Here's a unit of Nikephorian Klibanophoroi that I've just finished painting. These are all Crusader Miniatures figures with LBM banner and shield transfers. Most of the horses have red ox hide armour as per the Angus McBride illustration in Ian Heath's Osprey book Byzantine Armies 886-1118. I've also been beavering away assembling boxes of the brilliant new Fireforge Games plastic Byzantine cavalry sets, see the work in progress shots below.
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| Fireforge Koursores |
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| Fireforge Horse Archers |
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| Fireforge Cataphracts |
Nice….coloring up the metallic horse armor whole heartedly agree with. Makes the unit stand out even more.
ReplyDeleteThanks Oregon painter, I didn’t want them all with the same armour, a bit of variety is nice.
DeleteSome variety draws a lot of interest. Great work, Mike!
DeleteThanks Jonathan, looking forward to painting the Fireforge figures.
DeleteSuch a beautiful and heavy cvalry, well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, the Fireforge cataphracts are really nice but I already had these so will use the Fireforge ones as Agulani, cataphracts for my Seljuks.
DeleteGreat work sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, hopefully I’ll finish some more cavalry soon.
DeleteThey look fantastic! Looking forward to see the others painted up.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, the Fireforge figures should be fun to paint.
DeleteLove the look of these heavily armored Ancient cavalry.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, they do look rather imposing.
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