That is to say horses from the ancient and medieval periods rather than 'old' horses 
There are some lovely mounted figures out there, but almost universally they are mounted on 'modern' horses. Since I'm increasingly interested in ancients and dark age figures I'm looking for a source or two of smaller horses/ponies.
Using horse bit size found at archaeological sites the sizes of horses was smaller than you would expect, typically just over 14 hands for the Norman knights of 1066 and perhaps smaller still for ancient Britons warriors. Obviously some horses were bred to be larger, but other characteristics such as agility and temperament were more important in battle. (Before the stirrup getting on board a big horse is a bit of a struggle)
Anyway enough preamble, who makes 54 mm horses that are smaller?
Historex are beautiful, but slim (I always used to add a bit of the mounted base to thicken the girth up on mine) Airfix collectors are lovely great things suited to a period when stirrups were more widely used. Metal models likewise are beauties, but bigger than I'm after.
Cheers
Paul
There are some lovely mounted figures out there, but almost universally they are mounted on 'modern' horses. Since I'm increasingly interested in ancients and dark age figures I'm looking for a source or two of smaller horses/ponies.
Using horse bit size found at archaeological sites the sizes of horses was smaller than you would expect, typically just over 14 hands for the Norman knights of 1066 and perhaps smaller still for ancient Britons warriors. Obviously some horses were bred to be larger, but other characteristics such as agility and temperament were more important in battle. (Before the stirrup getting on board a big horse is a bit of a struggle)
Anyway enough preamble, who makes 54 mm horses that are smaller?
Historex are beautiful, but slim (I always used to add a bit of the mounted base to thicken the girth up on mine) Airfix collectors are lovely great things suited to a period when stirrups were more widely used. Metal models likewise are beauties, but bigger than I'm after.
Cheers
Paul
