Dismounted Savarin Knights for the Sassanids

The latest Sassanids painted are 3 bases of heavy foot dismounted Savarin Knights.  They do not appear in the Impetus lists but after seeing these on Dr Phil Hendry’s wonderful blog earlier in the year I decided that I would get them anyway and find a way to make them fit into the army.   These are Aventine figures with the banner and the shields from LBMS as always.  

I am participating in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge again and these were my first entry for the year.

Sassanid force as it stands now

This is not all of them - but it is where we are at the moment.  I have a whole bunch more units in the lead mountain and also a few bases that have been prepped but need to be painted etc.

I am participating in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge again this year and have another project that I want to be the main focus of that.  However, I will  paint those Sassanid figures that have been prepped over the next few weeks in the early stages of the Challenge.

I have wanted a Sassanid force for many years and painting these have given me a lot of fun.

More Sassanid Foot bases

Firstly, six bases of heavy foot levy spearmen (A&A Miniatures).

And the 'rest' - a skirmish base, another levy spearmen base and two archer bases (A&A, Gripping Beast and Aventine respectively)

As before, all are based for Impetus.

Some more Sassanid Cavalry

Just a quick shot of a few cavalry bases that I have been working on over the past two months.

There are four units of Clibinari armed with spears and bows and two light cavalry bow armed.

Figures are Gripping Beast and Aventine.

Sassanid baggage base - Aventine Miniatures Shapur I set

Work continues on the Sassanids with a 'baggage' element for use with the Impetus rules.  This has been put together with the wonderful Aventine Miniatures Shapur set and uses a scenic piece that I printed based on an Assyrian ruin.

Sassanid Cataphracts

Next up are two bases of Sassanid Cataphracts.  These are the heavy cavalry for the army. 

Again, they are the lovely Aventine models.  I do have some more Cataphracts to do from Gripping Beast and also A&A miniatures that are very heavily armoured.

I have some medium and light cavalry on the bench at the moment and a bunch of foot to finish basing.  Then it will be some terrain and more medium / light cavalry.  

I'm working to get this phase of the army done by December.  There is more that will come at a latter date once I get a big enough oponent.

Aventine Sassanid Knight and Parthian Noble

Latest addition for the Sassanid army is a piece of eye candy with no use in a game (other than looking good).

It is a 28mm Aventine sculpt that is of a Sasdsanid Knight struggling in mortal combat with a Parthian Noble.  Wonderful sculpt from Aventine.

Next up for the army is another unit of Clibinari Cavalry and some foot archers - not sure what will get done first.

Sassanid Clibanarii cavalry

Next addition to the Sassanid army.  My first cavalry unit for them is a Clibinarii unit armed with spear and bows.  These are again by Aventine and I've done the shield with LBMS decals.  They are wonderful figures to paint.  

The Impetus lists allow a large number of these and I will be painting them :)