Aut Cesar, Aut Nihil, Wargaming the Borgias.

Aut Cesar, Aut Nihil, Wargaming the Borgias.

Saturday 7 February 2015

My Turkish Light Cavalry.

 My rebasing of the Ottoman Turkish Army has finally started to gather some pace.I have now completed the light squadrons of the army, but have realised that I will need more.Wargamers are a strange bunch really. We buy and build up what should be a suitable sized army, then want more. In the case of the Ottoman Turks I think it is justifiable, as their armies did consist of very large amounts of unpaid marauding light cavalry who were used as fodder for their opponents. Witness the Battle of Mohacs, where the poor Hungarians believed they had actually won the battle after chasing the Turkish light cavalry all over the battlefield, only to be then confronted by the REAL Turkish army, of Jannisaries and Spahis of the Porte.
 So I have set myself another target, and that is to double the number of light cavalry in order to confound my opponents.
 All figures are from the late collection of John Reidy, and have clearly stood the test of time, and in my eyes are the bollocks.


5 comments:

  1. Wow! There are some oldies in there mate :>)

    As usual, excellent stuff.

    Darrell.

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  2. Darrell,
    There are, I think Hinchliffe and Minifigs did a pretty good job of their Ottoman Turks ranges. Not the biggest range but still very nice.

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  3. Hi Robbie, its nice to view your Ottomans forming up for the big battle. I also know how you feel, my collection is strong in Suvarileri and Sipahi, but I really do need more light cavalry, particularly Akinji horse archers. I am aware the former have bows too on the castings but I prefer them to serve as close-order lancers.

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  4. A great looking collection, excellent job!

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    1. Thanks Phil,
      They make a change from normal renaissance troop types.

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Honour Guard of Cesare Borgia.

Honour Guard of Cesare Borgia.