"Sicilian Arabs for Lion Rampant, thoughts?" Topic

Finally getting around to painting up these guys as an opponent for my Normans. Any thoughts on how to field them? The cavalry is pretty straight forward, but I am vacillating between Mixed Weapons foot yeomen or seperate units of foot yeomen and archers.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

I quite like the idea of mixed weapons, because I don't feel that massed archery would feel quite right. YMMV

I quite like the idea of mixed weapons, because I don't feel that massed archery would feel quite right.

I would agree. IIRC I believe the Iberian Muslims used mixed units of spear and bow armed levy so probably appropriate for the Sicilian Muslims as well.

Sounds good, here is what I am initially going to paint up, with extras to follow to give me flexibility:

1 x Mounted Sergeants (with leader)
2 x Mounted Yeomen
2 x Foot Yeomen with mixed weapons
1 x Bidowers

Later I will add another foot yeomen with moxed weapons, another bidower, and do mounted sergeants with bows so I can mix and match and have some flexibility.

After this, I feel Byzantines coming on…

Sounds good. If you have lots of Normans you could start by painting the Sicilian Arab infantry and have two warbands with units of mounted Italo-Normans leading their Sicilian Arab levies.