EvilGinger wrote:I know I have several Sasaanian armies in store & am meaning to do another some time as figures are getting ever nicer. who are the figures by?
Ginger
Regiment #1
From the left, figures 1-3 and 6-9 are Old Glory 25mm Sassanid Clibinarii. The lances are Xyston spears; I looked at Foundry or A&A lances, but they're too big for the Old Glory hands. Figure #4 is a Gripping Beast from their Sassanid command pack, with an Essex flag. Figure #5 is a Gripping Beast armored drummer.
These were a first stab at painting 25mm Sassanids, and I wasn't happy with them. I've since changed both my basing style, drastically improved my shading, and how I paint the bows and armor. I'm also not sure about lance pennons - I like how they look on a lance, but I have seen different reports on whether the Sassanids had them.
They also fought poorly in their first outing. One of the members of my gaming group is painting Byzantines; he already has Huns, Late Romans and Germans in 25mm. He paints considerably faster than I do, so we ran a game with a Byzantine list for one of Belisarius' campaigns in Italy and this Clibinarii regiment as mercenaries (I'd seen reports of Sassanids fighting in Italy).
They shot poorly and then a Goth regiment got the worst of them. I actually had to fire the Roman General and replace him with my General Custer miniature to get them to do anything!
Regiment #2
All of the figures are Gripping Beast. Eight of the nine were Clibinarii with bows. The middle one is a Gripping Beast standard bearer from their standard bearer pack. He carries an Essex large draco - it's beautiful but VERY fragile, and I'm afraid it will quickly break if handled. Since the Gripping Beast horse broke in shipping, he's riding an Old Glory horse stolen from a currently unpainted Sassanid.
I had a serious bit of trouble with these figures. Lots of flash on man and horse I had to grind out with a Dremel, and fitting them on a 60mmx40mm base took a LOT of work. I have another regiment of them currently being stripped for repainting, and then all subsequent ones will be either Old Glory or A&A.