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Circassians or Georgians, 15-18th centuries
Extremely fierce horsemen of the Caucasus, resisting Persian encroachment and
preying on the Russians. Their horsemen began as archers but they shot their way
into contact rather than holding off to shower their foes with arrows. Later
they enthusiastically adopted the pistol, although retaining archery equipment
as well. For a while both types of shooting existed side by side. A small number
of heroes used light lances. Skirmishing/outflanking horse archery had been
provided by remnant Cuman tribes in earlier periods, but by the 17th century,
which this range focuses on, was provided by tribes of Nogai Tartars who had
settled in the Caucasus. Infantry, largely Dagestani mountain men, were
fast-charging warriors with swords and spears, some with shields but many not,
and clouds of deadly skirmishers with accurate long firearms.
Circassia was only subjugated by Russia after an extreme national effort, and
such was the impression these furious, superb horsemen had on the Cossacks that
many elements of Cossack dress in the later 19th and 20th centuries were adopted
from the Circassians, as was their famous trick riding (riding on the side of
the horse, or standing on it as they rode).
Warriors of Christian Georgia looked very similar to Circassians.
The horsemen are two part, but instead of the usual arrangement of man and
horse, they are horse plus lower body, and a separate torso, as this permits
more dynamic poses, and some swivelability at the waist gives more pose
variation. The command set also provides two upper torsos with lances, for the
occasional hero in the bow or pistol heavy cavalry. Some sets have extra torsos
for optional unit command figures -- these are free add-ons.
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| circassian-hc-bow |
15mm Circassian
noble cavalry with bows (x12 horses and lower bodies, x14 upper torsos
-- 12 with bows, 2 command) |
$17.99 |
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| circassian-hc-pistol |
15mm Circassian
noble cavalry with pistols (x12 horses and lower bodies, x14 upper
torsos -- 12 with pistols, 2 command) |
$17.99 |
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| circassian-nogai-tartars |
15mm
Circassian Nogai Tartars (x12, 12 horse archers torsos and one chieftain
torso with sword) |
$17.99 |
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| circassian-comm-person |
15mm Circassian
Command and Personalities (one prince, one standardbearer, two trick
riders, ,and two upper torsos with lances to add to the heavy cavalry
sets) |
$7.49 |
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| circassian-spear-inf |
15mm Circassian
Foot Warriors with Spears, half with shields (x12) |
$7.99 |
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| circassian-sword-inf |
15mm Circassian
Foot Warriors with Swords, half with shields (x12) |
$7.99 |
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| circassian-musket-inf |
15mm Circassian
Foot Warriors with Muskets (x12) |
$7.99 |
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