...yes that would be a good step...

...nice beasties, i bought also any animals:

...element from old DBM time....

...my Abodrites:

...the miniatures are from a polish suplier...

...large parts of northern Germany were inhabited by Slavs who did not allow themselves to be Christianized by Charlemagne. There are 2 rival groups; Abodrites and Wilzen(Veleti). During the Saxon Wars, Charlemagne was supported by the Abodrites, but the Saxons by the Wilzen. Charlemagne called for ...

...in East Franconian chronicles, battles between Franks and Moravia are described with allied Bohemians and Sorbs. Later, both Slavic peoples were allied with the Franks. Thus began the Moravians' loss of power, with the Principality of Kraków. Poland didn't exist then. The princes of Kraków recogn...

...here is my army list of the Bohemians of about 850 AD, which I took from the list of the Poles. I replaced the existing Lithuanians with Magyars: https://up.picr.de/45299176zn.jpg ...in front: hungarian light horseman, 3 knights with the commander, 1 archer with only 3 figures, 1 skirmisher, behi...

...looks great...

...I prefer to use sculpted figures...

...i like the AT-figures. the problem is not only the passing of Mr Touller but also the quality of the used metall; quite often breaking spears...

...after the fall of the Huns, the Bulgarians were able to regroup as a pure cavalry horde. Decades later, together with Slavic tribes, a small Bulgarian kingdom arose. But Volga Bulgarians did not exist until centuries later. But the idea of a Bulgarian army is great...