Serbian Gusars and Three Kingdoms Chinese Light Horse

Serbian Gusars

The Serbian Empire created an entirely new class of light cavalry, they termed them Gusars which has become to be known as Hussars. These castings come from Alternative Armies and come from the Medus range. They are casting code https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/15mm-medieval-medus-range/products/huc1-serbian-hussar and come in two parts, the horses are all the same pose but the riders come in two slightly different poses which allows for a small amount of variety. I obtained 24 of them in a random EBay bulk purchase and was not sure of the range or description until this week. The figures are now quite old sculpt wise and are quite slightly built compared to some of the more chunkier ranges out there. 

They do paint up quite well given their age.

Last up are four elements of very old Mikes Models Chinese Light Horse. They were originally armed with Halberds but most of them were broken so I repaired them so they are now armed with plain spears. Putting them on new bases has made them quite serviceable given their age.

All the bases are finished off in my now standard basing style.

This now brings the 15mm painting tally from 1st January to 30th August 2021 to:

523 foot, 13 artillery & 4 war drums [150 elements]

212 cavalry [73 elements]

12 Bamboo & Paper Lions [8 elements]

3 elephants [3 elements]

Plus I have rebased

32 elements of Pikes

28 elements of Archers

10 elements of Psiloi

8 elements of Horde

3 elements of misc foot

54 mounted elements

ADLG 15mm Commission - Part 2

Another Commission From Australia

After sending off my previous commission to the guy in Australia. He tells me hes really pleased with the order and wants something else. Its yet more troops for his Condotta Army plus some Scythian Horse Archers to go with a Classical Era army he is building.

Project Lead Mountain has been producing lots of spare bits and pieces since 2012 but it has reached the stage that I have started to run out of sufficient left over castings to make up similar looking elements for some troop types. He wanted a camp for his Condotta, another Pike Block, base of Halberdiers and three elements of Mounted Crossbowmen. I already had a camp that I was about to list on EBay so this was a quick sale. I managed to source the Halberdiers and Mounted Crossbowmen but didn't have any pikemen. A quick look on EBay saw a lot for sale from Minifigs Renaissance Range. I submitted a bid for these as well as for some Muslim type Civilians and waited for the clock to tick down. I was not at home when the auction ended but was lucky enough to have won both lots. It was a mixed bag of Condotta period troops and included 12 identical pikemen.

I also had six left over Scythian Horse Archers that were perfect for his needs.

So now it's all painted I am just waiting for the varnish to cure properly before packing them for their flight to Australia. 

ADLG Commanders on 40mm Circular Bases

Minifigs Mounted Crossbowmen

Mixed makes Halberdiers

Alternative Armies Code MR5

 

Baeuda Kings Tent on 120mm x 80mm base 

Minifigs Scythian Horse Archers