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scythians figure

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:58 am
by marcoPBEM2
i'm searching a manufacturer making nice figure for a skythian army
specially the hec cavalry
expet essex or touller i already know

thanks

marco

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:36 am
by frederic
Xyston has a reference for Skythian LH.

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:45 am
by ars_belli
frederic wrote:Xyston has a reference for Skythian LH.
Beat me to it! :)

The Scythian horse archers from Xyston do look very nice. They also have some Thracian Getic horse archers that would help add even more variety.

Cheers,
Scott

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:25 pm
by flameberge
I also like the xyston but I've had a hard time finding a place with any skythian horse in stock to sell. I did however get some of the Geltic LH and they are very nice.

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:22 pm
by MarkSieber
Museum Miniatures has several types. http://www.museumminiatures.co.uk/pages/index.htm see SC03 at http://theminiaturespage.com/news/139246/
and Old Glory http://oldglory15s.com/catalog/index.ph ... 30&sort=3a see http://zoom13.club.fr/ukskythiancav.htm

Museum figures tend to the small side. I've mixed Old Glory and Xyston in other ranges, and while OG figures are slightly smaller they mix well. Essex are in between OG and Museum in size, but their Skythians are nice (LH have animal skins for saddles) and cast of a single piece.

I, too, am looking for Xyston Skythians (for my Indo-Greeks) and agree the Getic LH are a nice addition! I haven't painted my Horse Nomad army yet :( but a mix of figures in an irregular army looks very nice.

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:34 am
by marcoPBEM2
thanks for the answer

i think that an other good idea is to use xyston heavy cavalry thrace and add bowcase
i do it for my generals

i send a photo next week

marco

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:53 pm
by will05
[quote: I also like the xyston but I've had a hard time finding a place with any skythian horse in stock to sell. I did however get some of the Geltic LH and they are very nice.
]

I usually buy from the xyston web shop http://www.xyston.com/

There a couple pics of my Skythian LH here among my Persians http://littlearmies.pbwiki.com/Persians

I want to do the heavy cav as Marco says by adding a bowcase, and perhaps using the Persian armoured horse.
Where do you get the Bow cases from Marco.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:22 am
by flameberge
will05 wrote:[quote: I also like the xyston but I've had a hard time finding a place with any skythian horse in stock to sell. I did however get some of the Geltic LH and they are very nice.
]

I usually buy from the xyston web shop http://www.xyston.com/

There a couple pics of my Skythian LH here among my Persians http://littlearmies.pbwiki.com/Persians

I want to do the heavy cav as Marco says by adding a bowcase, and perhaps using the Persian armoured horse.
Where do you get the Bow cases from Marco.
The problem with buying directly from Xyston for me is I'm in the U.S. and the cost of shipping would not be worth it to me just to get a hold of Skythian horse. I'm sure I'll be able to get them eventually, I'm in no hurry.
I know I've said this before in other posts but I have to say your figures look great.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:14 pm
by jdnoyes
Warweb carries them in the US $4.94 per pack and $7.00 for shipping regardless of order size http://www.warweb.com/xyston-15mm-scyth ... 39073.html

They can sometimes be slow to ship because they will back order them without telling you, but if you can wait 3 or 4 weeks you will get your figs, and you probably won't beat the price.

Jon

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:17 pm
by marcoPBEM2
http://www.geocities.com/webenterprises ... gures.html

here you can find bowcase

never order there, i keep some in a box but don't remember where i have ordered them

marco

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 1:26 pm
by marcoPBEM2
very nice painting jon !


maybe the colonist can be useful for scythian



marco

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:13 am
by KingHassan
That is a beautiful army Will.