Author Topic: Ottoman 18th Century Army - New Units (Read 7682 times)

AdamPHayes · « **on:** March 13, 2016, 01:54:19 PM »

Tried a simple conversion to see if plastic figures might be used for the infantry in 18th Century Ottoman armies.

I am looking for a balance between something that is realistic and a playable, interesting army that will provide another opponent for my SYW Austro-Hungarians and GNW Russians. Not breaking the bank will also be a consideration for the project. More blather on the blog(here)

Shipka · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2016, 04:54:35 PM »

Very good

AWu · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2016, 08:27:14 PM »

I love your idea.. I am thinking about Ottoman infantry for Egyptian campaign of Napoleon, and I scored a winner here.

Victrix French and Austrian I have had plenty (like 30+ per box) of unused hands with muskets so weapons wont be any problem (if there will be any- I doubt that difference will be visible on the table), and whole miniature looks top notch.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2016, 12:51:21 PM »

Quote from: AWu on March 13, 2016, 08:27:14 PM

I love your idea.. I am thinking about Ottoman infantry for Egyptian campaign of Napoleon, and I scored a winner here.

Victrix French and Austrian I have had plenty (like 30+ per box) of unused hands with muskets so weapons wont be any problem (if there will be any- I doubt that difference will be visible on the table), and whole miniature looks top notch.

That's a cunning idea. I will have to look out for boxes of spares on Ebay...

von Lucky · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2016, 09:28:45 PM »

Nice conversion.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2018, 03:02:05 PM »

Some infantry conversions from Perry Zouaves (first base of three.)

Four of the figures have my own cast up arms attached and the chap shooting has the arms from a Warlord ECW musketeer grafted on. The standard bearere is a Brigade Games Napoleonic Ottoman figure. The novelty of casting up my own components might have worn off by the time I finish this unit and paint up a Warfare Miniatures one to compare to it...

Blog (here)

ArisK · « **Reply #6 on:** October 27, 2018, 08:32:16 PM »

Very nice work!
Not sure if they'd be so colourful and uniform at this time, but that's really not of such great importance.
Aris K.

Will Bailie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 27, 2018, 09:50:57 PM »

Oooo, that's a sweet idea. I've been considering other opponents for my Russians (other than the Swedes...) so this seems quite a reasonable way to build up a suitable army.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #8 on:** October 28, 2018, 05:58:53 PM »

Quote from: ArisK on October 27, 2018, 08:32:16 PM

Not sure if they'd be so colourful and uniform at this time, but that's really not of such great importance.
Aris K.

I haven’t been able to find definitive information on uniforms, so I have decided to do some units more regular looking and some less. In case I want to differentiate units by quality for some games.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #9 on:** November 02, 2018, 10:05:01 PM »

Some blather about casting up figures and components for my Ottomans:

https://wargamewarrior.webs.com/apps/blog/show/46011602-casting-up-some-turks

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2019, 11:44:56 PM »

I finally completed the first unit of these converted Zouaves:

Also started on some of the excellent Warfare Miniatures Ottoman foot:

These are their Bosniak / Irregular infantry. I shall use a bunch of them as Albanians and similar Ottoman 18th Century mercenaries / militia.

von Lucky · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2019, 09:56:08 PM »

Nice stuff, good to see this moving along.

DintheDin · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2019, 07:21:23 PM »

Very successful conversions! Congrats!
And oooh! Those Warfare miniatures!

Keep them coming!

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2020, 08:57:12 AM »

No gaming or other group activities means I have time to take some pictures of where I am with my Ottoman project:

Those are Warfare figures, they are making up a decent proportion (and growing) of my plans...A bit more blurb on my Workbench blog.

This mob is a mixture of Old Glory, Hinchliffe and some of my own castings.

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #14 on:** April 05, 2020, 11:22:07 AM »

Great work! I do enjoy seeing Ottomans. I really wish a company would put out a set of multi-part plastics for Ottomans.

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