Dux Bellorum- Welsh Completed

Some reinforcements from Gripping Beast arrived the other day so I have been able to complete the last couple of stands for my Welsh, some support from on high (Monks) and a second stand of cavalry.

All the figures, like the rest of the army actually, are from Gripping Beast.

Like the rest of the army I've tried to keep a "red" theme with the shield designs-a gain thanks to LMBS.

The Welsh horde assembled. Looking at this photo, I think I've some work to do on the flag, changing the green and blue tails to maroon to better fir the theme.

All up there are:
1x Noble Companions
1x Mounted (or Ordinary) Riders/Cav
1x mounted skirmishers
5x Warriors (including one of nobles or foot companions)
1x Skirmishers (bow)
1x Monks

The warriors.

Craig

More Goths

Tonight I finished the Goth command stand for the Ostrogoth command for the Chalon game. Most of the figures are Footsore Miniatures but two are plastic GB plastic Saxons. As per usual the shields are LBMS.

And the rest of the Ostrogoths.

 

 

 

 

Next up, a stand of Welsh Cavalry and some monks to finish off my Welsh Army for Dux Bellorum.

Alas, then I'll be taking a bit of a break, I've some renovations on a rental property that will keep me busy in the evenings after work for the next week or three :(

Goths

A fun weekend away playingg footy at the Masters, six games over 3 days wasn't fun though- I

could hardly move by the time we had our last game on Sunday but got through it injury free which is a bonus.

I have just finished a base of Goth infantry for Dux Bellorum/ Impetvs. The figures are a mix of Footsore Miniatures and plastic Gripping Beast Dark Age warriors and LBMS transfers. I was pleased with the Gripping Beast plastics, good detail and easy to put together.

 Craig

Dux Bellorum- Chalons

I've decided to set myself a little goal, to refight the battle of Chalons using Dux Bellorum.

I've sorted out the figures I've rebased and am almost there. Each command will be approximately 20 pts and during the battle each will get 4 LPs per turn.

	The Romans
Left Flank - Romans, Franks and German allies (Aetius):
		Pts Each	Total
1	x Foot Companions	5	5
1	x Noble Shield Wall	5	5
2x	Ordinary shield Wall	3	6
1x	Bow	3	3
1x	Skirmishers	1	1
6			20
Center - Alans (King Sangiban):
1x	Mounted Companions	5	5
1x	Noble Riders	5	5
4x	Mounted Skirmishers	2	8
			18
Right Flank - Visigoths (King Theodoric and his son Thorismund)
1x	Mounted Companions	5	5
1	x Noble Riders	5	5
4x	Ordinary Warriors	3	12
2x	Skirmishers (bow)	1	2
8			22
	Attila and allies
Left Flank - Ostrogoths (Valamir, Theodemir and Videmir):
1	x Mounted Companions	5	5
1	x Noble Riders	5	5
3	x Ordinary Warriors	3	9
1	x Skirmishers	1	1
			20
Center: Huns (Attila):
1x	Mounted Companions	5	5
1	x Noble Riders	5	5
5	x Mounted Skirmisher (bows)	2	10
	Total:		20
Right Flank - Gepids and German Allies (King Adaric of the Gepids):
1	x Mounted Companions	5	5
1	x Noble Riders	5	5
	3x Ordinary Warriors	3	9
1x	Skirmishers	1	1
			20

I can field most of the forces but am short a command of Alans! Yesterday my small order of Aventine Steppe Cav (Huns) turned up so decided to turn some of the huns into Alans. The Alans were of fair skin and blonde hair apparently so not you typical hun! Although all "steppe" peoples would have similar dress I decided I wanted by Alans to look a bit more Germanic, so did a couple of head swaps using Westwind heads.

I'm not happy with the Westwind head or the shields so will replace the shields (at least) with Gripping beast ones. I suck and painting shields so Little Big Man Studio has been a life saver for many a project.

The Aventines mini's are really, really nice. The photos and my painting don't really do them justice. Each pack comes with plenty of extras too:  quivers of javelins,  quivers with bows, sheaths for swords, bags etc to further individualise them- and which will be handy for future projects,

The Footsore Miniatures Goth Heavy Cavalry unit I've also completed are beside them. These two ranges mix really well.

The Alans look better from the other side. 

 I also completed another unit of Gothic cavalry- Footsore Heavy Cavalry with barded horses. I need two more units of cavalry for "Operation Chalon" (and to complete the cavalry required for an Impetus Visigoth force)

The Aventine Steppe cavalry unit gave me half of the requirements of the Alan light cavalry contingent. I was going to/ am/ will get more Aventines but in the meantime looked round for some alternatives in the interim and soon came upon my GW Rohan force. I've read of other people using them for Visigoth/Germanic cavalry and as they are Saxon inspired thought, why not! So a rebase and a change of shields and there we have it, two more units of cavalry for the Alans!

To finish off the forces required for Chalon I now only need 2 more units of Footsore Goth Cavalry, and to complete my unit of Aventine medium Steppe Cavalry.

School holidays are just beginning so am away for a couple of days then up to Nelson to play football at the South Island Masters games for few more so won't be doing anything else for a week or so.

Craig

A busy couple of weeks

I've just finished another 3 bases of cavalry: My Welsh Mounted Companions, Late Roman/Arthurian British Companions and another stand of Goths (which will be press-ganged into service as Welsh).

Footsore Miniatures Goths

Welsh command. Again old Gripping Beast. I only had 3 mounted so added a priest/druid and and standard bearer.

Welsh Mounted Skirmishers

Late Roman/ Arthurian Command-Westwind Miniatures. Not my favourite models but they'll do.

Gothic Cavalry Assembled

This is what I've achieved in the past couple of weeks:

13 Stands of Cav (Huns, Goths, Late Romans, Welsh)
14 Stands of infantry (Welsh, Saxons/Goths, Late Romans)
1x Bow
5x Skirmishers

All in all not  bad effort really

Welsh for Dux Bellorum/ Impetus

Another productive night tonight. I rebased four stands worth of Welsh warband last night but then decided that I "needed" 5 bases so found a copule more bases, removed the figures. Then it was time to repaint a couple, touch up the rest and repaint the shields. I also had to replace all the spears so it was a bit more of a mission than originally planned. I decided when I made the Welsh army a few years back to use a Crimson shields theme, maybe not the most historic but I think it looks good and differentiates them from my other armies.

The figures are mainly Gripping Best from their Welsh and British kingdomes ranges as well as quite a few from their other Dark Ages ranges. There are a couple of Crusader Miniatures and who knows what else- possibly one or two Old Glory?

Welsh for Dux Bellorum (9 units, 32 pts)

• 1x  Mounted Companions (5 pts)
• 1x Noble Riders (5pts)
• 1x Noble Warriors (5pts)
• 4x Warriors (12 pt)
• 1x Mounted Skirmishers (2pt)
• 1x Foot Skirmishers (1 pt)
• 1x additional LP (2pts)

The Warband.

 And skirmishers

1x Mounted Skirmishers. These guys are from Gripping Beast and are some of my favourite GB mounted figures. I'm not sure they are still available, I got them back in 2001 and originally they were for a DBA Pre-Feudal Scots army.

The army so far assembled.

Tomorrow night I've two units of cavalry to base up to complete the force.

Craig

More reinforcements for Dux Bellorum/Impetus

Today my order from Footsore Miniatures arrived- Gothic cavalry and bowmen which can be used for my Visigoth/earlySaxon/ Late Roman/Hun armies. So tonight I managed to undercoat, paint and base the Gothic/Saxon mounted general and companions and a unit of Gothic bowmen- which would have to be my most productive evening in a long time. All figures from the Footsore Miniatures Gothic and Saxons ranges. Footsore/Musketeer are amongst my favourite miniatures, very characterful and detailed and I highly recommend them..

The general and companions

The bowmen

The Late Roman/ Authurian infantry assembled.

And the Goths/Saxons

I've just the Late Roman General and his companions to do to complete the first two forces- then it will be time to add a few of the quirky units in Dux Bellorum- stampeding livestock, monks and wardogs.

Craig