Alliance Miniatures has submitted for review a particularly extensive new line of 15th C. Ottoman Turks. How extensive? With the sample packs submitted, I now have 36 cav. and 10 packs of infantry, enough to build about a 1200 point army! (Thanks, Dick, but could you tell them I need to see a bombard to complete my "review"?) This, of course, is perfect for representing the heterogeneous, motley appearance of a Turkish army. Figures range from Spahi and Dellis to Azab and Akinji to Hungarian and Serb to work party and bombard.
As particularly good figures will, they tend to capture the character of the troops depicted, with frenzied looking Dellis, Hussars, and Chazis, doubtful looking Azabs, etc. The Spahi of the Porte and Dellis are particularly fine, detailed figures, with the Spahis' armoured horse the finest of its type available. Alliance has always excelled in horse anatomy, knowing basically that horses have fat rear ends, a fact overlooked by even the more elegant 25mm sculptors like Naismith and Ral Partha. This makes them appear more natural, especially when viewed from above, and allows them to be more dynamically posed. The only minor reservations are that the Janissaries are less resplendant than some, which admittedly in this earlier period they were, and the mounted general seems rather ordinary compared with the lavish detail on most of his troops. Available from Alliance Miniatures, P.O. Box 2347, Des Moines, Iowa 50310. Foot are 12 for$3.00; cavalry, 6 for $3.
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