Perry Miniatures 28mm Medieval Arab Cavalry

I recently completed a commission for some Crusades era Arab foot and cavalry, using Gripping Beast plastics, but there were also a few Perry Miniatures metal cavalry to complete too.  I prefer working with plastic, as metal figures have some serious drawbacks (they destroy brushes quicker than plastics, multi part figures require cyanocrylate or epoxy to fix them together, and if you drop them... they bend / break / chip easily).  But there's no doubt that metal miniatures offer much more choice - and when they're Perry models, they're not such a chore :)

There were only five miniatures, and size-wise they fitted pretty well with the Gripping Beast models.  I have attempted to paint them in the same style, so two have been finished mostly in black, two mostly in white, and one in blue.  The blue is also echoed in one of the saddlecloths and one of the banners.  Again, I have employed a mixture of bronze and steel for the armour finishes, with a lot less exposed metal than you'd find on an equivalent European soldier.

I replaced the (small) Perry shields with spares from the Gripping Beast plastic set, and applied the same shield covers (see earlier post); which hopefully also helps to tie them into their plastic counterparts.  Interestingly, the archers come in two parts, with the legs and lower torso moulded onto the saddle.  The upper body is supplied attached to a metal tag, which meant it could be finished off before attaching to the lower half (with cyanoacrylate).