Late update Sassanian prince painted

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Long time no post, today only pictures.
Ive finally managed to finish my Sassanian prince (Lurkio upgraded with GS o Taq-a-bostan style. I haven't found this style late Sassanians Assaviras to my taste so i decided to make my own, using Lurkio models as a base as all my Sassanians are Lurkio (Closest match and coolest horse armor i found).
Ive made prince his companion and standard bearer.
As always with Sassanians colors are made up, I just wanted to keep Persian lavish and colorful dress impression.
I tried Non metalic on them, as i think Lurkio models looks better painted this way. I am quite happy from the result, but there are certain flaws both in sculpting and painting visible.
Now its time to finish my Elephant and Byzantines (one base is ready so far).

Taq-a-bostan relief of Khosrow Parviz - Khosrau II The victorious

Sorry for flash, I am now trying to make them more mat with different varnish..

And some close ups

                                                                                            Prince Khosrow

Bahram  Sassanian hero

Standard bearer

Sassanian Late Assaviras conversion

Ive decided I want to try a conversion with my spare Sassanian base and try to make them look like Taq Bostan relief thats frankly made me wan to collect Sassanians in the first place. So I started to sculpt, quite happy with the results (although far from perfect i learned a lot sculpting) i decided to finish a base with similar armored knights but of somewhat lesser statue. And i sculpted two more inspired by Osprey paintings by Angus McBride.

So here are mine first take on them:

Ive decided to add standard bearer as relief depicts Sassanian royalty so this base will be some kind of command element

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Base so far

Base models were Lurkio later Sassanian Cavalry.

Lurkio Sassanians revisited

Finish of my third DBA Army - II/69 Sassanian was made me to re- photograph my Lurkio Sassanians.  I need to add grass and tufts to them and build a camp but apart from that they are complete gamingwise. I like them although horsemen bodies could be a little larger.  They played first game (3-4 loose but it was due to cunning terrain plot by my experienced opponent. When previous army is finished i let myself get another army so i bought them opposition - Lurkio Early Byzantines!






Mounted  component

Light Cavalry

Elephant corps

 


                                                                                                   Assawiras
                                                                                                Noble cavalry

 

Older style

Newer style

On unarmoured horses (poorer nobles or retainers )

Cataphracts

 

General

And then the Infantry

Infamous Dailamites

                                                                                        Psiloi hilly tribal  archers

And my hated Hordes 

(Sassanian infantry was centraly levied, professionally train and equipped wfrom central weapon stockiple.. They shouldn't by Hordes in any situation (but there is ONE Arabic account from the last battle fo falling Sassanian Persia, that is probably propaganda anyway - of infantry fighting in chains.. ..- and so Phill barker decided to give this army 2 Horde elements ;( ( I don't see slave legionaries of Carthaginian wars as Hd in Roman list - thats major anti Sassanian bias..) 

So i decided to do split element. Made from 2 spearman.

If DBA 3 will make them a choice instead of compulsolary element - I will newer use them again - but they will do as Spearmen for FOG Sassanian list

And I will expand this army to full time DBMM/FOG list for sure. I love Sassanians and i like Lurkio models very much,- although i started to work on some more historic late Sassanian period Assaviras (that i will show you in the next post)

And the whole army