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.