Cohors Equitata

 

I posted a question on the Strength and Honour FB group about now to go about modelling a cohors equitata, with a mix of infantry and cavalry. The answer is to have a standard unit of infantry on a 120mm x 60mm base with an attached cavalry block on a separate 30mm x 30mm base, so that's what I've done. I used a large cavalry block for this, pinched from my Parthian cataphracts, as it looked better than one of the smaller ones. I've added another auxiliary infantry unit to attach them to, a standard cohors quingenaria, so now have four of them to paint up not including the cavalry ala that I've left out for the moment. It will be really useful to try out my painting method on the single cavalry base, so that's an unexpected bonus.