15 mm Naffatun

Here’s some of my recent work.  They are CRU51 from Essex Miniatures who list them as Naffatun Hand Gunners as part of their Crusades range:



Typical figures from Essex: a joy to paint but a little static.   I bought these on a whim as I’m working my way through the infantry options for the various Mongol medieval armies.

The Field of Glory Tatar list contains a battle group of 4 Naffatun with grenades so I knew I wouldn’t be using these but still couldn’t resist.



The figure design is a direct lift from Ian Heath’s WRG book on the Crusades.  It is figure 60 on page 93 listed as a Mamluk Engineer with Midfa (1280-1290).

As an aside I checked to see if Ian’s book was available on Amazon.  It is, but only as a paperback with the cheapest copy costing £50.00!  Heaven knows how much my pristine hardback copy is worth.