Arab Cavalry, a show and lots more

Just a quick post to to share the latest Arab cavalry I have completed. These are conversions from the plastic gripping beast cavalry where I used the riders for camel riders. I knew I needed to use the horses somehow so picked up some Essex Miniatures sometime ago as some simple generic Arab cavalry. They are not e perfect fit and needed some tricky bending of the legs. They also come with an additional saddle blanket and I just couldn’t be bothered to trim the plastic horses that much.

Think they have come out ok I have kept them fairly generic although I am regretting the shields being quite so colourful

They will generally play as medium cavalry, and in fact they had their first run out on Sunday.

Next up a couple more shots of Hadrian’s wall

If anybody is keen enough to want to watch a short video of our walk I have uploaded a video to my utube channel here….

I has also mentioned that we would be playing some Wargames on the walk, a few people questioned this madness. Anyway I have a couple of very mobile games just for this sort of situation. This is an excellent game by Pocket Battles , Z man games I think, with Romans vs Celts. Small enough to be carried on the walk, simple but surprisingly complex when you have played a few games. My son with the Romans got the hang of it quicker than I did we played several games with the majority going the way of the Romans.

Some more history form the walk a little known fact that Edward 1st dies in Cumbria close to a small village called Burgh by Sands, there is a modern statue in the village

…and a 17th century monument marking the location, which is very remote on the solway plain

Finally I visited my Father in Edinburgh this weekend to coincide with the Falkirk Wargame show Carronade. I was restricted slightly on time and the show was slightly reduced in size and sadly no bring and buy this year, but it was great to be at a show. Managed to catch up with a few acquaintances 

Two of the games which caught my eye, this one for you David, Wellington in India

and a very good Operation Sealion game by Glasgow Wargame club

I felt obliged to spend some money so support the traders who have held on till shows started again. A mixed bag and a couple of second hand buildings

Finally one of my nephews in Edinburgh has been getting very interested in family history and has spent a lot of time tracking our family line back. I am not certain of the actual authenticity as it is all through one of the ‘ancestor’ type websites. However, if his work is correct it appears we go all the way back to Charlemagne ! Nice idea but I guess this far back things are a little tricky. Perhaps more interesting it is pretty clear we go back to the Deverveux Family wealthy lords and landowners in the Welsh borders which would likely be correct as that is traditionally where the family is from.

That’s enough stuff for now, some more Dark age figures to paint for the weekend and a battle to blog as well from Sunday.

Matt (Distant heir to the King of all the Franks)