Impetus Rules - Mohacs 1526, part 13 - More Rumelian and Anatolian Sipahis in 20mm

 

These Sipahis are made mostly from the Italeri boxes of Mongols and Saracens with a few add ons and cuts. 

There are also Zvezda (sand colored) Sipahis and a Agha and new plastic card shields. The lances are plastic broom sticks and many of the heads got new turbans made of Green Stuff. Some Sipahis also got Esci and StreletsR heads. When visiting the Istanbul military museum I got surprised with the amount of beautiful and very large paintings depicting the Mongol army of Genghis Khan not also in Anatolia but also in China which shows the proximity that the nowadays Turkish (the army at least) feels towards the Mongols. In fact the Italeri Mongol box shows horses and figures clad in equipment that is also the Ottoman Medieval and early Modern armies. I was thinking that the Lasso would have to be taken out from the Italeri Mongol horses but while reading more on the subject I found that even the Lasso was also used by the Ottoman Sipahis. So these Mongol figures are good enough for the barded Rumelian (Balcanic mostly) Sipahis. The Green Stuff turban was added because of the muzlim influence and is naturally not placed on the Mongol original figures as the Mongols are whether Shamanists or Buddhists. 

The Rumelian Sipahis. 

One Sihlatar (red  headdress, similar in shape to Janissaries)  was added to both groups of Sipahis. I´m not sure of this but maybe the elite Sihlatar were added to groups of Sipahis in order to influence them in military prowesses and make them more disciplined. In several cinematic researches the Sihlatar are never shown in large groups so maybe, just maybe, they can be portrayed like this. The Agha is the beautiful Zvezda figure. 

The Rumelian group was easy to paint due to the metal barded horses and armour of the cavalrymen. Mostly red and green was used in the details. Painting groups like this in the same colors makes the painting process much easier. Other groups have or will have different colors making a large Ottoman force a very colorful sight. 

The Anatolian Sipahis have both Mongol and Saracen Italeri figures together with a few Zvezda. 

Blue was used for most of the details but the more varied nature of non armored horses and men forces the use of some more colors. 

Next: Angolans for 1987-88 Cuito Canavale. 

Impetus rules, 20mm - Mohács 1526 - part 2, Household Sipahis in 20mm

Lucky toys Household Sipahis this time.

These Lucky Toys miniatures are just great: well detailed and a very good reconstitution of an Osprey plate of its Ottoman army book.

But only two figures for the cavalry in a box that mixes infantry and cavalry which is a solution that always creates few poses.

 

So all horses and figures were bent slightly into different positions with the help of hot water. 

 

The maces and swords of all cavalrymen were taken out, hands were drilled and a lance was placed.

Also some quivers were made out of Evergreen as only one of the poses had it.

The flags are the ones I made for my self and that you can print from some posts ago. 

Impetus rules, 20mm - Mohacs 1526- part 1, rebased miniatures in 20mm

After a conversation on the phone with my friend JF ( yes, the famous one from Brigada Tripeira and O brigadeiro, the most famous Wargaming sites north of the river Douro, being this one the most famous south of it) he  convinced me  to change my Mohacs 1526 miniatures from DBR to Impetus.

Impetus has some nice big bases that can take lots of figures (up to 14 heavy infantrymen, for instance) and the possibility of creating bases that can be true dioramas. 

Regarding the rules, well... JF say they are great and I believe him! 

Besides you can download the basic version for free from impetus site.

 

The Esci/Italeri Sipahis. 

And the Zvezda/ Miniart Hungarian noble cavalry.

Impetus looks very nice. You can have a nice looking Wargaming table, some very easy and fun mechanics (JF says so), a very supportive site and a lot of well written and investigated supplements.

Lorenzo Sartori, the Impetus and Dadi & Piombo boss is also an enthusiastic and helpful guy. You can contact him and always receive his support. 

DBR- Battle of Mohács 1526 (part 7) - 20mm Ottoman and Hungarian flags

The first group are some Ottoman flags for the Suleyman years taken from the web after a research by OB ( no she is not from Brigada Tripeira, she is Galatasaray).

The first is the Ottoman Battle flag; the other ones with the red field are the State flag and the green are generic Ottoman. 

The quality of the printing will not be the best as the phone camera resolution is not a great thing. 

If you want the real stuff send me an email to jpp681@gmail.com and I'll gladly send you the file.

The 1st page of Hungarian flags are suitable for the cavalry and are hand painted with acrylic, hence the scrubby look.  

The isolated flag in the next picture is the Ottoman Solak flag and should be used in a cruciform pole.

The next group of Hungarian flags already include some for the infantry, namely the last two which can be used for the Landsknecht.

After resizing you may print them at your will. Hope they can be useful.