The only thing better than a unit of weird cavalry is a weird cavalry commander. This guy is a bonus for getting the full army bundle from Black Site.
The model just comes with a banner pole; the construction of the banner itself is an exercise left to the reader. This is made out of an aluminum soda can, with paint a decals.
I’ve recently discovered I love weird cavalry. It might be the mountedgladiators of Arena Rex, or the buggies in Lunar. Today, it’s these dudes on weird birds.
I had some bad luck with the packaging for this set, with a couple of legs snapped. Fortunately, this resin takes superglue well and left a clean joint, so it they glued back together extremely cleanly.
I tried to do two colorations: black and blue. But they ended up pretty much the same.
The crusaders are a neat mix of the napoleonic style of the royal guard (with the headbands and scarves) while giving it a more distinct medieval fantasy feeling (with maces and polearms).
The shields are large enough to beg for some detail. Random decals the rescue.