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Author Topic: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)  (Read 7313 times)

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (more cavalry 13-Dec-2018)
« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2018, 05:56:45 AM »
Yes.
Your minis have very interesting features, it would be great to see them in some close ups and from some angle, you achieved some faces very well done! 
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Offline pete

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (more cavalry 13-Dec-2018)
« Reply #31 on: December 14, 2018, 09:51:19 AM »
tidy stuff, have fun with the game.

Offline Thaddeu

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (more cavalry 13-Dec-2018)
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2018, 02:26:49 AM »
Thanks! I think these pics are about as close up as my smartphone camera can manage. Maybe I'll get myself a real camera next year.

In the meantime, here are some more Janissaries, as Aggressive Forlorn Hope instead of musketeers.






Offline Thaddeu

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #33 on: July 11, 2019, 07:43:52 PM »
Threadcromancer Thad strikes again!

I assembled these light cavalrymen back when I was regularly updating this thread, but only got around painting them this week. The white turbaned ones are besli, a sort of conscript, and the colorful turbaned riders are gonullu, which are volunteers. The weapons are arbitrary, gonullu can be spear-armed and besli can have bows. I will probably make another pair of these units with the weapons reversed.





I will generally run the spear armed units as gallopers and the bow/saber units as trotters. The besli will definitely be Raw, and the gonullu may be Raw or standard depending on points outlays and if multiple grades of Sipahis are present.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2019, 07:46:02 PM by Thaddeu »

Offline Codsticker

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #34 on: July 12, 2019, 01:58:05 AM »
Nice work- very creative kit-bashing. I always thought those torsos in the tunics with the lacing (or are they clasps?) on the front would make good 16th/17th/ 18thC Persian/Middle Eastern horse.

Offline Sunjester

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #35 on: July 12, 2019, 06:00:02 AM »
Excellent work!

Offline AdamPHayes

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #36 on: July 12, 2019, 08:31:16 PM »
Nice looking units. I have the riders with frogging on their coats pencilled in to become Moldavians / Wallachians.

Offline Thaddeu

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #37 on: July 12, 2019, 08:50:24 PM »
Thanks for the compliments! I actually used the Arab horse kit for Polish light cavalry before I ever used it for Ottomans, just some headswaps, greenstuffed fur hats, and the occasional weapon swap. I can't figure out if I ever posted them on this forum, but you can check my blog here and here if you don't mind some low quality pics.

Offline Friends of General Haig

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Re: Ottomans for Pikeman's Lament (even more cavalry 11-Jul-2019)
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2019, 08:20:10 AM »
Those look great and some fabulous advice on the conversions.  I’m looking at doing some early 17th century Poles so very useful info!