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 I already have a bucketload of Persians from Museum, but I had been lacking any in Ceremonial dress - so the January Sale in early 2026 was my opportunity, and my excuse was to use them to build the solitary unit of Apple Bear...

 Earlier this summer I accidentally ordered some Persian Takabara infantry from Xyston, as part of a valiant effort to get value for money out of the postage costs of buying one piece of 15mm artillery from them (which you may have already seen ...).

 This year I returned to Campaign for the first time in a while, as part of one of the CLWC teams of three players in the traditionally tightly themed event. The pool I was in was themed for the Wars of Atilla, with Huns, Patrician Romans, Gepids, Arabs and Ostrogoths as the only options.

This may well be getting pretty deep into "want but don't need" territory, but the combination of Museum's January sale, and having seen that there are at least a couple of Ancient armies (Moors and Early Arabs) who can have troops defending behind a line of tethered camels inevitably meant I was compelled to buy some of Museums kneeling camels earlier this year - and ...