Slitherine

Hi There

Thinking of starting the above army, whats the best sources for this period? Which figures would you think would cover this period?

Good move Dave - seems to be getting a buff in v2

timurilenk wrote:Good move Dave - seems to be getting a buff in v2

Hi Ian

Since I'll get my Mongol arse handed to me this weekend, I thought I'd give this strange troop type (Infantry) a try out. It does seem that undrilled is the new drilled

See you Saturday....

david53 wrote:Since I'll get my Mongol arse handed to me this weekend

Not sure I would describe it that way

See you Saturday

For my partners sake I was only joking...

david53 wrote:Hi There

Thinking of starting the above army, whats the best sources for this period? Which figures would you think would cover this period?

I used the legio heroica figures - they paint up great in 15mm - taking them to IWF in NZ.

Muz

muz177 wrote:

david53 wrote:Hi There

Thinking of starting the above army, whats the best sources for this period? Which figures would you think would cover this period?

I used the legio heroica figures - they paint up great in 15mm - taking them to IWF in NZ.

Muz

For conquest period you need to be avoiding the "kite" shield types, just go for round shields.

For sources al-Tabari has to be the main original one - can't recall which volumes you'd need. Hugh Kennedy's "Armies of the Caliphates" is useful even for this period IIRC.

nikgaukroger wrote: Hugh Kennedy's "Armies of the Caliphates" is useful even for this period IIRC.

Though he has an incredibly tedious writing style if I remember correctly. Every time I opened this book I fell into a catatonic trance of boredom. Plenty of info though.

I have an Arab army in 25mm with Old Glory figs. They are fine. I keep looking at the Artizan "moors" and thinking about doing another one. Those figures are gorgeous. Artizan sells round shields separately if you want to put round shields on everyone. They have a bit of a north african look to them even with that. Maybe more appropriate for Ummayads, ENAD, and ... Moors.

Thanks to the people for pointing me in the right direction. Sorry I should have said 15mm is what I play so its essex for infantry with round shields and spears.

I have been reading the book about Muhammad and his life by Yahiya Emerick an interesting read. It covers the early period which is what I want to cover. I'll check out the other sources but if anyone has any ideas of colours I know white was popular for Arab armies any other ideas?

Thanks for your help up to now.

One thing to be careful of is that the Essex Arab conquest figures are a single pose per pack (and I think there are only two poses) unlike many of their others so if you are trying for the mixed warband type look you need to mix in some other manufacturers.

old glory 15s, museum miniatures-essex are so last year.....

I have the army in 15mm. For variety's sake, I mixed Essex, Museum, Old Glory, Legio Heroica and Mirliton. They do vary in size, but in large BG's they look fine. I would post pictures, if I could figure out how to do so.

If you look in the After Action Report Section there's a stickied item that explains it.