I'd argue that few if any ideas are ever truly original, and this one most certainly isn't. It was a participant in 'The Miniature's Page' forums who made a suggestion about the incorporation of the Prussian Death's Head Hussars into the VSF Prussian army. The poster's suggestion was around a suitable idea for a hero base, but I took it onboard as a suggestion for some bases of riders.
The poster suggested that a paint conversion from the old Airfix 1/76th Hussars might work, and having a few figures left over from a project from the 1970s (yes, that's 50 years ago.... the figures are that old, and I am even older than that)). In 1975, new 'gamer on the Christchurch scene, Russell, had suggested that you could create a Hun army by the judicious application of the craft knife to Airfix Hussars, so that's what I did (it was the days of WRG Ancients 3rd Edition, and limited figures available anywhere).
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| Some of the mass of Huns that these days serve as riders for a large nomadic barbarian HotT army, but which could equally serve as Huns in DBA etc |
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| They are a bit crude, but back in the day they did the job ... |
But I digress .....
While the British Hussar figures are not accurate representations of the Prussians, this is fantasy 'gaming, so they can be anything I like, and no-one can argue. It's my imagination, my army. So here they are, three bases of HotT riders, a representation of the Death's Head Hussars.
These bases provide some land based mobility for the army over and above that provided by the three airboats. That now makes points 53 points, so 19 to go to reach the Big Battle HotT 72 points ... getting there.
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