15 mm Byzantine Infantry Archers (Museum Miniatures & Donnington "Originals")

Introduction

This is the third in a series of "cheap" purchases, or should I say bargain buys? Last year, at 2025's "The Other Partizan", I bought three second hand bags of Museum Miniatures' Byzantine light infantry bow (BZ10), from those nice people at Instant Armies.

The bags contained twenty five figures, which is a lot for me, but later on I realised that if I bought three command figures I could make two light infantry units for ADLG (4 figures), two medium bow units (12) and four bases of three archers (12).

15 mm Byzantine Heavy Cavalry (Essex Miniatures)

This is the final batch of heavy cavalry figures from my eBay bargain buy. For the project background and my review of the figures & horses go to my June post on the first batch.

I painted these with a red & blue theme so I can use then as elite troops should the need arise. Varied colour schemes always help me identify different grades of troops on the table.

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15 mm Pecheneg Light Horse (Tin Soldier)

Introduction

These are the latest addition to my "fantasy" early medieval Byzantine army.

I’m describing this as fantasy because I haven’t made my usual effort to ensure historical accuracy. This is partly because the term “Byzantine” covers many centuries, and partly because a large proportion of the figures came from cheap bulk purchases at shows or job lots bought on eBay.