Pendraken Miniatures Forum
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
26 January 2021, 08:38:10 PM
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Search:
Advanced search
We've released an excellent
MDF Siege Tower and Trebuchet
to our Medieval range!
315186
Posts in
18238
Topics by
2287
Members
Latest Member:
Vonthoma
Pendraken Miniatures Forum
Wider Wargaming
General Discussion
(Moderator:
mad lemmey
)
Dacians
« previous
next »
Pages:
[
1
]
Author
Topic: Dacians (Read 744 times)
FierceKitty
Field Marshal
Posts: 11401
The dog is a peasant. The cat is a gentleman.
Dacians
«
on:
26 June 2020, 06:05:52 AM »
The good news: Two packs of Dacians and Sarmatians arrived today. The bad news: They aren't the Pendraken part of the order (a good deal more substantial), just a bit to add variety to a crazy brave impetuous army. But credit where it's due, MM reliably get the stuff out very fast.
Logged
I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?
mmcv
Brigadier
Posts: 1908
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #1 on:
26 June 2020, 02:43:16 PM »
Did you by chance get the "Sarmation or Alan Cavalry" and are any of the figures passibly female? I want to do a unit of Amazons for my Trojan War and so far the only ones I've been able to find are 4 figures in the Pendraken Sarmations pack, but they're all the same pose. One or two of the MM ones look like they may work too but the faces are obscured or unclear in the picture. Assuming I can live with mixing MM and Pendraken cavalry...
Logged
https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/
FierceKitty
Field Marshal
Posts: 11401
The dog is a peasant. The cat is a gentleman.
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #2 on:
26 June 2020, 03:05:40 PM »
I'll check them out tomorrow and let you know. Mixing shouldn't be a problem; I've done it with Scythians, Huns, Japanese, and Persians (both ancient types). Phil will tell you that horse sizes vary even more than human ones.
Logged
I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?
mmcv
Brigadier
Posts: 1908
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #3 on:
26 June 2020, 03:18:14 PM »
Appreciate it, cheers.
Yeah, I reckon it would be okay mixing with the recent figures - I've noticed some of the older Pendraken ones don't mix so well with MM, e.g. the P Normans with the MM knights, as both the horses and figures are a fair bit smaller and lighter than MM so don't really work in a close line of knights. But for spread out horse archers is not such a big deal and the newer figures aren't as small I find.
Logged
https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/
FierceKitty
Field Marshal
Posts: 11401
The dog is a peasant. The cat is a gentleman.
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #4 on:
26 June 2020, 03:38:53 PM »
I suspect often enough even a Sarmatian cataphract rode a pony. Distinguishing size becomes important around the late middle ages, when horsebreeding began to get organised and regulation was slowly introduced, and a small horse would have been seriously overburdened in a heavy unit.
Logged
I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?
Techno
Guest
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #5 on:
26 June 2020, 04:19:03 PM »
Quote from: FierceKitty on 26 June 2020, 03:05:40 PM
Phil will tell you that horse sizes vary even more than human ones.
They certainly do !!
Currently the tallest horse in the world is just shy of seven feet, (that's at the withers).....Goodness knows what that equates to, to the top of his head.
The shortest horse is under a foot and a half (again, at the withers).
Cheers - Phil
Logged
FierceKitty
Field Marshal
Posts: 11401
The dog is a peasant. The cat is a gentleman.
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #6 on:
26 June 2020, 04:50:56 PM »
Anyone ever done a Shetland army?
Logged
I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?
mmcv
Brigadier
Posts: 1908
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #7 on:
26 June 2020, 04:53:05 PM »
Yeah certainly slight differences in horse size isn't a big concern - more when there's an overall difference in the size and chunkiness of the horse and rider it can be a bit iffy. I find for instance TB and MM medievals tend to be bigger and heftier while Pendraken (and IR) tend to be a bit lighter and more delicate, so would look a bit odd mixed on the same base as knights or men at arms. Light or irregulars it's less of an issue as they are more of a mishmash anyway, so long as the figures aren't considerably different - I find that's the bigger factor than the horses.
For the Amazons, I'll be doing them as mounted archers reasonably spread out on the base, so a mix should be fine, and any size differences can easily be explained by saying the smaller ones are just young ladies out for their first bloodletting.
Logged
https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/
FierceKitty
Field Marshal
Posts: 11401
The dog is a peasant. The cat is a gentleman.
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #8 on:
30 June 2020, 03:55:15 AM »
Quote from: mmcv on 26 June 2020, 02:43:16 PM
Did you by chance get the "Sarmation or Alan Cavalry" and are any of the figures passibly female? I want to do a unit of Amazons for my Trojan War and so far the only ones I've been able to find are 4 figures in the Pendraken Sarmations pack, but they're all the same pose. One or two of the MM ones look like they may work too but the faces are obscured or unclear in the picture. Assuming I can live with mixing MM and Pendraken cavalry...
Sorry about the delay. They aren't obviously butch and bearded (I think Sarmatians often shaved, which no real man does), so maybe they'll do.
Logged
I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you talking?
mmcv
Brigadier
Posts: 1908
Re: Dacians
«
Reply #9 on:
30 June 2020, 08:09:16 AM »
Quote from: FierceKitty on 30 June 2020, 03:55:15 AM
Sorry about the delay. They aren't obviously butch and bearded (I think Sarmatians often shaved, which no real man does), so maybe they'll do.
Thanks, that might just do. At 10mm that's about all that's needed. Don't really like oversized exaggerated female models, they'd have not looked much different from the men, just less bulky or hairy on the face.
Logged
https://mmcvhistory.home.blog/
Pages:
[
1
]
« previous
next »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Welcome
-----------------------------
=> Forum Info
=> Intro's and Welcomes
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=> Requests
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> 20th Century
===> Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900)
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=> Shows
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=> Photos
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Fantasy & Sci-Fi
=> Rules
-----------------------------
Non-Wargaming Discussion
-----------------------------
=> Chat & News
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
=> General Discussion
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=> General Pendraken
-----------------------------
Non-Wargaming Discussion
-----------------------------
=> Fun Stuff
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
=> Painting & Modelling
===> Painting Diaries
=> Batreps
===> Clubs/Societies
-----------------------------
Non-Wargaming Discussion
-----------------------------
===> Sport
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Dungeons
=> Books
===> Scenics
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=> New Figure Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2010 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2011!
===> Pendraken Sculpting Competition 2011!
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> WW2 Requests
===> WW1-SCW Requests
===> Fantasy/Sci-Fi Requests
===> Fantasy/Sci-Fi Photos
===> WW2 Photos
===> WW1/SCW Photos
===> Late 19th C./Colonial Requests
===> Late 19th C./Colonial Photos
===> 18th & Early 19th C. Photos
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
=> Competitions
-----------------------------
Welcome
-----------------------------
===> In the Line of Fire!
-----------------------------
Minibits Topics
-----------------------------
=> General Minibits
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680)
=> Resources
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2011 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=======> 2010 & 2011 Previews
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2012!
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> Napoleonic/Mid 19th C. Requests
===> 18th Century Requests
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Blogs
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
=> Pendraken's 20th Birthday Bash!
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Downloadable Rules
===> Resources - Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680)
===> Resources - Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900)
===> Resources - 20th Century
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
=> The Big Move
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2012 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2013!
===> Battleground 2014! (formerly Smoggycon)
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=======> 2012 Previews
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
=> Non-Pendraken Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2013 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=======> 2013 Previews
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2014!
===> Smoggy '13!
-----------------------------
Pendraken Rules!
-----------------------------
=> Warband
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=======> 2014 Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2014 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2015!
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> Post-War/Modern Requests
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
=> Genre/Period Discussion
=> Networking
-----------------------------
Pendraken Rules!
-----------------------------
=> Cold War Commander
===> BKC-III
=> Future War Commander
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=> New Releases
=======> 2014 Releases
=======> 2013 Releases
=======> 2012 Releases
=======> 2010 & 2011 Releases
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
=> Battleground
===> Battleground 2015!
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
===> Old Newsletters
=====> 2015 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=======> 2015 Releases
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
===> Previous Years
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> Previous Years' Releases
===> Previous Years' Previews
=======> 2015 Previews
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2016!
===> Battleground 2016
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> Pendraken Website Photos
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2016 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=====> 2016 Releases
=====> 2016 Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken Rules!
-----------------------------
=====> BKC-III Rule Queries
=====> BKC-III Miniatures
=====> BKC-III Battles
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> Battleground 2017!
===> PPO 2017!
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=====> 2017 Releases
=====> 2017 Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2017 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
===> Post-War/Modern Photos
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> PPC 2018!
===> Battleground 2018!
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2018 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=====> 2018 Releases
=====> 2018 Previews
=====> Older Releases
=====> Older Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken Rules!
-----------------------------
=> Blitzkrieg Commander IV
===> BKC-IV Rule Queries
===> BKC-IV Miniatures
===> BKC-IV Battles
===> BKC-IV - Army Lists!
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
===> Battleground 2019!
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2019 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=====> 2019 Releases
=====> 2019 Previews
-----------------------------
Wider Wargaming
-----------------------------
===> Proxy Figures/Models
-----------------------------
Non-Wargaming Discussion
-----------------------------
===> Scams & Spams
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=====> 2020 Show Stuff
-----------------------------
Pendraken Releases, Requests and Photos!
-----------------------------
=====> 2020 Releases
=====> 2020 Previews
-----------------------------
Pendraken News & Info!
-----------------------------
=> Painting Competition 2021!
Loading...