Pikeman's Lament - Gallopers

One unit of six Gallopers finished today. A base of three, another of two and one single figure. All are Warlord Games 28mm Plastic figures.

The horses are quite cleverly designed. There are four different sculpts per sprue, each split into two halves which are interchangeable, so if my maths is right that's 16 options!

The figures are again four per sprue, sculpted wearing a plain coat/jacket which could be painted up either as a leather buff coat or a coloured tunic.

Their heads are hat less, but incorporate the articulated neck armour of the typical lobster pot helmet. You are given the option to add the helmet with face guard or a soft hat which incorporates additional hair to hid the neck armour. Neat!

The final choice is which weapon to carry - Sword or pistol. If you arm the figure with a sword, there is one of the torsos that need the hilt of the moulded sword to be removed. However the others have the hilts "hidden" amongst the sash material so you don't know if they are there or not.

In addition there are arms with trumpet and standard pole for your command group. There is a nice selection of pre-printed paper flags included with the figures that simply require cutting out, folding in half and gluing with PVA. I then attach them to the standard pole with superglue.

Finished articles look the part and are simple to assemble giving ample flexibility to customise them to suit your purpose.