Marlborough's Wars: Cavalry of the Sun King

Black Powder: Marlborough's Wars - Cavalry of the Sun King

Some cavalry units used their modern tactics, but others adhered to their traditional methods, such as the Duke of Marlborough's cavalry, who were instructed to charge with swords drawn overhead to maximize the shock of impact.

In this boxed set, you will find all the necessary components to recreate many of the cavalry squadrons that fought for Louis XIV. Each box is designed to allow you to form a 12-man squadron, consisting of nine cavalry troopers, a standard bearer, a horn player, and an officer.

The variety of heads and bodies allows you to recreate numerous cavalry types, as well as personalize your army and make each unit unique.

Included are standard cavalry bodies that can be combined with tricorn heads to create line cavalry. Bodies with cuirasses are also provided for heavier cavalry, which can also have tricorns or the heavy "Lobster Pot" design. For those of you who wish to use these miniatures to represent dragoons, replacement muskets have also been provided to model this often-underrated troop type.

Grenadier heads have been included for you to model the elite Horse Grenadier group, which some nations employed, and the early French Grenadiers à Cheval.

Sword and pistol weapons are included in the kit, allowing you to choose which tactics your cavalry should use. Will it be pistols at the trot or swords with an overhead charge?

Contains:
- 12 plastic cavalry figures with officer, trumpeter, and optional standard bearer. Options for cuirassiers, dragoons, horse grenadiers, and line cavalry regiments.
- 4-page background and construction brochure with eight full-color flags/guidons.

Models are supplied unpainted and require assembly.