Thursday, 5 March 2026

Arab Heavy Cavalry Completed

When I originally sketched out my requirements for an Arab Conquest army I thought that twelve elements of cavalry would be enough. A is often the case however I soon came to realise I would need double that so ordered another three bags of twelve cavalry each from Forged in Battle to bring the number up to twenty-four elements. 

Here then are the second batch of twelve elements:











Just in time too, as the week after I ordered them the cavalry pack sizes were reduced to eight mounted figures to enable them to be sold at the same price. I think the FiB Arab heavy cavalry are among the nicest figures of theirs I have painted:





















There are nine different poses in each pack of twelve, so again more than enough variety:











They are also sufficiently armoured and can therefore easily represent the Fast Knight option in the DBMM Arab Conquest army list:



















The only minor quibble is that they are difficult to seat on the generic Arab horse and I can foresee a few becoming unseated in the heat of battle:



















Here are the latest batch with the previously completed twelve elements:





































The completion of this army is now in sight with just another eight elements of medium cavalry and six of light to go, along with four elements of camelry. With a bit of a push I hope to have these done by the middle of the month.