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New British Cavalry for Light Bobs

I just finished up a long waiting project which is to flush out a company of mounted British Light Dragoons.

I don’t recall who made these figures as I have had them in a tray and unpainted for at least 4 years. in fact I bought them long before I went down the 54mm road and then the 40mm scale road.

Chris Parker Games — 40mm Medieval Knight

Basing is per Lion Rampant which I am now adopting for Light Bobs.

Infantry

1 model on a round 25mm base
2 models on round 30mm bases
3 models on round 40mm bases

Cavalry

1 model on a round 40mm base 2
models on a round 50mm base
3 models on a round 60mm base

This link will take you to a blog page with details on how this is done.

>>>> Click to see Lion Rampant base scheme

My Bases

Up until a year ago I always painted my bases a medium green that I had mixed at the Depot. I used this paint for my table top so it gave my game a very consistent look. Recently though I have deviated from that and come up with my own procedure for terraining my bases.

Light Bobs – Green Dragoons

After reading “The Green Dragoon” and reviewing it I decided to round out my Tarleton’s legions green dragoons.

I had one unit of 6 green dragoons and a few stray mounted figures. I didn’t want to buy a pack of dragoons for just a few miniatures so I took a tip from Pikeman’s Lament. Some of the players with that game include dismounted troops on their dragoon bases. I had a good assortment of legion infantry left so I did just that.

Basing is per Lion Rampant which i am now adopting for Light Bobs.

Infantry

- 1 model on a round 25mm base
- 2 models on round 30mm bases
- 3 models on round 40mm bases

Cavalry

- 1 model on a round 40mm base 2
- models on a round 50mm base
- 3 models on a round 60mm base

This link will take you to a blog page with details on how this is done.

>>>> Click to see Lion Rampant base scheme

My Bases

New Norman Knights

I just finished up 12 Norman knights and sergeants. These are put out by Conquest Games.

This package comes with 15 mounted knights. This isn’t a formal review but I had pro’s and con’s regarding this set. First off it is nice getting 15 knights for the cost of 12 as in other sets. Once opening the box though I discovered one of the miniatures is a casualty. Now I don’t know about you but I don’t really have a need for a lot of cavalry casualties on my table top. Also 14 miniatures don’t fit in my army O.O.B. and I doubt if they will for any others. I think most gamers use their miniatures in groups of 6 or at least divided into 3’s.

Also I didn’t like the saddles. They were part of the rider and very poorly molded into his lower body, with very poor detail.

I did like how they assembled. The horse was part of the body so no seam there when assembling. The figures themselves are very nice and though I have a few things I mentioned above I would still buy these.

This purchase was destined for my Day of Battle armies but once I painted them i decided to march them off to my Lion Rampant army. I base these using the new basing scheme that Lion rampant uses and you will see this when you look at the pictures. I have decided to adopt this basing method for my Light Bobs troops and I can press my Lion rampant troops into my Day of Battle armies when needed.