Hi all,
On another thread I talked about how I was going to portray Ottoman Sipahi of the period 1680-1720. At this time the better the troops are the less they use out of ate weapons/equipment. In essence my idea was to show the various types by cutting off varying amounts of lances & shields - the lances I cut down to look like swords/pistols/carbines.
The plan is to work on groups of 10 bases for the Ottoman cavalry - I use bases of 5 figures. I will have in each group 2 Kapakulu (elite Sipahi) bases , 4 European Sipahi bases, 3 Asian bases and 1 allied light horse base (tartars/wallachians/etc). There were more allied light horse than this but they usually didn't feature in field battles so I have not bothered getting too many. I plan to cut off all the lances of the Kapakulu bases and all but 2 of the lances on the European base. The Asian bases will use the figures as they come. Similarly I have cut off the shields of the figures along similar lines.
I got 1 pack each of OT3 and OT4 which with some command I mixed together to make the bases.
So first we have an Asian base - 5 lance armed figures
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/163_zps22165af7.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/163_zps22165af7.jpg.html)
Next a European base - 2 not very good shots. Note - the very fuzzy guy at the far end has a carbine.
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/154_zpsfd16cada.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/154_zpsfd16cada.jpg.html)
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/161_zps40bc1d75.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/161_zps40bc1d75.jpg.html)
Next a Kapakula base.
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/164_zps578d5042.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/164_zps578d5042.jpg.html)
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/167_zps6f190137.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/167_zps6f190137.jpg.html)
Here are all 3 together - sorry not a great shot.
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/150_zpsa3f25e68.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/150_zpsa3f25e68.jpg.html)
Finally some shots of all 7 bases done so far - 1 kapakula, then 3 European and 3 Asian at the back.
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/175_zpsc63e6399.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/175_zpsc63e6399.jpg.html)
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/171_zps6befe10e.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/171_zps6befe10e.jpg.html)
(http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y521/hwiccee/Ottomans/168_zps79ed7fbd.jpg) (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/hwiccee/media/Ottomans/168_zps79ed7fbd.jpg.html)
I think it will work and doesn't take too long to cut the figures.
Looking good!
Very nice groupings and painting. Cool! 8)
Nice stuff, that man !....Like 'em.
Cheers - Phil
They're colourful little chaps. I admire anyone who can paint recognisable symbols on a 10mm figure. :)
Thanks for the kind words guys. Can I ask you for feedback on the 'conversions'? I have put pictures of a selection of bases up so that you can hopefully see that I have taken away some shields and converted some lances to swords/pistols/carbines (although the carbines are difficult to see). Do these 'work'?
Yes, definitely.
I considered something similar in conversions for the ones I recently posted the WIPs of - but decided in the end the figures were nice enough not to worry about it, and I'm more likely to mangle them in the process - yours look good though from those shots :)
The carbine armed guys look good, even in fuzzy vision - it clearly looks like a musket!