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15mm Old Glory Arabs Commission - Hafsids for Adrian

In return for replumbing my house, I was asked to paint a Hafsid army for Adrian.

Hafsids? Who are Hafsids? They are an African Califate in modern Lybia and Tunisia. Adrian has picked a doozy here!

Figures from Old Glory/Timecast, transfers from Little Big Man Studios.  

After nearly two weeks of self-isolation I am back at work, after having only the radio and my paints for company, thought I had better show what I was up to all those days..


Adrian kept borrowing his brother's and mine heay cavalry, so we decided that he needed some of his own!
Twelve bases of (mixed) Old Glory Arabic cavalry from seeral ranges. Flags were just to boost the looks.


Top view


Charge!


Side view


Back view

 
These are done and the army is finished (well, done apart from the optional 9 stands of javelinmen skirmishers that I could do, but he's already got 36 javelinmen and now 6 archers).

Archers, Adrian has these in two sixes, but I had enough for an 8 and a 6, so why not?




Side view


Skirmishing archers, made with spare figures


Top view


Side view


Mercanary crossbowmen




Mercanary spearmen, with Adrian's family coat of arms


The cross of St George is actually Genoese


Side view


The camp


All non-figures bits are converted from bits of my house that they worked on, the well is an drilled out hole from the upstairs loo, all stones from under my kitchen floor, the bolt holds down my downstairs toilet.


Featuring on figures from some of his units.


Based on an Archimedes screw and cistern.

Oh, and becuase every Arabic army has to have one...


Zoom!

Six foot skirmishers added to Adrian's army.

First 4 units


He likes his skirmishers.


Top view to show basing.


Another two (one more than is actually in his list, but it gives him some flexibility).




The rear view, after 76 of these, I really don't want to have to paint buttocks again for a long while!

 

Final two skirmish cavalry units for Adrian's Hafsid forces.




Top view of the swarm





General finished up. Flags are historical (as far as I can find). Mix of foot, mounted and heavies. Quite enjoyed doing these.

Top-ish view




Rear view.



Altogether there are five units of light horse in the army! Talk about min/max!

Unit 1




Unit two

Quite like how these turned out.

Unit III


Two thirds of a cavalry horde. Ran out of transfers for units 4 and 5!

 

Top view of 2/5 of the cavalry horde.

First seven units are all short spear, shieldwall and integral shooters.
First unit


Second unit




Side view


Rear view


Third unit




Fourth and fifth units




Sixth, seventh and spare unit




So many figures they will not all fit in my lightbox! (216 of them infact).


Not bad for two weeks work.



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