Red Box – 72154 – Byzantine Cataphracts Set 2

Description:

Unpainted plastic soldiers in 1/72 scale depicting Byzantine Cataphracts, an armored heavy cavalry with Persian origin widely employed by the ancient middle east empires and with influences over European or Asian heavy cavalries of the middle ages.

Box contains 12 mounted figures in 6 different poses. Horses are also in 6 different poses. This sets complements set Red Box – 72153 – Byzantine Cataphracts Set 1, adding six new poses all using hand weapons such swords and maces, not present in the first set. The horses are the same in both boxes and are full armored boxes. See the set 1 to learn bit more about Cataphracts.

Figures seems to be valid for a wide range of time, but in particular for 8th to 12th centuries.