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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