These could be any early medieval heavy cavalry, like Avars, with the right heads.

These figures look outstanding. Any ideas when they will be available

I’m wondering if these will fit on the horses from the new Medieval set. Cloth barded horses would extend the use of these greatly.

These are probably the closest thing to Egyptian Mamluks we are ever going to get I suppose.

This is easily the part of the Medieval range that I’m most looking forward to. These renders are already outstanding for the typical ghilman of the western Seljuk atabegates of the late 11th century, and combining parts from these with some other new entrants on the market will do for the barded ghilman of the period as well.

I do hope there will be some plans to do dismounted versions as well. Armored troops with the Muslim states of Egypt and Syria in that period overwhelmingly fought as cavalry, but they’d still be useful for siege games and other occasions representing household guards.

I cannot wait for these to be released. The Third Crusade is my favourite wargame period and the detail on these figures is phenomenal.

These are Excellent! I can’t wait to get these minis in my hands, and not one will be used for Seljuks!
As a Renaissance gamer, these are perfect for Rus/Muskovites, Ottoman subject cavalry, Persians and even Indians! They’d look right for a Timurud army as well!
I cannot wait!

P.S. I meant that they can form the basis for conversions to Sassanids, no stirrups ecc. And (Hope) barded horses…

Simply spectacular, can’t wait for these! A barded horse option would be great, for Seljuk and Mamluk askari, as well as for Sassanid clibanarii perhaps.

These are simply spectacular! I can’t wait to see the Byzantines when you get to them. My Islamic Army is going to expand rapidly when these are released.

These look fabulous, as soon as I complete other projects some of these will definitely be on my shopping list!

Nicholas Petrou, By the look of the renders above, these are not Mamluks but Ayyubids, still with a great deal of Kurdish and especially (Seljuk) Turkic influence. So, from about the time of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub and before the Mamluk state was created in Egypt. The shields? They will be made of wood with rawhide stretched over the top like all shields of the time.

I have recently purchased the “Advancing Roman Legionary’s” of the early imperial period as I have a profound interest in ancient Roman military strategy, history and just Roman history in general.
I know one of my good friends may like the idea of owning some of these Arab miniature figures as he is interested in ancient and modern Arab history (particularly religious and military)

It’s nice to see a bit of muslim range. Looking forward to see the full range!

I am really looking forward to both crusadser and islamic forces being released . When can we expect them .

Hello,

Having done historical research on this matter (looking at David Nicolle’s work concerning the Citadel of Damascus collection), I would like to provide feedback. In particular:

- Mamluk heavy cavalry was barded (like their western counterparts) and would have been made of cloth (similarly to what we stereotypocally see) or hyde (particularly what might appear to be hyde strips).
- The fully metal shields, from what I understand, would not have existed in the late medieval period (happy to see the evidence to suggest otherwise).