In Search of.....the Tibetans (Pt.2)

 

 

After my last posting on the Tibetans I discovered another figure manufacturer with a small range - Viking Forge - http://www.thevikingforge.net/15mm-da-tibetan.html

MDC30 - Tibetan HC (MH18 horse) - shown above
MDC31 - Tibetan Cataphract (MH06 horse)
MDC36 - Tibetan general (MH06 horse)

I was also contacted by an old friend who had some cataphracts to sell.  

With these new acquisitions I thought my army was nearing completion.  I should have re-read my previous posting.

Looking more closely at this extensive list I determined that I still needed a few more troops:

1 x 3Bd Nepalese swordsmen
1 x 4Sp garrison - listed as Reg Sp(I) in DBMM
1 x 3Cv Nomad nobles - Ch'iang
3 x 2Lh Nomad horse archers - Ch'iang, Sumpa, Aza/T'u-yu-hun
              plus an indeterminate number of dismounted cataphracts

So what did they look like?  More research.....Ho Hum!

(a) Books:
'Armies and Enemies of Ancient China' by John Greer (WRG) - very limited coverage and somewhat out-of-date
'DBMM Army Lists Book 3' by PB (Pub: WRG) - more details and the confusing 'blurb'
Tibetan Civilisation by R Stein                                 } not yet
Tibet - A Political History by T Shakabpa                } acquired

(b) Slingshot:
A Tibetan Wargames Army (88/18-21, Chris Peers) - useful
Under the flag of Yar Lung [Tibetan armies, 7th-9thC] (110/6-18, Phillipe Allard) - useful
A Tibetan Cavalryman (189/35, Karl Heinz Ranitzsch) - my collection only goes up to 182 - can anybody help here ???

(c)  Blogs:
https://tinmountain.blogspot.com/2020/05/15mm-tibetan-army-completed.html - mainly army pics
https://tinmountain.blogspot.com/2020/03/15mm-tibetan-nomadic-allied-cavalry.html - same
http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/210324/ - army painting
http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/757264/ - infantry
https://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.69.2.html - reconstruction
https://dragonsarmory.blogspot.com/2018/01/tibetan-noble-cavalry_20.html - very interesting
https://dragonsarmory.blogspot.com/2018/01/tibetan-royal-guardsman.html - covers a bit of the same ground

Sadly, there will need to be a Part 3.