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1/72 Reinforcements

These figures are quite slight and in soft plastic so we shall see hwther they paint up well and fit with my other forces for 11th century Italian Wars

So some more 1/72 reinforcements mainly early medieval for my Normans in the South project which will at some point include Byzantines.

Byzantines are sadly lacking in 1/72 so I will have to do some conversions of late romans and el cid HAT ranges.

Lets start with an odd one out!

These grenadiers of Louis XIV are a nice set and will complement my great northern war Zvezda forces
These are all either going into my late roman war forces or just maybe will be reworked to make late byzantine cavalry which are few and far between
back covers of 1/72 Medium and Cataphract Cavalry by Hatt
I already have quite a few of these two sets and it does not hurt to have some spare when your building 11th century european armies of any type.
Not as good back cover art as Zvezda although they show what you actually get in one case. somehow the unpainted figures promise more which is a bit unfair as the painted box art must be at least 10 years old at a time when strelets had nowhere near the resources of a company like Zvezda
These are great figures and I look forward to painting them. some will make it into my planned Varangian Guard unit for my Byzantine 11th century force.
The Zvezda back of box pictures of the painted figures just cry out to be bought. The animation is fantastic although better suited to loose and open fighting rather than showing a shieldwall
These figures are quite slight and in soft plastic so we shall see whether they paint up well and fit with my other forces for 11th century Italian Wars
These are currently my best bet for building forces of Byzantine Cavalry around the 11th century. I can’t use all of them and the horse fittings look a bit suspect.