Ghazi fanatics for my Ayyubid force

 

I finished a small unit of Ghazi fanatics for my Ayyubid Egyptian force.

The models are from all over the place. And I cant even remember them all. Some are even kitbashed together from different plastic manufactures, including Firefore mongols, Warlord Games Celts, Fireforge Arabs.

Paintingwise I wanted to have lots of bits of green in the unit.
As this is a "poor" rank n file unit that I painted more for the effect of the sum of the unit rather then the individual models in it I skipped some highlight steps and such.

But Im happy with the end result even if I didnt paint them all to the highest standard.

Saracen Medium Spearmen

 

I just finished another unit of medium spearmen for my Saracen collection.

The miniatures are a mixture of Perry metals and Gripping Beast metal and plastics.
The banner is just printed paper that I painted the edges and some areas on the banner (to make it better blend in with the paint of the miniatures).

Saracen archers

Here we have a unit of medium archers for my Saracen collection.

They are painted more for speed then details. Just adding that extra when it is needed as these are just regular rank and file troops. Its more then enought for an mass battle game.

Over all im happy with the end result.

The miniatures are mostly Gripping Beast plastics with some metal miniatures tossed in for that added variation.

Ayyubid Heavy Cavalry Mamluks with bows

 

Here we have the latest unit for my Saracen force. A unit of heavy cavalry archers. The miniatures are Gripping Beast plastic cavalry with a Perry miniature cavalryman, one horse and the banner bearer are Gripping Beast metal.

A fun unit to paint.

Seljuk Turk Askari Heavy Cavalry

 Seljuk Turk Askari Heavy Cavalry armed with lances and bows.

Here we have my latest unit. A unit of Seljuk Turk Askari heavy cavalry equipped with lances and bows.

The miniatures are a real mixture. But they are mostly Gripping Beast plastic heavy arabic cavalry but with bits from all over the place. Amongst many there are bits from Fireforge Knights, their Russians and some bits from their Mongol line.

I experimented with some chainmail armour in some of the horses. 

All in all it create a really unique unit.

And some more pictures taken inside, its always hard to get good light indoors I think and the pictures never get as good as real sunlight.