Ottoman Delli light cavalry

Sometimes you get some figures and when you take a good look at the detail they fill you with trepidation. How can you do justice to them. The Delli light cavalry from Legio Heroica are just such models. I picked them up as part of an EBay deal. They already had a black undercoat. Now it's a long time since I used a black undercoat so these guys have sat at the end of the painting queue while I concentrated on the Sipahi and Jannisarries.

I did look a some of these images on the internet and my heart sank. These guys are colourful with the furs and feathers. Now I've never been able to get feathers right, especially on eagles and such like for fantasy games.

So this last week I took the plunge and started to paint the first 6 figures and then quickly moved onto the other 6. These guys were actually a joy to paint. Wish I'd done them sooner.

First 3 squadrons

Rear view

2nd 3 squadrons

Rear view

So that's 2 More regiments of light cavalry for my Ottoman army. I do have 2 regiments of Akinja to add to bring the light cavalry up to 6 regiments. Still not enough when I've got 9 heavy regiments with 2 more to paint. Think some Tartars might be useful additions.