My Successor army moves on apace, with the latest addition being 3 units of Cataphracts, making the later version of the Seleucids an option to use at a future event (aka "Beachhead" in a couple of weeks!).
I already have some Gripping Beast fully armoured horse troops, which I painted up as Arab Ghilmen cavalry quite some time ago – however those figures were very wide, with the horse armour making it impossible to do the "wargames-standard" 4 figures to a base.
It was therefore with some trepidation that I picked up a box of GB's new Roman Cataphracts, only to be pleasantly surprised to find that they appear to have thinned-down the horses so it is almost – with caveats – possible to squeeze 4 of them together on a standard DBx-style 60mm wide base.
However, this feat of engineering was achieved with a bit of careful arrangement, slightly deeper than usual (50mm) bases, and some judicious use of the sprue clipper to remove any lower legs that were keeping the horses in the middle of each block too far apart!
With a number of "Greek" heads, and the aforementioned lack of leg action, they are now Successor Cataphracts !
A full explanation and more pictures can now be found on my website at: https://madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2024/01/28mm-cataphracts-for-successor-project.html
considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C.
