Wednesday 7 November 2012

Tarbooshian Lancers

The terror of the laughable mobs the Ananhuacans call an army. These fine boys are well armed, trained & horsed they are the 2nd Regiment of Horse - The Lancers of Karaburun. They'll soon be legging the Anahuacan trash all over the garden!

In Line

In Two Ranks

Lady Butler Style

I took this with the camera flash off. I'm not sure if it's atmospheric.


Cornet chap with camera flash off. 
I took another with the flash on but this one brings out the colours, 
especially on the guidon, much better.

The C.O. 
Maybe a little too flashy

 Charging in the Flying-Vee as per Kingdom of Heaven

The figures are 54mm AiP Egyptians serving a new master. The colour scheme is the same as for the infantry. Flag & lance pennants by TVAG. I made the lances from brass rod to replace the rather floppy AiP ones. I think I'll get another box of these to increase the unit size to 10 and generate a mounted Brigade commander with bugler and flag chap.

Hello to new blog followers Chasseur and Funny Little Wars. Welcome aboard, chaps, hope you enjoy the ride!

All the best!


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8 comments:

  1. Schedler Vincent 7 November 2012 at 17:43

    Nice work ,really nice paint .

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  2. Tim Gow7 November 2012 at 18:03

    Splendid chaps. The AIP 'Egyptians' offer lots of possibilities.

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  3. The Dancing Cake Tin8 November 2012 at 00:34

    Captain LOL, thank you very much :-)

    Regards
    James

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  4. The Dancing Cake Tin8 November 2012 at 00:35

    Tim, you're absolutely right. The fez-heads are really useful little fellas.

    Regards
    James

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  5. Milgeek27 March 2013 at 09:37

    I seem to be following your footsteps! My first forces are also based on the AIP Egyptians and I am just about to procure my cavalry. Interesting to hear you are looking at 10 figures for this unit, I was wondering what the ideal make-up was.

    Lovely colour scheme.

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    1. The Dancing Cake Tin27 March 2013 at 14:57

      Well, when I get my A-into-G I'll be expanding this unit to 12 figures. A number I feel gives them the weight to do some serious damage to the bad guys.

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  6. Cem Özdoğan8 September 2013 at 21:15

    Dear Dancing Cake, liked the egyptian cavalry..is it plastic? and where did you find them? the brand -manufacturer? visit my blog also turkish toy soldier..sorry turkish cake:) Cem.nice blog..

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    1. The Dancing Cake Tin9 September 2013 at 14:21

      Thank you, cem özdoğan, for your kind words :-)

      The figures are plastic. They are from: http://plasticsoldiers.co.uk/index.php/manufacturer/armies-in-plastic/

      AiP is a US company. You can also get the figures via ebay.

      All the best!

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