Arab Army

I've been on a bit of a mission trying to get a decent sized force of Arabs ready for tomorrow's game of Deus Vult.

This is my marauder division. They get to kick off from the halfway line, just coz they are dressed in black, and badass.

The cavalry are decent fighters but their main advantage is nutso morale and an annoying way of fighting and running away. They're made of Gripping Beast Plastics Heavy Cavalry horses and legs, Fireforge Steppe Warrior torsos, and GBP Arab Spearmen heads and javelins, mostly.

Unit 6-170	Ghazi Cavalry				Trophy 4
Move 10	Disc 1	Cour 2	Res 5	Def 1	Shield Y
Type	Melee Cav		Faith	Sunni
Equip	Sword, Javelin(6/6), Shield
Traits	Devout, Independent, Karr Wa Farr, Manoeuvrable, Martial Prowess, Throwing Weapon
Reactions	Counter-Charge, Parthian Shot

The infantry are all GBP Arab Spearmen, with the odd weapon from random packs.

Unit 4-190	Ghazi Infantry				Trophy 3
Move 6	Disc 1	Cour 2	Res 6	Def 2	Shield Y
Type	Melee Inf		Faith	Sunni
Equip	Sword, Javelin(6/6), Cloth, Shield
Traits	Devout, Independent, Manoeuvrable, Martial Prowess, Throwing Weapon
Reactions	Ambush, Closing Volley, Shielding

The Marauder division sets up even further forward than the skirmish line, and presumably attacks everything on sight. Not sure why you'd want some of your best troops sacrificed in this way, but they're religious fanatics, so what do you expect?

My main division's cavalry is metal second hand stuff I found, mostly Footsore Arab cavalry. The infantry are sraight out of the GBP Arab Spearmen and Archers box, with the odd head swap for a bit of variety.

The list is slightly illegal, coz I don't have any Ghulams, yet.

Unit 4-75	Arab Spearmen				Trophy 3
Move 4	Disc 0	Cour 1	Res 5	Def 2	Shield Y
Type	Melee Inf		Faith	Sunni
Equip	Spear, Sword, Cloth, Shield
Traits
Reactions

Unit 4-60	Arab Archers				Trophy 2
Move 6	Disc 0	Cour 1	Res 3	Def 0	Shield N
Type	Missile Inf		Faith	Sunni
Equip	Composite Bow (30/6), Dagger
Traits
Reactions	Ambush, Closing Volley, Evade

Unit 4-125	Arab Cav Bodyguard				Trophy 4
Move 9”	Disc 1	Cour 2	Res 5	Def 3	Shield Y
Type	Melee Cav		Faith	Sunni
Equip	Lance, Mace, Sword, Mail, Shield
Traits	Bodyguard, Determined Charge, Fanatical Assault, Manoeuvrable, Martial Prowess, Piercing Strike
Reactions	Counter-Charge, Evade

My second division is all mercenary units. I had to borrow some Turcopole horse archers from my Crusader army to make up the numbers, to be used as mercenary horse archers.

These mercenary infantry are made from Fireforge Steppe Warrior legs and shields, with GBP Heavy Arab Cavalry torsos and heads mostly, and GBP Spearmen arms.

The skirmishing archers are mostly Steppe Warriors with whatever GBP Arab heads I could find.

Unit 4-130	Daylami Warriors				Trophy 3
Move 6	Disc 2	Cour 2	Res 5	Def 2/3	Shield Y
Type	Melee Inf		Faith	Shi’ite
Equip	Spear, Axe, Javelin (6/6), Lamellar, Shield
Traits	Frontiersmen, Martial Prowess, Mercenary, Throwing Weapon
Reactions	Closing Volley, Shielding, Spear Hedge

Unit 4-80	Daylami Arch Skirm				Trophy 0
Move 6	Disc 2	Cour 2	Res 4	Def 1	Shield Y
Type	Skirm Inf		Faith	Shi’ite
Equip	Composite Bow (30/9), Axe, Shield
Traits	Belligerent, Independent, Martial Prowess, Mercenary
Reactions	Ambush, Closing Volley, Evade

These guys are pretty much GBP Arab Light Cavalry straight out of the box with the odd piece of Fireforge Mongol Cavalry, or random head, or cloak.

My Turcopoles are made mostly from Fireforge Mongol Cavalry with GBP Arab heads. 

Unit 6-100	Horse Archers				Trophy 4
Move 10	Disc 1	Cour 1	Res 4	Def 0	Shield N
Type	Miss Cav		Faith	Shi’ite
Equip	Composite Bow (30/9), Sword
Traits	Blacken the Sky, Feigned Flight, Independent, Manoeuvrable, Mercenary
Reactions	Parthian Shot

I haven't sorted out what I'm going to do about leaders, yet, so my generals have been recruited from the ranks for this game. The thing about Deus Vult leaders is that (unless you're playing a campaign) you don't have a clue how good they are until you get to the battle. They have quite a detailed stat line, but it's all generated randomly at the beginning of the battle. So these guys could be great and brave leaders, or cowardly idiots.