League Of Augsburg - Fighting Talk

For many more pictures and a detailed description of the arms and armour plus tactical use of the Nikephorian) Kataphractoi please feel free to pop over to my Just Add Water blog here
http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.co ... orian.html:

Almost certainly the most attractive of all the units in an early 10th CE Thematic Byzantine army are, of course, the Kataphractoi. Fully enclosed in many layers of armour, invincible like a middle ages version of the battle tank. Well, not quite but that is certainly the impression they were meant to have on the enemy. One Arab soldier poet described the Byzantine horses as having no legs!











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Absolutely wonderful!

obriendavid wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:01 pm

Absolutely wonderful!

Thanks Dave. Very much appreciated mon ami.

Close ups of the bases etc:
















































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I assume you are going to fill in the wedge shape base to match the figures lovely basing?

obriendavid wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:57 am

I assume you are going to fill in the wedge shape base to match the figures lovely basing?

The plan is to add a casualty and debris to the bases. I didn't have the time to finish them off due to the finite time allowed in The Analogue hobbies Painting Challenge