Horses are important in a medieval fantasy world. They allow your PCs to travel fairly quickly and provide a way to transport goods from town to town. However if you use miniatures they can be on the expensive side.
You can go this route from litko:
http://www.litko.net/products/Horse,-Character-Mount-Marker-kit.html#.WFLq2v7n_uo
Mounted characters from Reaper run around $10+
https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/horse/
A Pre-painted horse might run you $6 or $7+
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/pbrdi-025.html
OR
If you swing by your local Dollar Store you might find something like I found in the party favour section.
I found this bag of 10 horses for $4 CAD. They are of course un-based, and I wasn't 100% sure about their size.
But for the price I had to give them a shot. I have a few Mongol rifle guys and they have slightly smaller mounts, but next to a regular 28mm figure they were not unbelievable. They have an ok selection of colors, and with the exception of one of the poses (2 horses) they all stand very well without bases.
And next to a Paizo pre-painted? Pretty much exactly the same size. $4CAD for 10 horses. Enough for a party of 4 adventurers, with 6 left to pull carts or work as pack animals.
Great deal for horse figs!
I also use dinos, farm animals and giant insects from the dollar tree.. they close enough in scale :D
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