Sunday, March 20, 2016

Afghan Tribal Cavalry in 25mm

To complement the small core of native infantry for the Great Game project, off the painting desk are twelve tribal horsemen.  These horsemen will be useful for quickly moving over the vast expanses of the NWF and harassing whomever they oppose.
Figures are from Wargames Foundry's Indian Mutiny range and will see service in many armies and in a number of theatres of conflict.
Included in the order for these fine horsemen were figures for a second dozen native horsemen and a few native guns and crew.  Before any of those undergo the paint brush, work returns to more 15mm figures for the 1859 project.

28 comments:

Phil said...

Quickly moving and harrassing, sure they will...and also illuminate your battlefields, excellent job!!

Ray Rousell said...

Great painting Jonathan!

Phil C said...

lovely figures and brushing - marvelous!

Gonsalvo said...

A righty rowdy looking bunch!

El Grego said...

Marvelous!

AHunt said...

Great stuff. I really like those models and, as always, your painting really does them justice.

House of Hengist Comics said...

Lovely stuff

Michal DwarfCrypt said...

Marvelous Jonathan! O love sand bases too!!

Jonathan Freitag said...

I hope the horsemen can perform those duties with elan!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Thank you, Ray!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Much appreciated, Phil!

Jonathan Freitag said...

They do have an unkempt look to them , don't they?

Jonathan Freitag said...

Thanks!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Foundry make a number of excellent figure lines that have stood the test of time very well. As you say, these are good models.

Jonathan Freitag said...

Mark! Thank you and a hardy welcome to you!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Thank you, Michal! Glad to like them!

Conrad Kinch said...

Nice work Jonathan - I didn't think that NWF and Mutiny could cross over that well.

Dartfrog said...

Excellent stuff. You could probably get away with using the sword armed fellows in even earlier periods.

Cyrus said...

Great work on the Afghan cavalry Jonathan!

Jonathan Freitag said...

Thank you, Mike!

Jonathan Freitag said...

I agree. The irregulars could span many periods for gaming purposes.

Jonathan Freitag said...

Thank you, Conrad! With the "our" Great Game set in the 1840-1860s, a mix of ranges from Indian Mutiny, Sikh Wars, Crimean War, and the NWF could all see figures drawn from them. That works especially well for the irregular, native forces. This will likely be a whole mish-mash of figures.

Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

Those look just super Jonathan with tons of action going on within the unit!

Christopher

Jonathan Freitag said...

Christopher! Very good to get your stamp of approval!

caveadsum1471 said...

They look great, nice and lively figures and your usual high quality paint job all in glorious 28mm, what's not to like?
Best Iain

Jonathan Freitag said...

Iain, you are very kind. Much appreciated!

Mad Padre said...

Fantastically ferocious fellows! Lovely work as always, Jonathan. I especially like the fellow in the plumed helmet and chain mail - a relic of wars against Genghis Khan, maybe?

Jonathan Freitag said...

Excellent alliteration, Michael! I have another dozen horsemen from this period with most of them wearing such garb. I think the nobles wore such armored accoutrements.

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