AHPC VII 1st entry 2 x Mounted Moors

As some of you may be aware its Painting challenge time and this is my first entry into the

Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge VII.

These 2 were undercoated during the last Challenge, and along with loads more

never got painted. Most were sent off to Fran, who painted them up for my Broadside game 

Teviot's Last Stand.

I kept a handful of figures both mounted and dismounted back to use these as Leader or 

Character figures. These two never made it, so I thought I'd get these finished first!

The chap on the left is an Essex miniature, while I think the other is a Gripping Beast,

but I could well be wrong???

These 2 earned me 20 points and pushed me back up the charts to 41st place!

Donnybrook - Moroccan Musketmen 1664

I started painting these handsome looking fellows back in March during the Challenge, but 

didn't get around to finishing them in time to enter them. They were finished off

 early last month and featured as the only musket armed unit in the Moroccan army

 in my game at Broadside, "Teviot's Last Stand"

Trying to find any info about the Moroccan army in 1664 has proved........difficult to say the least!

So studying paintings of Moroccan and Moorish scenes, it seems they wore very similar clothing for hundreds of years. There are no Moroccan figures made in 25mm for the period, so i'm afraid these are pure guess work???

The figures are in fact Moroccans and Tuareg's from Artizan's March or Die, 

French Foreign Legion range.

I think they fit in quite well, from a limited knowledge point of view.

The only real problem with the figures, were the guns they all carry, as they're from 

roughly 200 years in the future, but a little filing and swearing soon

had them a little more musket like.....well for me anyway???

Donnybrook - 25mm Moorish Horse

These 23 Moor Horse were in my "To Paint" pile, so as I was running out of time to get 

them painted up for our recent game Teviot's Last Stand, at Broadside.

I sent them over the Irish Sea to Reject Fran, who painted them up very quickly, and got them back to me well in time to get them based up for the game.

 

The figures are a mix of Gripping Beast, Artizan, Essex, Perry and Footsore.

They seem to mix well?

And of course, they can also be used for my El Cid games???

Cheers Fran!

You'll never guess what I've been doing?

Yep, for the first time in months the brush has made an appearance!!

Starring

Pack TA01 from Unfeasibly minis

They are actually Tuaregs

but they're posing as Moors for Tangiers.

Co-Starring 6 Foundry minis

as

a French/Jacobite/Spanish/.Dutch unit

also for Donnybrook!

25mm Nubian Spearmen, Spanish Reconquista

Today's post is once again one of my long hidden gems, dusted and photographed just to appear here for your viewing pleasure!! he he!
This unit of Nubian Spearmen was painted many moons ago and like the Black Guard in my previous post, have only made one miserable appearance on a wargaming table, which is such a shame, because in my opinion they look quite good, but I'm biased of course, as I painted most of them. Around ten of these figures were part of my bring and buy bargin at a Birmingham wargame show around 12 years ago. The figures are all from the excellent Gripping beast range. They are based on a picture in the Osprey book,  "The Armies of Islam 7th-10th century Men-at-arms No125. These and others make up my Moor army to oppose the infamous Charltono Hestona  El Cid.
Hope you like them!!!

Ray