12 x Late Roman Horse Archer figures

12 superbly detailed and animated models shooting to the front, side and rear representing the agility of these skilled mounted skirmishers. They come equipped with a powerful composite bow, bow case, arrow quiver, sword and small round shield strapped to their upper left arm.

The Romans steadily increased the use of mounted horse archers in the army as they came into conflict with more and more Stepp nomad peoples who excelled with the use of the bow, as well as having to face the arrow storms of Sassanid Persian Horse archers. Many of the Roman horse archer units were recruited from the very enemies they had to face.

The Notia Dignitatum a late Roman document listing the units of the Western and Eastern halves of the Empire lists nine units of light horse archers. There was probably a considerable amount more units in the Eastern Half of the Empire but the information is not as complete for this part of the Empire, but makes sense since most horse archer enemies were in the east.

These miniatures don’t have to be restricted to just use as Late Romans. They can be used as Early Byzantines representing the men that fought for Belisarius against the Sassanids and the reconquest of Italy from the Goths. And they can be used as Palmyran horse archers. Palmyra was a client state of Rome based in Syria. They acted as a buffer state against the Sassanid Empire and scored a notable victory over the Sassanids under their king Odenathus.

The Late Roman army was a fearsome foe. Its use of mixed arms, infantry and cavalry gave it flexibility and strength.

PACK CONTENTS

12 riders and 12 horses
The torso is separate to the lower body so you can swap torsos onto alternative lower legs and rotate the torso to create more poses.
A selection of powerful composite bow arms either being drawn back to shoot, loosed or being loaded.
There is a selection of Bow cases and arrow quivers, plus small round shields to strap to the upper left arm and sword scabbards.
There is a standard bearer option of an arm holding a Draco standard.
The horse frames contain water canteens and bed rolls as optional extras. You do not use the javelin cases on these figures (These can be used as spare parts on other miniatures)

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This multipart plastic kit builds a Kapricus Defender, a swift fire support vehicle for your Leagues of Votann armies in games of Warhammer 40,000. It's fast and tough with one pintle-mounted heavy weapon – your choice between an armour-busting magna-rail cannon, or an infantry-shredding HYLas rotary cannon – and twin-mounted magna-coil autocannons. It's ideal for supporting your advance with plenty of extra firepower. You'll find six heads in the kit to customise the crew, including a pair of Ironkin heads.

This kit can alternatively be built as a Kapricus Carrier, sacrificing firepower for transport capacity.

This kit comprises 79 plastic components, 1x Citadel 105mm by 70mm Oval Base, and 1x Leagues of Votann Transfer Sheet containing 555 high-quality waterslide transfers to decorate your miniatures.

This miniature requires assembly and is supplied unpainted – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.

Introduction

Game Air is a range of water-based, matte acrylic colors, developed especially for airbrushing. The very latest formulation of this range uses new resins that have been selected for qualities which up till now could not be achieved in water based colors. The strength, resistance and covering power of Game Air is superior to any acrylic airbrush colour currently available.  Game Air is also ideal for application by brush to highlight the smallest detail on a miniature. The pigments have been selected according to their degree of light fastness and optimum micronisation. The effects of washes and transparencies can be obtained by diluting the colors and all the colours and varnishes can be mixed together and diluted with airbrush thinner.

Game Air Colours

The colours in the Game Air range have been selected to appeal to modelers and wargamers who use the existing Game Color range, so are ideal for all fantasy modelling. The names and shades of the most popular colors of Game Color have been retained in Game Air, but using the finer formulation and resins employed for Model Air (see Equivalency Table). In the color chart we include a diagram of the most frequent colour combinations: base color, light and shadow.

Surfaces

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How to Use

Shake well before using. Pour the paint directly into the airbrush, either undiluted or previously diluted with Thinner (71.261). Colors can be mixed in the cup of the airbrush. Game Air dries almost instantly on the model and permits immediate application of aging processes as well as the use of washes, pigments, and dry-brush techniques.

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