15mm Ottomans

[SV52]

I'm planning a re-fight of Mohacs but the Turks are short a few, so this is the start of a recruiting drive:

Azab archers and foot;

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice work SV52

[Techno]

I second that !! 

Cheers - Phil

[SV52]

Thanks guys 

[fsn]

Nicely done, sir.

Not my period, so please may I ask - is the headgear all being the same colour a historical feature or one you've used to designate a specific unit?

[Orcs]

Very nice SV,  What manufacturer are the figures?

Although until I have painted the 300 or so mikes models I have I shall try to resist.

What rules will you be using?

[SV52]

fsn - Nah, the headgear means nothing I just like the look of a red fez wrapped in a white turban.  It is of period though and is more properly called a tarbush

Orcs - They are all Essex; easy to paint, no appliqué detail or undercuts.  I plan to uise 'Hordes and Heroes' from Kallistra as it's designed for hex terrain, albeit for 10mm.  The original army was organized along DBR lines, so doesn't fit the H&H basing and figure scheme. The H&H units are all 4 stands of eight figures which fits in with their figure pack sizes.  My lot will be two, three or four stands per unit of up to five figures in 15mm. 

I've already got a Polish Pendraken army but the current range of Ottomans wasn't around at the time, so opted for a different scale pitching the Ottomans against Hungarian and other E-Europe types.

Feedback welcome chaps.

[FierceKitty]

White turbans were very predominant in Ottoman armies.

(Hi from Bath, btw)

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

You mean they let you though the border controls

(Hi from Bath, btw)

[Leman]

Very nice looking units. always wanted an Ottoman army of some description and still haven't got round to it.

[SV52]

fsn - Isn't it risky using electrickery-powered devices whilst immersed in water?

Leman - know what you mean.  Not getting round to it is what I should do rather than impulse buying, my hobby would be far more straightforwrd than it is at the moment.  Think I'll start a thread on that topic.

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Techno]

fsn - Isn't it risky using electrickery-powered devices whilst immersed in water?

I truly remember watching the BBC prog, "Tomorrows World" ....Decades ago...(TV was still black and white in those days)......where 'someone' sprayed a Black & Decker drill with some sort of 'oil'.....Submerged it into an aquarium...Switched it on..where it worked without giving 'matey' a massive electric belt.

That invention seems to have died a death.....Unlike the gentleman who had switched the drill on.
Cheers - Phil

[Techno]

And now I 'know' that the above is a completely false memory.

I've looked up 'the program'....and it 'says' it was broadcast in the 90's.

That's well over 10 years after Von & I were married..and we've never watched a black & white TV from when we were spliced.

Hmmmmm.

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

You mean they let you though the border controls

Lee just turned on her Siamese charm.