Gripping Beast Dark Age Cavalry as Picts?

[Onebigriver]

I'm looking to create some more warbands for Lion Rampant, and was wondering if the Gripping Beast Dark Age Cavalry plastics would serve as Pictish light cavalry. Anyone got any thoughts on the subject?

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

Yes.  I use them for such.  Small round/square shields stolen from other kits or cut from card for some.  I don?t remember how many were already in the box, but Pictish cav is going to look a lot like Irish, Scots, Britons, and Saxons for the most part.  interchangeably so unless you get real pedantic.

[Onebigriver]

Yes.  I use them for such.  Small round/square shields stolen from other kits or cut from card for some.  I don?t remember how many were already in the box, but Pictish cav is going to look a lot like Irish, Scots, Britons, and Saxons for the most part.  interchangeably so unless you get real pedantic.

Thanks. I've noticed that Footsore do a pack of Pictish shields so I'll order them as well.

[Atheling]

I think you would have to do some major kit bashing as the Gripping Beast Dark Age Cavalry look very much like Goth/FrankishGerman Light Cavalry to me.

I suppose the amount of kit bashing depends on how accurate you are prepared to do.

[Ninefingers]

I've actually got a few units primed on the painting table at the moment. I used the Dark Age Cavalry with shields and cloaks from the plastic Picts set and other sources.

[Atheling]

I've actually got a few units primed on the painting table at the moment. I used the Dark Age Cavalry with shields and cloaks from the plastic Picts set and other sources.

I used to paint the odd miniature for Gripping Beast so I look forward to seeing what you do with the plastics.

[Ninefingers]

I used to paint the odd miniature for Gripping Beast so I look forward to seeing what you do with the plastics.

Thanks, they'll go in my Age of Arthur thread when they're done.

[Dice Roller]

For me, it would all depend on what period of Picts you are wanting to represent.
If it's the Picts that fought the Romans then, as suggested, use the funny shaped shields.
But for later Picts (7th/8th century) then I would stick with round shields (as they are depicted using on the Aberlemno stone).