Late Spanish Reconquista In 28mm - Suitable Figures?

[Littlearmies]

So far, I've picked up some Gripping Beast "El Cid" figures from eBay and some Artizan figures. The Gripping Beast figures have their shields attached - unfortunately some don't really fit my mental image of the period so they will get put aside for other things, and some have some quite soft sculpting of their faces but overall, they aren't bad.

I also got some Spanish and Neapolitan flags from Pete's Flags and I think they are very good: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/petes_flags/

Once I actually have something to show I'll post some pictures.

[Neldoreth]

Another good source of Nasrid figures is Perry Mins 1st Crusade range.

I don't mean to be pedantic, but I totally disagree with this Don't get me wrong, I feel they can be a good basis to start from if you're willing to do conversion work, but to me they don't stand very well alone. That being said, I also feel that the Perry medieval plastics would be equally good as a basis for high-medieval Reconquista Granadines...

To put it in perspective, I would characterize saying that 1st crusade muslims stand in well for high-medieval Granadines as kinda like saying WWI Germans are a good stand in for WWII Germans. Or Chaos Space Marines are a good stand in for Space Marines. Or Christian first crusaders are a good stand in for viking-age Anglo Saxons. Or Warring States Chinese are a good stand in for Samurai...

I'm pedantic though... and I have a special place in my heart for Andalusian Spain... Sorry if I come across like a jerk!

Thanks
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