Let’s take a look at the new sprues!
Victrix Limited has been hard at work on their Medieval range and they have just teased a new cavalry set to oppose the Crusader Knights they released recently. This new set will have a wide variety of armor and weapon options, as is the norm for Victrix kits. It is unclear exactly how many finished minis you can make in the kit, but there are four riders per sprue, so either 12 or 16 seems likely. Victrix sells other cavalry sets in both of these quantities, so who knows! This set will also be compatible with their other sets, such as the Islamic Infantry, but less obviously the Norman Cavalry set. For those who don’t recall, Norman soldiers were a staple of the early crusades, and Islamic soldiers would be perfectly happy to use captured equipment. There is plenty more information on this set from the blurb on the Victrix website, reproduced below:
“These are going to represent the Seljuk and Syrian heavy cavalry of the 12th to 13th Centuries. There will be a mix of armour styles of mail and lamellar and varying helmets from all enclosing mail hoods with elaborate spiked helmets to open faced helmets with turbans.
The bow cases and arrow quivers will be optional as Arab heavy cavalry did not use the bow but Seljuk Askaris did. There will be a few bow firing arms included as well as swords, spears, lances, axes and maces.
Seljuk Turks formed a large proportion of any Amir’s household troops in Syria and Egypt and so we will be including some Seljuk heads with their distinctive hair in three braids, two to the side of the head and one down the back. We have included the Seljuk fur cap called the Sharbush worn by Chieftains and apparently Saladin wore one over the top of his helmet or mail hood.
Swords will be a mix of the straight bladed type but also the curved sabre and there will be plenty of shield options.
For further flexibility you will be able to combine a lot of the heads, shields and weapons from this set with the very versatile Norman cavalry set to create some more varieties of Arab cavalry. Islamic armies made great use of captured Crusader armour, weapons and shields so there is no reason a Norman cavalry figure with the addition of a turbaned head, Islamic shield and weapon arm could not ride along in your Fatamid Egyptian cavalry units.”
And there you have it! Are you interested in this set for your historical or fantasy armies? Tell us what you think in the comments!
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