The Huns
Before Lucky Toys released their Huns, indeed before Zvedza & Italieri
released their Mongols, I wanted to field armies of Steppe nomads, from
Attila to Timur the Lame. The only option was to use some Italieri
Saracens and convert the rest.
First, here is an Italieri Saracen and a Revell Napoleonic converted to
a Hun ready to light up the town:
The Italieri figures is painted a bit drab but unmodified. The Napoleonic
(I can't recall what he was supposed to be) had his hat carved into a pointed,
fur-lined cap, some details cut off, and his carbin trimmed and a glob of
glue added as a flame.
This next element is an Italieri Saracen and a HaT Cossack dragging a HaT/Airfix
Briton.
The Cossack's hat was trimmed to a point and his spear replaced with a
bit of string which is tied to the neck of an Airfix casualty. The
Huns did use lassos, as did most Steppe nomads, so I thought this would
be a nice addition to the army. I Probably should have cut off the
horns on the the Briton's helmet so he would look more generic. You
can also see how I label my elements -- a hole punch chad glued ot the base.
Next, a whole base of Napoleanic conversions -- these represent cavalry
as opposed to the Light Horse above:
Again the hat were carved, knuckle guards cut from the sabres, guns removed,
etc. and nice Fu Manchu mustache added to each with paint.
This last element is more HaT Cossacks with hats trimmed.
