Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Arab mounted troops for the Middle East WW1

 I've just completed the painting and basing of 8 stands of Arab camelry, and 8 stands of Arab cavalry, for the Middle East in World War 1. These are intended for my preferred rules set Great War Spearhead, and each stand represents the equivalent of a squadron in European terms. The figures are from the Irregular 6mm range.

I am still thinking about the base label format for these, so they are as yet unlabelled.




Cavalry and camelry on the right, the Arab infantry I completed several weeks ago are on the left.

VSF trial using BDF rules

Several weeks ago Ji and I played a Big Battle HotT game with my two 20mm VSF armies (British and Turkish). Our intent was to play a game wi...