The last of the North Star Order is complete. I had a loose blister pack of Sherden Guards hanging around from last year and the latest order brings the unit up to 10 Elite fighters ready to enter the fray.
Notorious pirates who raided the Nile Delta, their warriors wore horned helmets with boar tusks and carried long slashing swords and bucklers covered in bosses. Ramesses II captured some of these raiders and was so impressed by their ferocity recruited them as a royal bodyguard and let them keep their traditional equipment, but with the addition of Egyptian armour.
Great figures and have a far more imposing feel to them than the Warlord or Foundry offerings. Within Infamy Infamy, I will be classing them as Barbarians so the ability to amass fervour, something new for the Hittites to think about.
Next up the Pony Wars 6mm project finally makes it to the paint table. It might need a few sessions to get my eye in so will probably start with something simple rather than some of the Indians with there warpaint and bonnets.
Handsome additions!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil.
DeleteNice work and you would have to be intimidated by those fancy helmets back in the day ?
ReplyDeleteSo very true... one of my favourite units.
DeleteThose look great Stu:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve.
DeleteHopefully this staunch bunch might help the Egyptians stem the flow of Hittie victories seen so far!
ReplyDeleteSadly not Keith.... although these guys did route a unit of warriors.
DeleteThey look excellent
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Moiterai.
DeleteNice figures!
ReplyDeleteI had to Google ‘Sherdan Guards ancient warriors’ to find out more on these Pirates and found that the Sherdan were one of the infamous Sea Peoples, that’s my fact of the day! 😳
Your welcome Captain.
DeleteCheers
Stu
Great looking unit once more. That is such an interesting story of how they became a guard unit. Truth stranger than... yet again!
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
So very true... tempted by a few more seas people...
DeleteCheers
Stu