Thursday, 21 December 2017

Bow-armed Azabs

Another Azab unit completed, this one armed with bows:


















Azab (or Azap) is an Ottoman word meaning "bachelor", and the units were formed from volunteers from villages in the Rumelia and Anatolia regions covering most of what is now Turkey up through southern Greece and into the Balkans:


















I found these much easier to paint than the previous musket-armed Azabs, partly because bows are simpler but also because I had the colours I wanted to use worked out from the last batch:


















The TAG figures are nice, and contain an interesting mix of poses with enough detail that can be picked out:


















One more Azab unit to go, hopefully before the end of the year, and then I'll get started on some spahi cavalry.
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11 comments:

  1. Tony Miles21 December 2017 at 03:06

    rapid work on these, colourful looking troops.

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    1. Lawrence H21 December 2017 at 03:30

      Thanks Tony. Seven days in all which is something of a record for me.

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  2. Phil21 December 2017 at 08:29

    Lovely figures, great painting and basing!

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  3. Mark Strachan21 December 2017 at 18:44

    Now they are a colourful bunch! Finished work for the year now. Survived the drive home.

    Sorry to hear about your dog.

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    1. Lawrence H22 December 2017 at 04:01

      Thanks Mark. He has had a happy innings, so we just have to get through tomorrow now.

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  4. Gonsalvo22 December 2017 at 18:59

    IIRC, the Azabs are sort of the rabble of the Ottoman army... and yet they usually mange to be annoying anyway!
    So sorry to hear about your Golden. As you know, we have and have had quite a few. They are such wonderful friends and companions that their loss is always deeply felt.

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    1. Lawrence H23 December 2017 at 03:29

      Thanks Peter and, yes, they are truly wonderful animals. Louis got to twelve and a half before succumbing to throat cancer. There was the wife and I plus four children and one of our daughter's fiancés there at the end, so he was surrounded by family. He was a great friend with a big presence and we are missing him terribly but, as you know, we are all the better for having had him in our lives.

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  5. Unknown30 December 2017 at 06:52

    Very nice work, haven't seen too many ottomans painted lately. Keep it up!

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    1. Lawrence H30 December 2017 at 14:08

      Thanks Leo. Just working on some cavalry at the moment which I hope to have finished early in the New Year.

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  6. Chasseur2 January 2018 at 13:10

    Just been having a looks through all your Ottomans and Napoleonics, lovely work Lawrence and many of them too! Congratulations!

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    1. Lawrence H3 January 2018 at 16:15

      Thanks Mark. 2017 was a reasonably productive year for me, although not quite up to your elevated levels.

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