I had my Crusaders and Saracens out last night to try and tempt a friend into the wonderful world of wargaming with a game of Hail Caesar! and thought since I was set up I'd take some photos today of the figures and share them here.
Please excuse my dire photography skills and terrible lighting, but it was that or wait a few months for the sun to show it's face!
Figures are a mix of Pendraken and MM. Some of the armour and weapons are a little anachronistic, I plan to expand with more period specific units in time for different Crusades, but they provide a good look and feel for the moment and I've had a few fun games with them.
First up my generals starting with King Richard and Saladin themselves:
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Grand Master Garnier de Nablus and Grand Master Robert IV de Sablé of the Hospitallers and the Templars:
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Emir Muzaffar ad-Din Gökböri ("Blue Wolf") and General Al-Afdal:
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I plan to add a couple more generals to this mix in future including Saphadin and Guy de Lusignan.
I'll follow up with photos of the troops at a later time when I'm at the computer as this is proving quite fiddly to do from my phone (and it's getting late)!
Clever basing, I am just about to do some leader bases, so these will help me.
Love the diorama style bases; very nice indeed 8).
Thirded :)
Fourthed ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Fifthed
:-bd
Lovely
Very nice!
Next up, the mighty Mameluke cavalry under the esteemed Saladin, Sultan of Egypt:
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Ole Dicky Lionheart here (with his infantry borrowed from Henry V):
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The billmen were the first 10mm figures I ever painted, sadly not from our dear hosts.
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Al-Afdal's plucky militia troops, with some skirmishers and light archers from the Sudan:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/e3sL0BiGvroNrbScr2D5UOO_EZXbE3GyKLqKSROAOKtW0KA4hp4GyERxU49ZaUc4-K8SpsTjT6jzY09Ncisv7sUG0XoaPE8WBVGJzG-HPZFr-_vHMHWowO_4INIzgHaZ8YNftNzHk2khbsjC_w_pkRFZ7xjXnQXFYuponWLOlvdL9g4F_Tq33NraQ24XnFAK_dqUqYvSpzWjz1MSdTCeQAHj59lA3sOqIrcwGHh_fHBf7-rzvsqNGKM5LJgK8KdxfE6P-h-Af3X66LXYwE48FPKJx6Leob7H2sO-6eolbfsry-7bFLloq_M7c314kGZtXheYqtclGmFYs510yyRDPRM8VbbXuOSBSsetBhmVF0WAEQtsRXDXR_1po4BEbwFYtvm6HJ340ro7zy_ehuU-QUFPILwf73QCb2QJcjqP2FKqngenyc6FdWTkalRXRkUDGjmFLsIBnx37Dw9DU4IPSHeZfUQRwqwD000v6gYSV_ToEbgCseh-3onbSDICvW50l-Jmamyfe13Q9yRxgMQRZPJoinD1f50E3Q2JjCeMh71VVmlsE41TdxOAf7ZOd6hNVuEHia_KfTZK_pCpJG1fK9Ft2C4Ya69e7UqbxXhj-U8OZg2IFXu491Lwu_dOWFnHUoK6QCLeJDrKCI5F1jKhG1Le1Q=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o4cIwDfl70FNMpKTMnlzrBGREm60oq7cPKitc_Ot4VJGMog5_uxymLli9SLmPO0ATs4uMP-JJv2sDyDU4ixufyvNOKdUhjHlOEubiBXojEcseGrp1tKPj6lvU7eRMDQysn_7fop7tgdrWG1lkDJWNxh0aqOhBN2ra4-mMZWncx6Jo6k5Q6UWHLF3hewpLUN0i59MIZbrSNO_IliggOHBUL9EAwkALO2L_UkvSlAHmsNDr1ogXIyFLLHQnyH9QxSRfjUNK0JjpiQQROis585vWlwHmlzaJWS_kqre1Oz_TOGhnf6nN3NzwJTRx86o1gfq5tvrR8REge22wq0nw7qMcDls7BKCCa7Jsc0lbo4F0Yc59AwEiULG4sx109Qg7OiU0HOlmGEwVXHuDb8AihIBk7cHaaWg8iYMLeK8qPzl1avt0Eq6gRznNnaEctCAazjkGESkAoQ4Gcm6SmTcODY5OeVmWO4uVDbnycpErOad6STk11f9mudLYL3U-WF3kEMu6APQZT9kR7rW4s8CwdvRA1X__IzFSQQP4GYRwy8on_JccskVkg5G008gfgLzd1u71bqO_5D6_Qhr28_ab4QeJplnC889sBFkM7B0dbPC2t1mhRWa-G_oSlJt3XIRmZi2-RMtLPB5WpgIKeU6X3fXBcg59w=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VhGmKRcWFqxr1wCF6eycw2fQD797MPQJ8gOC3eKIXHjHH5xulDQ-pbqqvIwEDkYNsnwHLc_t-_Gp7oW7WPrP9AdKiZeNqW_FYML2isaDhxALeZMcdIX-CUNi_GV5LfZY4pk4BLVjAEpGSDidc-U-RMC5BtAQSimdfjoRv-oAT9Ltq11JKpIYue6l359ZM0xsoHsh_xmEwatmLc8s8gaDNwG73CbXL1Jr6VJ0vXGIhzij_mB34_yWQVDJHPHYJOffkNLfXfV9IYg7XZ0ee6xIYBFWJlU2Ag7OjPfJ3iRsyHJTTkzLBklGdxTtktns2ESs8w8SihlcKB1LAqLLpNPeylAayQUzx8ngmN_H0bRSskcyyn_8LjV5-OElD09ifsXyyif-E1ZWQdKIVL5rwf4I5ITBoLJ9rKQlz7-oOLFyX8Pvfwb5w-oOgVFmobgXR0uPc3B6dzvbMJVonb9g5mkVDz6FCw7g1fZM0EY5yxX4qOSAdvXwlPHd6WDQTeK2zFUI1yZOYL-2x-L-JIFJ8RdO6YsATqfM7UAneSHiKFIT3GCeNpIJNCGqxj3teE_R8MZB8p7Md7kALegNbk2qLGRriuEzrRnJA7Z0T_1C0Cs7B7NTCuCBc8WFsiU1UTLzQUXcWSqYk7OiruYxbdKnSQhybLuUuw=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/82dicJ5ZsGKonA5dlhTXiljDMZVoW6ftKne95czW9UErt2ZHTKxWy1foHiM08ulRUXT3cUqgZZU7K2biRUT2GMvgIQfGc5SHL7-zKyq8jVMaDwanUsqtK-KJHMGWlxk1QHtUJTSzyNRsPGe5ZZnrI4T7gtrqbLqx3FTyA2DwE7-N9Gsqq094pfNG5dS8xSFwihu5wz-h-YSUaLHjSvYZUI5WML2Z6Pf1-1t_gn6-Gr8zagNRJysWU28zacrOjX-LCeQEo5UwXp0emYhMXnjCX3OrqCxAIFXd8eXn0t-VuhoWvCr96mXXm4wqTksFEKVlL2cAJg-QmgPIR9AAaBFNkcmjG2RsfYdLAR9NgrXDEqSwt3-sTae4Kgj_DCl110wbRvMqy50LY_cHI0Vt_JGgNBikQokITNNiPQz5n0hgqeNQU2-0WdOBe4WkaxDn6KuYcs6b_jYuBIF-lD8CC_2HfuaY-PZSHK-bTWaUMXCG-2zgRMxG62TQJOR8eRLOcHCCl9y5mjC4kw_9litOXu-4LPFhw7AShA4eFfuZNZ1f8dLRPHHEuGmM5lO_NtOKxlEfEP7y0miuxK2UU7VvPmNg52GN8fAYLOZzC1T39RdL9l3SGCMld2FGRkT4qF9IxHzAp-vWRikhV4IAfZf_3ekFYpAT-w=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bxMy00HO41sNKEZ-cF7KiJW7Eadyauzo_HB-vvh8PSvBQUV2vdcp9DospBDt9i4W0NNnioFRDuO5tjAdsg3eW6ZJofnP06NaU_6syDjNJlOyOLD8TF9ZIz9Br8KkRF99JTR8j1ClfcTJR_mWIjcbJ7JY-iQhZARlGiA8fTlZBy3pi8EfqyeF2gMGVfq4lUWyOgttGfT5LwFs98yqYXRVitY33Gm7oOkVxnfMBiz8dYLrpZw2pAXkogg9BMWp7-0DsqT-3phUVNDNWslQlzttdsmqwvDoFeFSxEni15dMVFQ3AnmWzLH8PL-KHsgQcdt0hwmOU9wU1N2Ndhx70YsGRFZJ3taRMJ_zBZo7epf6kyJA91fey5_1i09_cvH41x4gG3KrSOk4RESAje4wEpn06XJgamzSrlevE8yhMAkweiewh1GNmNDQonJ_Z3D-nxS1RMZX6yB32-iZQI7AHchwpp3jVoijxKuGUKlW_7dm3Fh_si5TYrj-vrHIYDFg_QvicVHvJJEt_7kQ8NPa2xOemrxTZa90i0Z7W3eA6BpDLDYAInHbM-QoKX6VTL9mxXZO7jUsnnSUC9slIwIZfiPRfTXDOuP5T4A-F9gF9K9L0QipJqcAm2r4ptylpskW9hgeO8AC7PzThZwiBrr9Ucr3kWoh8g=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GK4YrFwaMus51lwy6n_4iDKfqUNZJYaBMy-dceZRWbeHvvC-RjvOxcsybuRiTEBzJUSycdLc3uivoNqbQOW9GxFbFdiNF4b9HFDdMD5DCOw0yLhTWAjm8g86NYHnR8-oN_hciTxbLZBWmgtiJCZKQ50DoXN9EiJGq3zRsdpnwRKbzEHv6LSgWtqnw3cnfvnneCdEUVbNHKHkZ6NNslpM8MjI7kYmm6RYMSoc1fbqOdZGtA_eWKo5ayDnL9zHphB1IafZkhzd6N9qycg-4hUuus0gBaV5niMcSFT29jNFYkcHmZxBAaGbapUoFOczVOcrOfKRlsGDRk9y2DbvX1lGEUqGJ5NH132e7TQZr4E9JP-_fJQYtqtvqc7m0EseFyQQqOT9tm6fS8T5wAJmOK48MA9DkfbBKSK0ENX6oq30uMOAeb7hBwN3KDRDoH9kOkxRzLIm00Aor5nVFN5wTNj9641c2-WuMl9lESHJ0ofICbLlum8OKWXD0XstDgofMTm5JA2S2HjsU991CjRE97l2e-KelHuLgdf4fl6U3IDcqi4C_UCWfiDwSUTYI7sPc2jU6dCWpOgM0iZNf4QwyBOuAgBOl_2NCTkjxuHZYzCInENOpnKZwbBOKnSg3KP722PM9GQZHbjFrBxhN6kd2rTIgMpNyA=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9GVo0ve0C48vjECZJlULvgNzuzqAadahftQHidpI8p4F1IC2hksYh1w8Ujo5V3Bc8uHgdzB5vmPeU56AUYZ9JFzsAQZyNFjTbYfIM8ImiPcgS0VXAbYety7W5e5LaH6VhmhxM8cWDqPMtZrQwUwtxURPgzlmA0JO7JaE93LqF8OMLBXjDiFSDAiGWuFKkpk_HJGlkehrSUdeC6VjmcAtISr8RQEA3zOZlSdBwRr3ZC2T6HMaJixJbSQhY02RTnajJXgmCLAVdLKXbQOGy6jpj5vHSMAosE_fQo_dhTbo-SL-tPjXhYCHDSvrDnFAS1usZluEI6hAw4J1XwDTIpjIzQOgyvDC4N9wwGcetxzkXsWlrU_tTGxZzTJFqGC5X4kt0pZLugb2cRHAV4BdfKThBX6VMrP4SHNueQch7TujXEs5YWqqbYsn1UfgQNXKohv6E2dQ9gRSPfALIFij_9TtvbSh2ubCO-W0ifTqx7PYSfyHJrw7LxBSvHHv-mwmG4Ts8P7spGUr4ishGCEsgGaXJ0Qn-KNIIzyS_HzDSht6qNVpputHMUlAc5qrlXgElh1o98s9QGY5iprGhzMZ6uyFmm7UUEm0Uffq_CbL5A-_e5kDiBDFigLG14pCAFfhpjZebRU3G6cFyo7Uet21kBBvuGTSPg=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IGs0Cg6uNqAVM8YowcT5HpJ3loWwQwT_gbPZOzt-arOOKX2X-o6xKIxlafMD8fGmGeeG226FkUBkC2ZpuzvbDjUkcF0VFzRSCbWSiOC1uNowclq1jCDikp31Grnn2lFly8rw-QnyTZnXGW8_3Bryws9zX7UqSUytBD8G8iyxmTRqCEUfgqU-LaUXF5ZCuIZp_hQdUaILC568VETeln-ahScsrmRrDsR6btPNV-TH68QC-buCtWPVC_rVGZYcDeqTqBHqwzyAR37OOyBMfXg9IWigmZOXnYhh4tjEc4L5pKq4SbsTesm69Fh5JsDjVsUIXID5taTmfWpHxRwZN8PyMAY-ZdvAsGbfupzYl_0SwsS6Py_gmcgyVx9UQW_RlaikxQTthdGC3JZh4XJmzbfgF7wPLDT0MnfAQljuZejR4-Swibbd0JIlFF_vDsYM4k3GmBunCNIX71w0pYO5frmAHGIpnjCMgHRk7RNhDqvfAX3MZtw5aWdvf5vQoUubBiCoRMGSIWJeu1sAtY-7cMMciMPth671OGhbfyTPwww-bzG-KlnKk2G1S9O5lsc3Nzxy4MLzMcmhqso8ovXe3itF10M5Y7Iza6pwD8ZudXXpkeh4P1vGjyP5i-dhlPCOMn7EQQabHNhngr3lY-x5KzVqFb2umQ=w890-h667-no)
Now we have the Holy Orders bringing their forces to bear with Knights, Sergeants and Turcopoles:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Tpon4kSb45sFr8ykVK30zo8ZmH_NOkKZBpfa0HxiG0v3-znLBRb6qCpxmGQs97XRRDD9mNgyQvNchgieQCFfraGH_VvqVg_hmvQmYqPELuJALiq-rpBjYe_BoTR9uyfXhmVWSapm1hhldQxFAVa5ZoaIUXUzRbkHdcpYzmn_BzP5SPVRWLT0WZjw3vrJgO3OyHtUsEWkmQyadc-D9V6vDc9flXtjwONQ2-y5s2wOvyxNq0nTzBwbL-BhoaejfUmZhaBx4k7DipMCqCN3BRZPKzUvVIvJjz0n6pn7KoCOLT_RpAZhbfsoQeaYlfjUa_rylrDi2hYljEOE1PXKl7m89zAuS6HRBp3_oCRs-mZUKo2sAiUwiZrpuRlUfsTR51Xe_2w4mbjbmPkLtHuT24-EohSurU237mbQezZfQ5URUFNlh2SlkJMWQA4XtvUle5v7owtaQQkMwvhNJxiiOaMBL-7GVUUiREOVlt6KILD0ObjS4tkC_MmRGRNKqL4YLACzM4N2D8-c6W6pSdc1JIR3Hx2U3MhLVqfvP5hq5Vd1GH1X5LHP77BojZ9jqeeY1f-YSWtxTDCOICukFd8am_KRVKGos_xz7s__f6d8JRBmH2Xu_n-QtwcRRA5Y039ASYq2QM-h0QfjcxTXwFLdLjv4HKQscw=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OONcpCFz40WUMikPL1pvqkff1I5t265e5BOTSAS65x84Rn4BLuGAerUHRvr4KS3zHyJ8CYO8FK-EhZWh10Sk9a8peiJydscYOsx1LGW0ZQRGroFDHYnF9wmjqf3MIsMfmIBlOTWeRoE1atH8LbqnmUZWOMks7COEdZFm5z9N0ZwfiAEm-o6_7QPDFX8zdXop4YU-YZKR40ia3PJaV2109xNSR2D2xpPX57I6nmJhocfWtACsNVHfDTSVsvfhYhU81ogdICuIgIfZslJxW-bVBzoYrHAMAV1yPMnrlvZrIt2bzbfzRWmOx2aD06a6bp0oT6mNxZhO9cDiLedFZhsL2uc-gTzqyxJrhbdSwsqNf5kNRnY_g26A6pcCzY3lMYFTqAMrWvqHHhp4HIyU_6E-XqzK-haw7BQpOhjQKsoN_gku2Jxf-R94EVxaupm5I1MQf854H-H-vzez7Fx9F-skBVnoRmMVPZSosyB4n12Vqk5Qb86PdXRS-W8JkXHN3_ZXt_PQCcGfwnf9IfYGupfaJs9NT0AC-OEC-02lG_2CDGyFyskTU80eCw57Bg3Ktxh1Ni2tCvwHctpP449U55TxW2c5xZMokTxjDU-ODf1yPOMyTI3yckc9PUA-7lCypgmCO7KvJuFGkKK63pTHxFbVHd3ihA=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6N6KaweyFBob3-4OtKqtEeiw-Mf_kSpl9J7Pqi7OeHnJ0mnhef19itoR8HZTZeGB1CDabzvB5Y5l65pgPoEpXW41gMtZLd7_wqw4noDBDir_1aF4aQQw8t8lPO4b3fKoVaVzuqdaYPEP0x0mNFaRISMQMUo_BoqQbDzIEqoaBbsCxQGEfdxb6xe_Y6rkUh5m0k6ZUVDI8zLlKZkDmyPPvmI9bl_vEolipWp3PWejOqfS0Mpa1YyLjmjcz4h_2tc5aC9CxYyxfJf0sn8-3kQ-Z4kfqkJLNyWYMcsw8PrqSvFdzjcfj5rHvTx8lccCPpXUQ-tYMNxMyVaQG1CbU76kk7B7wDnTBHH8XtJ2h0fbyZ2KemBkNLiMI_moltjLbFbLqnWEEefrYGunCyp9hhIXe0Gbr9XFy0kDvc4cx1AN5Fb2KSwH9BoQs5t2IYxX-p44CukTS40BknG8-MgvtAzssih_uAlQ1V3VNAVF_RFTFzjSJKfKKyJ4QZIic9DsRz3e-Pa3RyvPMwCyJnXUfqv8y2ESDVJXy_LUqU_CGF6iliF8tgpPwhAE704dFKEi46Mcw77Cootk3ctfEjkWm9BPTLbaZ-nj81RyhkF8L8A7hdGSOkTEiRf4nETXTo9QKvSUeN2-7TbO1pAd3AOr8mMlt6MyMA=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xtSD7BzlHE3ZjUpmf4wX7SbPTVcczXbhd2e95EO_OhOeUoIAjw3J38x-r-iMFaV9k71N1znbCfLL-paYQwRCo8jE09rt385sraO3VuUAedYmym3CO_Z7QzYxvURMfOmmFEoIXFdbJu9N0AePtJn84CPVbZz2PuH4VVYLJSa8MBjSTOXIA_OLg5bsFJ5xs4KFgGM3aqBrNWdJopKirFBDktQBhibSQtqJuDuI_mViIULI-FoZS5xa4z6pxHTAD-OmOvhWDgiZ0ng3OBzX5QJmKwVaLdJzteaaDkgc_Ec4OHf1qpFlEZYYXO2npZng5Zl4y1ViC1RyDWAEyiQ-AlxAm7X6wPOs9VL22tCVNpAgQYssxN_fMtD8Vht8X9iYVXExNTfBVHr8dlDoTk-v9bhYcjtEYFKZ5Us557jZz3YyeNFKpLb0poBXwmELQ5LCXXO9Gu5XzYdOjgQTea4VgZNEYXtvZXi2FqAuxDzOPpgl-vzHdbNc56j2UCgZ4z0Yia9quZymOB64F8ad9r6xWgfwGvvqJ6HFbmnSK78wLByHHhHDclWNTiijw79rORbkmdaz5WSzq2XFuAv85EddNsl1kv5bWg60c1P1eRP1-TvR7j5Nk5rCxivhi5SSbOq1In5wSPpLIUtl0U-faW9dNVVcb1S1Fg=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zcfkTTrs6MvfLwHyi8GuFP5OtyK1Ej1iMINCzuUYH5wGnisWD2CAekWPxf01dz1q4QLsLQyAs1_Md2GU5EBRbuxnk4c2ZvjZYQIi1zVs6SwC88nsv9ZFCmIPJtHLuvhcEJ5srHdtYJAyNZqdatqBamVKsQ8e10r9y9Bcv4x1k0eqTp1Bn-nTF0D4JEfgRB0yJ4HQwlbi48up1CWBAqnMvaY3SSQgiXG-7Gvt8Os8uq3At57FFckZv_fONnu3JLVHlWW4-xak3w6Tj2nPUW9H1UqP0pRMsexWbdHqQO7CkiBla6kU005iSu5x5KoA-jwuKtGFqivRl1xEiJVRDmQVHv3FObo9oyBVGPy9sF5oV_LBeKcEZO4IKfEjSRcfk2aF7KbwSwbu_hBkMWplQP59yK_stjE2XKWw-FmfDLPzZoFPm5gGEqkuZcJFE6c5zTodrzhxNF1aY9Y-0zF0HUecUTFqz2fVPH-rN4PhCf37eeNZYy_MNj8LUz-TwG3vZqJs-OHoJF2ccDj6OUPl4cWEwlqlxiXw3PcqDC03bcb2YulwCiVg10cPQmTXgDEZcnqQw2zsn47bPiTPoXOt9XsSYuN78lAXeDMmBF7q3rspfaK6SyidJuVfb7aN-gtP78pWNeymeZPrJrFqsv4Hjuz77UCiAw=w890-h667-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3eO3eF6FYSIwwrUE1KIfAlu_TRXHhjxgNywYlJoRKmY9zzoI7oiTgYBYmKkPHk7HgHutiP5twqeeKNHO9ggvh8oOy9nA7nf-74Unp3tmdi9BKTVSUilahzIsXTB4VP1LXD1ORoAJFoKIvSZfmpkom8HPdd-Bi0absOQ8mRM5XdEUCQ3pFKhBHpCbdyjAEDhgrndLrLKCdsAWjpDQskroRoC6UstjVGCgXinqzLSY79-BKRH-L8UtNPdKPjQbJjsfGlZXsanuECplL_c7fj_Xk_OgZWP6n6ZO4cfItC8p-Q7UmMnaoBUyeUVNNFDu-ailE3tHNmDxokZcEUI4fhKxpWOY9chl0D-9qbsPrvGLgwTzaNzORYSzcoxBLC9TGF1E1ltBAptvmNlhYR9uIr3zjjbJWfAwWnnU0drfRlM_Ub9dECHwBBkeQCTqZJkaX6Fr2x_kfRwRQ2KFssR7XRrrcGC0th4hHuNNvMbTX7jZtp70F7YYmGjUCmYPhpm2T8v6JITYw1EHSicc47CarslOMaBBZo198FRWx1dDImrObTMLecSS1eGL9mN5mjPijG2xVeJJnimY_MOWoySuAfbOSIlfVsunC03wOI2kx-VFvY5IFkEyxgfqcqFxEzybJT9_X7Px1IKzAW1zQeIhIoR7HXXHQg=w890-h667-no)
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Last up the Sudanese forces, I'm less happy with these, especially the basing on the warbands at the back, so may rebase them at some point in the future:
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Plans for future expansion:
Crusaders
Commander: Guy de Lusignan.
A unit or two of Knights to represent the German and Frankish Knights.
Mounted Sergeants in a nice Jerusalem outfit of turquoise and yellow.
A couple of units of Medium Infantry with a mix of melee weapons and bows/crossbows and the flags of the German and Frankish crusaders.
Maybe a mob of armed pilgrims.
Saracens
Commander: Saphadin, the Sword of Faith.
More horses! Need to bolster the Saracen cavalry, especially light cavalry and will add plenty of mounted archers, Turcoman, Bedouin, camels, etc.
Not sure when I'll get back into this project, have plenty of other projects lining up, but may add a unit here and there through the coming year(s) and will record them here.
As an added bonus, my copy of To The Strongest! (a Christmas present from the wife-to-be) arrived yesterday and I had a play around with the rules. I used some slate pieces to mark out the grid (didn't mark every square, just enough to eyeball where they should be) and quickly lined up two forces I thought would be roughly equal. Here's a few pictures I took while playing:
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Saladin lines up his troops for battle, pushing the skirmishers forward.
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The Crusaders stare down the enemy force.
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The Saracen's take the initiative and seize the high ground.
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Richard's forces stop the advance dead in it's tracks (aided in no small part by my misinterpretation of the rally rule for the first few turns).
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The Crusaders push back to collapse the Saracen lines and surround the last of them taking the victory.
Overall a fun game, got plenty wrong as was learning my way through it, but gave me a good grounding in the rules to read deeper into and play properly next time!
Hi, Photos not showing in today's post just the grey no entry sign.
I enjoyed the earlier photos.
Regards,
Martin
Quote from: Smoking gun on 30 December 2018, 04:22:17 PM
Hi, Photos not showing in today's post just the grey no entry sign.
I enjoyed the earlier photos.
Regards,
Martin
Thanks for letting me know Martin, are they showing now? Fixed the sharing on Google photos on the last few photos. Was it just the ones from the To The Strongest! post that weren't showing or all the armies too?
Glad you enjoyed them!
Quote from: mmcv on 30 December 2018, 04:53:15 PM
Thanks for letting me know Martin, are they showing now? Fixed the sharing on Google photos on the last few photos. Was it just the ones from the To The Strongest! post that weren't showing or all the armies too?
Glad you enjoyed them!
I couldn't see them before either, but can now.
Quote from: Nick the Lemming on 30 December 2018, 05:20:21 PM
I couldn't see them before either, but can now.
Great, thanks!
Will have to be sure to check the sharing settings in future before adding.
Couldn't see the second one but the rest were OK.
Great stuff
Can't edit that post any longer, missing one is this I think:
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:-bd =D> :-bd
Some of them are showing and those that are look great 8).
Very nice, indeed.....I can see all but the second photo.....Grey 'no-entry' sign where I assume that one should be.
Cheers - Phil
Battle report with these forces here for anyone interested: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18127.0.html.
Hopefully, the images will work this time!
They look great Matthew
Thanks! :)
Can see most of them this time; like the figures. Cards...rather on the bridge table, for my tuppence of opinion.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 January 2019, 02:00:18 AM
Can see most of them this time; like the figures. Cards...rather on the bridge table, for my tuppence of opinion.
Cards are an interesting approach and change of pace from dice. Less chance of accidently disordering troops with an errant roll!
Prior to this they'd been played with plenty of dice using Hail Caesar which I do enjoy and will likely use for scenario games. I have an idea for a Battle of Arsuf recreation, but will need a few more figures and scenery to do it justice.
Main downside of the cards is the size on the table. Just about works in my space if I slide them under the bases but any smaller and I'd consider chits or d10 that I know some people use.
I've gone for chits as they have a significantly lower visual impact
I really like the ebb and flow of the odds with cards, if you draw a lot of low cards the odds of drawing high improves and vice a versa
Yeah I'm considering using chits for the activations, how many do you use?
I found once or twice in the flurry of cards I forgot an activation and had to walk the cards back to replay. Partly due to being used to only activate for movement, not shooting in HC. Thinking if the activation is a different process I may remember it better.
I do enjoy flipping cards for rapid combat resolution though so may keep that on the base line or separate to avoid visual clutter.
Well, the world is big enough for you and me. :)
I bought my chits as sets from the bigredbatshop - this automatically mirrors a card pack. Much prefer chits to cards as they are smaller and visible without being garish.
I like the cards, as they are easily visible to all players, no matter how the ravages of age have affected our eyesight! That said I can see both the aesthetic problems some folk have, and the space problems of using normal sized playing cards with small figures on a small table. I have a number of packs of quarter size cards, bought cheaply off the net, which I use with 6 and 10mm. When playing with those who don't like the clutter, I use chits for activations, and cards for combat, saves etc, placing the cards at the table edge. Lots of options available, really.
Yeah for sure, and as Paul said, the ebb and flow of the probability makes it interesting compared to a more linear dice based probability.
Quote from: mmcv on 06 January 2019, 09:39:17 AM
Yeah I'm considering using chits for the activations, how many do you use?
...
I can't remember how many chits I made #-o
I think it was 120 but may have been only 80 :-/
I'm going to have to make some more for Cheriton as we will hopefully have 6 or so players...
Yeah 80 would be plenty for a normal game, I was using two decks and it was more than enough. Looking forward to seeing your Cheriton game :D six players will be an epic one.
Battle report with these forces using the Soldiers of God ruleset here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,18253.0.html.
I've been thinking about where I want to take this project recently and after having had a few more games with them I've settled on what will be the next steps. My main aim is to set up the battle or Arsuf, to do so I will need:
1) Hordes of horse archers. This is the gaping hole in the Saracen forces - light cavalry and horse archers. I've noticed this in games where I've only had foot skirmishers and then heavier Mamlukes for mounted archers. I proxied some Turcopoles as Turkomen in a recent game but I'm going to need a lot of them for Arsuf. I'm hoping the upcoming TB line Islamics will plug some of these gaps, though my have to pick some up from other manufacturers if not... X_X most of my cavalry is from MM and is quite bulky, but slighter or smaller models shouldn't be an issue on separate units.
2) Crusader infantry. Now that I'm a lot more knowledgeable about the period than when I first started, the billmen and archers feel out of place and I've avoided using them. At present the only period infantry I have are the Hospitallers infantry, so I plan to make a matching set of them for the Templars and then make some use of all the medieval and dark age infantry to do some mixed foot units and crossbowmen.
3) Terrain. Mostly trees, maybe some scrub. I have a bag of premade trees from eBay so can hopefully base them easily enough to provide a bit of sparse woodland.
4) Rebase Sudanese infantry. I originally based these in loose formation on 60*40 bases for large warbands, but I rarely play them as such and I don't like the look. Not strictly necessary for Arsuf but I reckon I could get three units of close order infantry by rebasing them onto 40*40. I now regret basing with milliput...
5) More knights. I have about half a units worth painted from before, so would like to pick up enough to finish it and maybe do a unit of the Knights of Jerusalem in their fetching turquoise and gold outfits.
So that's a decent plan for the coming year or so. 3 and 4 will likely come first as they don't require any new purchases, though I do have a few horse archers I picked up from Irregular that I may slap some paint on soon (once I get through my ECW project painting queue).
First entry into the hordes of horse archers:
(https://i.imgur.com/fuhx1dWh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HqzI3q6h.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LusVBeCh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pjTu3Doh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CBVucOih.jpg)
Figures are from Irregular. The sculpts are nice, not super detailed but have some character and paint up quickly enough so look the part.
Pondering ordering some more or holding off until the TB line Islamics are out.
Rather cool
:-bd =D> :-bd
Very nice ! :)
Cheers - Phil
Some further updates on crusades progress...
http://mmcvhistory.home.blog/2019/04/12/crusades-progress-update/
Yeah I started trying this blogging thing... we'll see if it keeps up. :-S
This will probably be the last Crusades stuff until the TB Line Islamics are released.
Back to the fields of England and the civil war!
And 900 years later we're still bloody there! Once again, you couldn't make this up.
Quote from: Leman on 12 April 2019, 07:50:51 PM
And 900 years later we're still bloody there! Once again, you couldn't make this up.
The fun future wargamers will have...
Very nice work
:-bd =D> :-bd
I may have been too hasty in my last update saying there would be no more Crusades until the TB line was released...
X_X
I was looking some samples of smaller scales for future projects on IM and of course just had to add some more medieval troops in to round the order out.
Also pondering some further rebases, especially the cavalry.
Though will hopefully get the time and motivation to do an ECW regiment or two before then.