The two armies are nearing completion....... will I add more to these armies of course I will!!!
Essex's selection of Ottoman figures isn't that vast so I bought some Lancashire figures and also some Venexia , also sold by Lancashire, to make up some command stands. I already painted up the top dog Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Commander in Chief of the entire Ottoman army, here. But I still needed the other brigade commanders.
After finding some historical Turkish commanders names I tried to chose the ones that matched the brigades set out by Mr Hilton in his scenario, now they don't all match unfortunately, but they were all real people who fought in the Vienna campaign.
I was wondering why they were all named Pasha at first, so I asked Mr Google who said Pasha isn't their actual name its a high-ranking historical title in Turkish meaning a commander, governor, or high-level official, roughly equivalent to a British lord or a general/admiral.
Also the word Beylerbeyi is a a high-ranking provincial governor-general in the Ottoman Empire, so you learn something new everyday, or so they say???
Ibrahim Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Buda and Chyzyr Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Bosnia Eyalet
Abaza Sari Husetin Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Damascus and Kucek Hasan Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Rumelia
Celebi Huseyin Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Janowan, Ahmed Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Anatolia & Binamaz Halil Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Sivas
Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha
1st Line (Independent Commands)
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs
2nd Line indie command
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs
Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs
Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs
(Already painted before the Challenge)
3rd Line indie commands
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs
Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs
Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs
Janissary Brigade & Brigadier
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Reserve & Brigadier
Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6
Great Gun Drilled 1 model
Great Gun Drilled 1 model
Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski
Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Polish Cavalry Brigade
Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs
Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs
Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs
Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs
Imperial Cavalry Brigade
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs
Bavarian Cav Brig
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs
Saxons Cav Brigade
Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs
Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs
Field gun 1 model
Nice work Ray 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt!
DeleteAll looking very pukka, Ray!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you, Keith!
DeleteRay, great looking Ottoman Turks. Wonderful colors as uniforms go.
ReplyDeleteThe world's your oyster with the Turks.
DeleteGood job, Ray! I’ve had the Ottoman army for the 16th century sitting in a box for two or three years now, and I just haven’t gotten around to it. My wife and daughter were fans of the TV series “Magnificent Century,” so I ended up watching it with them and getting into Ottoman culture.))))
ReplyDeleteI shall look forward to see some Ottoman's on your blog soon then, Aleksey.
DeleteThose are excellent, Ray. I was also rather impressed with their basing too - nice mix of rocks and the odd infantryman. Splendid posting.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them Simon, I wanted to add something to the bases to jazz them up a little. I think it worked?
DeleteLovely work Ray
ReplyDeleteCheers Neil!
DeleteLovely work Ray
ReplyDeleteFantastic work!
ReplyDeleteAlongside the Retreat from Moscow, this is one of my favorite projects of yours!
Aw thanks Michal!
DeleteLovely command stands, Ray. You'd better start reminding yourself about the rules, because it sounds like you might be putting this game on soon.
ReplyDeleteYou never know your luck Rich??? I've got far too much on the go at the moment, my heads gonna pop!
DeleteLovely looking command, youre going to run out of units to paint soon!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
I don't think that'll ever happen Iain....sadly?
DeleteGreat command stands Ray. Nice choice of colours for these. They look distinctly Turkish without being garish.
ReplyDeleteYep, I kept to a simple colourful pallet.
DeleteSuper looking command stands Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris!
DeleteFantastic commanders Ray!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them!
DeleteFantastic work Ray and a great idea to give them all individual names so that when you record the battles you know who to blame 😁
ReplyDeleteWill you be able to match the units to the areas they controlled? Or is that a nerdy step to far😂
Not really, Ben the only ones who are definitely matched are Ibrahim Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Buda, who commanded the Janissaries and Abaza Sari Husetin Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Damascus who commanded the Sipahi brigade.
DeleteLovely work Ray, great command stands.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, glad you approve.
DeleteGrand additions to your Vienna project Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks David.
DeleteThis looks like another wonderful diversion Ray!
ReplyDeleteCertainly is Sir M!
DeleteFine work Ray. I think I see Essex, QRF and Donnington Miniatures.
ReplyDeleteNope, just Lancashire and Venexia, not sure what make the 2 Janissaries are though? Postie gave them 2 me ages ago, they were spares he had for his Napoleonic collection.
DeleteNice work Ray
ReplyDeleteCheers ol boy!
DeleteIf they were all named Pasha everyone would answer at once.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they did!
DeleteLovely work Ray and some nice background historical info too:).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve.
DeleteBig hats... How'd they manage to not fall off when they urge their horses in a canter or gallop!?
ReplyDeleteGreat painting though Ray.
(And now I'm stuck with The Sultans of Swing playing in my head.)
Lol, cellotape....lots and lots of cellotape!
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