Coming to the end of my Crimean splurge and the last up are some Strelets Bashi Bazouks.
Mounted them two to a base rather than the more usual three to portray their light cavalry skirmish role and to accommodate the wilder figure poses .
The British recruited a lot of these to boost their numbers of cavalry - with mixed success , being called Beatson's Horse after their commander (will have to paint a suitable figure for him) . Having made inroads to the Crimean plastic mountain I'm back to painting 28mm lead now .
Those are really nice!
ReplyDeleteStrelets can do some very nice figures
ReplyDeleteTurkish delight!
ReplyDeleteAnother cracking job, Tony!
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Historically the were poor performers,but that makes them more interesting on the tabletop
DeleteWell done, a colorful and beautiful cavalry...impressive!
ReplyDeleteCould go to town on the colour scheme with these
DeleteSome rum looking characters there Tony.
ReplyDeleteYes I think they were more of a problem for their own side than the enemy , Tony
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