"Red Box Alliance: new Cavalry Sets" Topic

Check out the Red Box Alliance web page for new fantasy sets available:

ALL72062 Windy bay warriors. Set 1. Heavy Cavalry (horses are wearing partial Plate Barding; 12 mounted riders, 6 poses)

ALL72061 Southern Kingdom Warriors. Set 2. Heavy Cavalry (horses are wearing partial Plate Barding; 12 mounted riders, 6 poses)

ALL72060 Southern kingdom Warriors. Set 1. Rangers and Scouts (8 are armed with Bows/4 have Long Swords/12 poses total, 48 figures/box)

ALL72057 Mounted Light Eastern tribes. Set 2 (horses are wearing Scale Mail Barding; 12 mounted riders, 6 poses)

ALL72056 Mounted Light Eastern tribes. Set 1 (horses are wearing Scale Mail Barding; 12 mounted riders, 6 poses)

Note that these are 1/72 scale figures, which would be 25mm tall, if standing.

These sets are primarily based on the Lord of the Rings movie series, but they are suitable for just about any fantasy based war/RPG games. They are not strictly Tolkien-specific in design.

They typically sell, on e-Bay, for around $21 USD/boxed set, delivered to the USA (check this seller for likely the best prices on the Internet). They paint up as good as metal/resin figures, and they are remarkably affordable, with good quality, surprisingly detailed, sculpts and poses.

If I did not have literally a hundred Human Cavalry troops already in my collection, I would be placing multiple orders on e-Bay… Cheers!

Another good source for hobbyists in the US is
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for about $13.50 USD/box. I've ordered some hard to find stuff from them and have been impressed with the level of service.
Bob

$21 USD seems a bit steep – they'd probably ship cheaper from Hannants !

My 1/72 pusher on ebay sells them for $9 USD a box.
Scott's Model Workshop

I keep hoping they will sell a character set. I missed getting the Caesar character set.

Another four historical Byzantine Cavalry sets all Medium to Heavy Human Cavalry. Weapons vary, but mostly swords, lances, and maces, with a couple of short bowmen. Horses are all barded: banded, or chain, or plate, if you wish to call them that. Average price, delivered, is $0.68 USD / Horse & Rider set, from Ukraine maker on e-Bay.

Here are the PSR review pages for them: Byzantine Clibanarii Set 1; Byzantine Clibanarii Set 2; Byzantine Cataphracts Set 1; Byzantine Cataphracts Set 2.

Note that these are 24.5mm-25mm tall figures, or 1/72 scale, or True 25mm sized figures! These are highly detailed, they take paint well, when primed with inexpensive automotive sandable gray spray primer paint. They can also be primed with semi-gloss White spray paint (make sure it says it is for plastic), and painted with Speed Paints/Contrast Paints.

Red Box makes extremely affordable 25mm sized figures, both historical (perfectly usable for fantasy games!) and their Alliance Fantasy figures (some modern Zombies, as well, in this line). Cheers!

Hi Sgt Slag, I'm interested in playing with Battlesystem 2 (I have the PDF version).
I see how you play a lot with these rules and I would like to know if you have developed house rules and, in case you did, if you would like to share them.
Thanks in any case, your posts are always interesting.