Persian horse archers

Just finished these, some of which may have been present at Plataea:

Willy passed them onto me after I painted some units for him; I think the figs are by 1st Corps.

I deliberately painted them to be as bright as possible, using a mix of the colour schemes I have in mind for the infantry.

I tend to think of light cavalry like these as the ancient equivalent of Cossacks: full of character, with a liking for loot of various kinds.

Normally, I'd paint light horse with a grubby campaign look, but I want the Persians to be colourful.

I used quite a lot of grass and foliage on the sandy bases to make them fit the semi-arid look I'm after.  I really enjoyed painting them.  The running total for 2012 is now 243 25mm figures finished.