Last of the Ghaznavid Cavalry

These two groups of cavalry are not strictly Ghavnavid cavalry but represent Turkish light horse and Arab or Kurdish auxiliary cavalry:

The four elements of Arab cavalry can be rated either as superior cavalry or fast (ie lighter) knights in DBMM and these Forged in Battle Arab armoured cavalry bridge the two classes of troops quite nicely:

There were enough poses in the pack of twelve cavalry figures to provide a fair bit of variety, so they were quite fun to paint:

As noted above, the light cavalry represent predominantly Turkish horse archers which, due to their prowess, are rated as superior light horse:

Again there were a number of poses to choose from and I elected to put the shooting figure on the right of each base so that he didn't look as though he was about to fire an arrow into his compatriot:

Again, lovely figures to paint although I had a bit of difficulty in seating some of them on their mounts and the contact points on a few are not that large. When I reinspected them several were leaning back in a rather precarious position so it took a couple more attempts and touch-ups before I was completely happy with them:

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That is now all the cavalry for the project completed in just over a month, totaling 183 riders and horses and including three spare figures which were helpfully provided in some of the packs and which Ihave put to one side, just in case:

I'm now about to make a start on the foot, with some Ghaznavid bow and spearmen to be first in the queue.

15mm Ghaznavid Ghulams

After having completed the Palace Ghulams a few weeks ago I was keen to complete the remaining fifteen elements of standard Ghulams:

I had used only figures with upright spears and lances and attached a few banners for the Palace Ghulams so they would be more easily distinguishable, and used the rest of the poses for the other Ghulams. I am thoroughly enjoying painting these Forged in Battle figures, the only minor quibble being that there is no obvious seating point for some of the riders and they require a little bit of trial and error to avoid them sitting awkwardly on their mounts:

I deliberately tried to utilise slightly less colours on these figures compared to the Palace troops, although they are still no doubt colourful enough:

Depending on how many points you wish to pay under DBMM, they can be rated as either (O)rdinary or (S)uperior cavalry, which makes them quite effective against most other troop types although they still remain susceptible to knights:

Including horses this block constitutes another ninety figures completed:

Next up, twelve elements of light horse archers and four elements of allied Arab/Kurdish cavalry.