TYW - Imperial Cavalry Reinforcements

 

Essex Cuirassier

Two more units completed in my quest to actually have enough cavalry to deploy an army!  This time I have another Cuirassier unit using my 20+ year old Essex models from an old project.  There are really only to different sculpts here, so I tried to mix things up a little bit this time by aggressively reposing their pistol arms and twisting helmets left or right.  I also found a lancer and another model with a tabard, so opted to use them to represent the command group.   

Peter Pig Heavy Cavalry

I also managed to finish another Imperial heavy cavalry unit using the same Peter Pig ECW sculpts I used for the Swedish Units last month.  There are more or less meant to replace rather than supplement the Warlord Plastic models as I am really not happy with how they turned out.  I have enough figures to do one more unit, and will need to get at least another four units to safely retire the Warlord models.  I am still interested in trying out the Steel Fist models at some point, though I am hopeful that Warlord's success at this scale may inspire some others to do the smaller scale cavalry figures in metal as well.