Sassanid army

[dykio]

Hi fellowmembers,

this is my first post of this year but i promise you it wont be my last (wich gives me 11 months to finish another project... seems reasenable )

I bought the complete range of the hat sassanids and i must say, apart from the horrible plastic of the cavalry sets, they are realy realy nice figures. And i realy hope that they will finish the other 2 sets which are still in development......

So here they are.

































ps. since hat probably wont finish there sets im looking for other sets to use as sassanid catapract and elephants. anybody any ideas?

Thanks for looking

Laterrrrrrrrr

[Ochoin]

A splendid effort!

I've been tempted by what looks like a very attractive range of figures.
I think you're correct in thinking HaT won't complete the range. The difficulty is finding anything of the same size & style.

You could use Tumbling Dice metals.....but they are noticeably larger. Etc. This is the reason I have not bought HaT Sassanids.

Chariobaude might hopefully weigh in & offer knowlegeable suggestions.

donald

[Ben90]

They look brilliant! Very impressive army

[Chariobaude]

A splendid effort!

I've been tempted by what looks like a very attractive range of figures.
I think you're correct in thinking HaT won't complete the range. The difficulty is finding anything of the same size & style.

You could use Tumbling Dice metals.....but they are noticeably larger. Etc. This is the reason I have not bought HaT Sassanids.

Chariobaude might hopefully weigh in & offer knowlegeable suggestions.

donald

superb army certainly!
Sadly, I'm like Donald: I never made a Sassanid army for lack of enrollable troops. Only Hät did a remarkable but unfinished job, and above all made the mistake of making miniatures of such a small size that it is almost impossible to mix them with others from conversions. Of course, there's Zvevda's cataphract catch-all set, but they're gigantic compared to these miniatures (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1715). Or one can risk a bit of historical nonsense by using the Parthian heavy cav (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1133), but in view of this work done, I would definitely not recommend it!

[Michael Robert]

Super, splendid army Dykio,
You made them very colourful - at least the light and the cavalry.
I share the taste that the Hät foot troops are actually quite well done. I use them for many different epochs. Never bought the Hät Sassanid horse.
I feel like Chariobaude - use Zvesda cataphract (even if big) and maybe even the Skyths as horse archers
With Linear-A pumping up there might be more horse archers on the way some day.

Greets
Michael

[Peter]

Great work Dykio! Hopefully you can find the figures needed to let your army grow!

PS: I think you can do it in ten months now!

[huib]

Very nice, Dykio. I especially like the horses clothes.

[dykio]

Thanks guys

I just made another request to hat to finish the rest but that for sure wil be in vain i guess. Which is a shame because if you look at there horrible ww1 italians output they had better put that energy in there sassanids masters

anyway, thanks for looking and youre great remarks

up to the next (hedendowah) project

laterrrrrrr

[CliosPaintingBench]

So rare to see painted Sassanids! What a fantastically painted army!

[Cryns]

this is my first post of this year but i promise you it wont be my last (wich gives me 11 months to finish another project... seems reasenable )

L.O.L.

But what I want to say: I love the painting style of your Sassanids. Well done.

[Konrad]

A man with patience and a steady hand.
Very nice and colorful figs.
Well done!