into two neat halves.  Before the janissaries everything is dark brown, gray and dry-brushed chainmail. On the near side of janissaries everything is Turks, or Napoleonics, or something else bright and colorful (or else really, really tiny, but thats another story).  The janinssaries were basically a gateway drug to Napoleonics.  Which, from what I understand their uniforms and music were adopted by the Europeans, so on a certain level they really were one of the most influential military units in history.

DonFabrizio:
lovely work!

Thaddeu:
Thanks Everyone!

Forwardmarchstudio, your story is vaguely similar to my own. Before getting into historicals, I only painted Games Workshop Orcs (and Orks), in mostly browns and blacks and metals except for the green skin and occasional warpaint. Historicals were a breath of fresh air after that. However, I doubt I'll ever make the jump to Napoleonics; color is great but actual uniforms are a hassle. I don't mind the occasional unit of janissaries or streltsy or whatever, but whole armies of that would be too much for me. Give me stylish irregulars any day!

And on that note, here are my unstylish irregulars...

The Segban are, with the exception of Peasant Rabble, probably the least capable unit across all By Fire And Sword army lists. Peasant conscripts with low quality weapons, no drill, no discipline, very little motivation and a tendency to revert to banditry. They are basically just GB Arab Infantry with Warlord ECW musket arms, and a few headswaps to mix in those widebrim hats some apparently wore (shade is important when you're a peasant). I painted them a variety of drab colors to make their lowly status apparent.







In Pikeman's Lament terms, I'll be using these as Raw Shot, though given their stats in BF&S I could almost even justify calling them Clubmen.

Btw, it would be tedious to catalog *every* kit I used to complete a given unit, but I think I will call out the bitz I'm most pleased about. Here, two of the wide-brim hat/bearded heads were taken from Warlord's Zulu War English plastic kit, with a bit of greenstuff to make the crown more amorphous.

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