Warlord Teases New SPQR Leaders & Cavalry For Ancient Skirmishes
January 16, 2020 by brennon
Warlord Games has been teasing some new releases coming to the world of Ancient wargaming that is SPQR. If you're looking to take control of a new force then maybe these leaders might be a good fit for your force.
It looks like we're going to be getting another big bundle of heroes, both mounted and on foot, that you can use to build up your army to use in skirmishes for SPQR. As well as these new characters, which are both martial and mystical, they also showed off some new cavalry options too.
I'm not so taken by these riders as it seems like the riders are perhaps a little too big to fit on their poor horses! I'm sure there could well be some reason for these smaller horses (perhaps they are ponies?) but it does look a little odd to someone peeking in from the outside.
So, if you're still diving into the world of SPQR and some Ancient skirmishing then you might want to keep an eye out for the pre-orders and releases over on their webstore soon.
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Horses were smaller in ancient times, they got bigger through time with selective breeding.
Aye, I did know that…but these just seem a little tiny heh
Now you mention it those horses look to be the size of a large dog.
Look at the one on the first picture on the top right! That must be one large lad
Maybe they come from Shetland???
…and yet ancient Persia was the home of horse breeding, partly due to the Sassanid love of heavy cavalry.
Carrying a man and horse armour, requires a well bred charger.
It doesn’t change the fact that until the truly massive western european horses and arabs domesticated horses look exactly the same as wild ones when you dig them up.
They look nice.
Do look rather nice…
Shetland Cataphracts.
Look at the 2nd photo, top row, middle dude: Looks like just a guy with a hobby-horse. The horse’s legs just look like the guy’s legs. LOL!
There is a correlation between the size of a horses bit and the size of the horse. I remember seeing something about this with regard to Norman cavalry and from surviving bits they worked out the horses used at the time of the conquest were the same size as a small pony. As for chargers they came much later when cavalry tactics changed and stirrups were introduced so the rider could couch the lance and brace himself for impact.