Ottoman Turks
Finally Feudal Sipahis finished and some extras
Finally finished painting my way through the initial “feudal sipahis” from Warfare Miniatures. These will mainly be forming the battalia of Roumeliot Sipahis as they adopted firearms faster and with more enthusiasm than there Anatolian brethren.
As I was finishing these off I was looking for some figures that I could use for the Anatolian Sipahis who retained bows for longer. For these I used some of the Gripping Beast Arab Heavy Cavalry with the turbaned heads for the most part to provide a couple of units. The rest will be made up of some armoured sipahis from Warlord I have spare.
Next up was adding some more Infantry and these were Tufekcis musketeers from The Assault Group. I had a quick internal debate whether to paint them as a more uniformed unit as I have already done with the Janissaries but decided against this. Instead I went for a more subdued colour palette tying the unit together by the use of the red “fezzes”.
Also from TAG came the command figures for a couple of units of bow armed Azab infantry I have already painted, again it was out with the bright colours to make them “pop”.
Azab CommandFinally I have also completed a number of command figures (Warlord and TAG) but still need a few more.
Command FiguresNext up more Cavalry and I need to get the artillery finished.
Just discovered your project and love it! I’m currently building Polish and Swedish armies for the 1620s and am thinking of moving on to Ottomans when they are finished. Great to see the figures available and how you are approaching them. Been very tempted by the Warfare figures but not pressed the button yet. Looking forward to seeing your project develop. ?
Cheers for comment, there is limited choice of suppliers in 28mm but have had a look at Dixons, Essex, Old Glory, Redoubt and The Assault Group as well. I would say that most are more suited to the 16th C but can be used in the 17th C choosing the appropriate figures. Warfare are marketed for 1660+ but with the Ottomans can easily be used for earlier and they are cracking figures. Next up I have some of the old Warlord armoured Sipahli to do so hopefully be appearing soon.