Sarmatian Cataphracts

[Biggus Dickus]

I like the look of these a lot.......wish i had known about these before I sorted out my Ultra heavy Roman cavalry unit!
Still I guess there might be room for a few more!

Horses are great.............I prefer Armoured horses so much easier to paint!

http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/?p=11817

[Centurio Marcus T]

Great news i will finally have Sarmatians to go with my Dacian horde well done Warlords

[Big Al]

They look very nice indeed!

[Consul Scipio]

They look great. The poses "speak to me" and the equipment looks great. Note that I'm not a "button counter" so what I mean is the equipment reflects the style I expect to see. I'm glad I've been so busy with my EIR that I hadn't pulled the trigger to buy another companies Sarmations. I want the Warlord Games Sarmations!

However, I'd prefer a choice of fully armoured or half armoured horses not a mix of both in the same unit. This is mostly because I'd rather not bother painting the horses!

[Titus Flavius]

Yup they look great, and in due course I will be getting some.

[Biggus Dickus]

The poses "speak to me"

They are saying "Buy me, Buy me"... ...........they said it to me too!!!

[tadamson]

one question..

Why the half armoured horse?

There is no evidence for or suggestion of half armoured horses for the Sarmatians. Plus they style of armour used (from the few finds) was a single piece for the whole body.

Tom..

[Titus Flavius]

Duh, Sarmatian horses wore skintight scale armour from their snouts to their hoofs...haven't you ever seen Trajan's column?

Surely some Sarmatians wouldn't be able to afford a full set of armour? In fact, I would go as far as to suggest that some Sarmatians probably would have been so poor they couldn't afford any armour for their horse.

[Cubster]

In fact most couldn't even afford horses, they made do with squires clacking coconuts together.

[paulsmodellingworkshop]

On page 200 of the John Warry book = Warfare In The Classical World, there is an illustration of a Sarmatian Cataphract armed with Kontos and Bow sitting on an unarmoured horse

I quote: "It is based (the drawing) on sculpture around the base of Trajan's Column, grave stelae and the desriptions of Tacticus. Chiefs and nobles might be mounted on half- or fully-armoured horses."

So Titus' conjecture would apear to be correct, so therefore there does appear to be some evidence and suggestion.