Monday, 14 January 2013

Ben Yusuf's Black Guards

Ben Yusuf' (Yusuf ibn Tashfin) full name -  Yûsuf bnu Tâšfîn Nâçereddîn bnu Tâlâkâkîn as-Sanhâjî ( يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي  ) created an elite group of soldiers, the  Hasham Guard made up of  2,000 African Infantry and named The Black Guard.
Not based as they are going to be added to with bods from the the Andalusian  and  command sets.
A couple of conversions.
Simple conversion..the bod on the right gets a new arm from the Andalusian light  cavalry set.
The top half of the bod on the left comes from the  Andalusian Heavy Cavalry set anf the body of the bod on the left from the HaT gallic command set
Hello to Drache Zaku. Thanks for following :-D
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27 comments:

  1. Schedler Vincent 14 January 2013 at 08:49

    Great work Paul , i like the Dark color , nice images
    Greetings

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  2. Alois Nebel14 January 2013 at 08:54

    Hello Paul,

    great work on the black clothing :-)

    V.

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  3. Jay14 January 2013 at 08:56

    Nice work, Mr. Bod. The shield script is a fine addition to the work. Do you know what it means?

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    1. Paul´s Bods14 January 2013 at 09:13

      Thanks Jay.
      I havent a clue what it says, I just made it up as I went along and hopefully it doesn´t turn out to mean something bad :-D

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    2. Jay14 January 2013 at 10:36

      Well, I'm impressed with your inventiveness.

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  4. Michael Awdry14 January 2013 at 09:02

    These look great Paul, especially given that black can always been problematic to paint - or is that just me?

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    1. Paul´s Bods14 January 2013 at 09:12

      Thanks Micheal.
      I hate painting black. It should really be easy but it never seems to turn out looking exactly as it should.

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  5. Jonathan14 January 2013 at 09:31

    Those are great. So nice to see something different... very nice work Paul.

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  6. Lonewolf14 January 2013 at 09:38

    You hate painting black Paul, bur you've done it really great! Wondeful work.
    Regards
    Bruno

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  7. fireymonkeyboy14 January 2013 at 09:52

    Really cool, I like these. Black looks solid.

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  8. Ray Rousell14 January 2013 at 10:06

    Very nice, great work Paul!

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  9. Phil14 January 2013 at 10:08

    Black is really difficult, and you did a fantastic work with those figures!
    Phil.

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  10. The Angry Lurker14 January 2013 at 11:13

    I painted these in 28mm many, many years ago, then Ray stole them, good work Paul.

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    1. Paul´s Bods14 January 2013 at 11:55

      Thanks fran.
      As I was searching for info about them I came across Ray´s (sorry your) Black guards :-D

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  11. David14 January 2013 at 11:53

    Nice!!

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  12. melvin14 January 2013 at 12:30

    Excellent Paul !
    Like a medieval League of Shadows...

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  13. Herkybird14 January 2013 at 13:16

    Those are lovely--Well done! Very atmospheric!

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  14. Lead Legion14 January 2013 at 14:32

    Very nice Paul

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  15. Unknown14 January 2013 at 14:40

    Really liking the colour on these Paul.

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  16. Monty14 January 2013 at 18:15

    Wonderful Paul! There is something very intimidating about a Black Guard. The white script on the black shields is just icing on the cake.

    Now I have a hankering to paint up an Arab army. ;-)

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  17. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn14 January 2013 at 18:21

    nice work paul they are a great looking bunch

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  18. Shriff14 January 2013 at 21:26

    Another excellent job, this time on the North African Muslim forces. It is shaping up real well Paul.

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  19. Hobbyworker14 January 2013 at 22:07

    Cool looking unit there, love the flag.


    Regards

    Hobbyworker.

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  20. Kike15 January 2013 at 23:32

    Hi Paul, nice work with your figurines.The flag is perfect

    Regards

    Kike

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  21. peter17 January 2013 at 13:20

    Excellent work on these figures Paul! And some very nice conversions and that flag is just awesome!

    The Command sets are in the shops now! ;-)

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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  22. Silver Whistle18 January 2013 at 07:54

    Great conversion work and painting

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  23. Anonymous21 January 2013 at 22:37

    Impressive freehand. I collect 1/72 for use in D&D and I think these models could be perfect brigands/assassins. You're an inspiration as always! :)

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