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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: rampantlion on 03 September 2020, 07:45:17 PM

Title: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: rampantlion on 03 September 2020, 07:45:17 PM

Looking for barded horses with no riders and reins forward for a horse holder.  I'm doing a command stand with knights dismounted.  It is easier to ask than to search if you are lazy like me!

Thanks  -  Allen

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: HappyChappy439 on 03 September 2020, 08:09:10 PM

Not sure about necessarily with reins forward, but Front Rank do a few barded/caparisoned horses:

https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/medieval/medieval-horses/

And 1st Corps do a squire horse-holder which comes with a horse

https://1stcorps.co.uk/product/squire-horse-holder/

Hopefully that helps!

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: rampantlion on 03 September 2020, 08:41:02 PM

Thanks

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: fred on 04 September 2020, 07:04:35 AM

Fireforge plastic horses come with cloth barding/ caprison

The perry plastic horses come with several varieties of armoured barding

I’d expect sprues of both are available on eBay to save you having to buy a whole box.

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: Griefbringer on 04 September 2020, 07:49:25 AM

Quote from: fred on 04 September 2020, 07:04:35 AM

The perry plastic horses come with several varieties of armoured barding

Actually, the Perry horse sprues (which are available separately on their webstore) do not come with any barding, though one of the horse heads has a protective plate in the front.

The bardings to go with them are provided in the plastic sprues with the riders. The 1450-1500 mounted men-at-arms version comes with two Italian style and two German style plate bardings per sprue, while the 1415-1429 knights version comes with a mail barding and small chest piece per sprue.

That said, these horses might be in a bit more dynamic poses than the original poster might be looking, and the reins certainly would need to be removed and resculpted (easier to do with plastic than metal, though).

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: fred on 04 September 2020, 09:11:56 AM

You are right - I’d forgotten the barding was with the riders. That way well be the case with the FF ones too.

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: cipango666 on 05 September 2020, 12:16:20 AM

Essex miniatures perhaps.............

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: Atheling on 05 September 2020, 09:38:12 AM

I could be wrong, but, if you're looking for a barded or caparisoned horse with the reigns set up for a horse holder you might have to do a conversion.

Simon Chick had done a marvellous job doing just that on this thread:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=119209.30 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=119209.30)

Title: Re: Looking for Barded Horses Without Riders
Post by: bluewillow on 05 September 2020, 07:21:02 PM

Mirliton do a set, you just need to purchase or make the saddle plug

Cheers
Matt