There are a couple of mercenaries listed as options in the Outremer book. Well, as you might have seen from my Mordheim and Necromunda hireling posts, I do like mercenaries (and the variety they offer for modelling, painting and gaming) so I went about assembling them.
First is the Varangian Guard. I used a Fireforge Russian Infantry sprue to make the rather menacing looking Ivar Bæglir:
I wanted a really heavily armoured look for this Varangian - and of course he has the iconic axe!
The other option in the Outremer book is the Hashashin. I found a model in the Perry Miniatures Muslim Armies range - in the Civilians pack. Here's Ubaid of Jabala:
I deliberately wanted a quite unthreatening looking mini for this lethal assassin and think this fits the bill!
Finally, in Miniature Wargames magazine an additional mercenary was published - the Mutatawwi’a. Of course, I had to cobble something together to represent this fanatical warrior and thanks to some left over Gripping Beast Arab spearmen sprues I made Hawari Abdul-Azeem:
Now poor Hawari here ran the risk of looking a little too much like his comrades in my Saracen warband. To counter this I did two things: had no other spears in that warband, and gave him a different style of shield (from the Fireforge Russian sprue). I'll also make sure I use a different colour scheme for him to make him stand out.
I'll be trying to keep on top of other mercenaries as and when the rules are released, but for now this is a good start I think!
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