The Saracens - Getting Started

To balance the Crusader warband I've previously posted about, I thought it important to get a Saracen warband too!  So, in my now traditional manner, sprues and some metals was the starting point:

As always I needed a leader (left) who I named Jibril ibn Qatadah al-Tayyib.  He is joined by the learned Imam (centre) named Sulaiman al-Nabil and his second in command (right) Ishaq ibn Bakr:

These all came from the excellent Perry Miniatures Muslim Armies range.

I added a couple of second tier warriors - professional melee fighters - who I named Hamzah ibn Sabur (left) and Muqatil ibn Talhah (right):

They are both from the Perry Miniatures range again.  Hamzah got a spare shield from a Gripping Beast sprue.

Next we have some low tier warrior options (l-r) Mahmud, Malik and Tahir:

These were made from a Gripping Beast Arab spearman/archer sprue - although Tahir got an axe made from a spear arm and an axe-head from a Fireforge sprue to mix it up a little.

Finally I added some bow-armed peasants to help show the ranged prowess of the Saracens.  Here we have (l-r) Da'ud, Ghalib, Rashid and Hassan:

Just like Crusader peasants these guys can specialise as tradesman as a campaign goes on so they can end up bringing some useful skills to the warband.

I think the miniatures, while from different manufacturers, work well together and I'm looking forward to choosing a colour scheme for Jibril's warband.