DBA 28mm Norman Principality of Antioch army

As promised here is the first stand of Norman army of Antioch. Its a spear stand.

The figs on the left and the fig on the rigt are from Gripping Beast. The one with the blue/yellow shield is from Perry Miniatures.

More coming soon...

 I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :)

For the meanwhile ... 28mm DBA 1x3 Scutarii

Something for the meanwhile. Ancient Spanish Scutarii from Gripping Beast. Very bad sculpts and horror to paint. Especially the faces are very challenging. But... I did it :) Weapons will be added later!

Close up shields. All shields are handpainted! With the one left and the middle I am very pleased!

I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :)

28mm DBA Pikemen stands...

Nothing spectacular but a little progress. The first two DBA stands for the first Impetus pikemen stand.

All miniatures by Wargames Foundry.

I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :)

28mm Cretan archers and Agrianians for DBA & Impetus

Over the easter days I have found the time to read the Impetus rulebook. Nice stuff and some good ideas.

I decided to start an army - of course successors :) But which one I am not sure. So I begun painting stands that I can use for different successors and for my favourite game DBA too.

Units every army needs are skirmishers. I took a look in my glass cabinet and found two stands of Cretans in my 28mm DBA Seleucid army. I found also two stand of Greek Javeliners, half painted.

Okay got the basics and go!

Here they are, shields will be added in the future!

 In the background the older stands, in front the new stands. They build 4x2 Ps for DBA and 2 units of Cretan archers in Impetus!

 And the Agrianians in the front. They count in DBA as 2x2 Ps too. And some more pics...

I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :)

DBA 15mm Battlereport Pyrrhus invades Thrace

After finishing my new DBA battleboard i was absolutly keen on making an DBA game.

We played a scenario in which Pyrrhus started a conquest on southern Thrace. So the Thracians went defender and layed the terrain.

The deployment with Thracian angle of view:

On the left a bad going hill, on the right a swamp, on the right of Pyrrhic forces a bad going hill, the field on the left was easy going terrain.

Thracian deployment saw 3x3 Aux and 1x2 Psiloi on the left wing, in the centre 3x2 Lh with Gen in second rank, on the right wing 3x2 Aux and the Psiloi.

Pyrrhus decided to deploy a left wing with 2x2 Psiloi and 1x3 Aux and a big centre. From left to right 2x2 Lh, 2x2 Spears, 4x4 Pikes with Pyrrhus in the rear and the mighty Elli.

Taking initiative Pyrrhus gave the signal to march forward and the army advanced...

...Lacking pips the Thracians moved slowly on their right wing while the Pyrrhics marched fast forward! Then action in the Thracian centre. Their Light horse marched to the left wing and took a lurking position counterpart to the Greek light horse.

Pyrrhus saw an advantage an started an attack on the light horses but bis forces threw back and saw themselves attacked by Thracian light horses how killed on stand!

Missing high pips Pyrrhus saw his right wing in extrem danger and commanded his brave Italian spearmen on the wing! But not enough he felt the chance of tasting blood and rode on that wing too!
In the meantime the Thracian light horse surrounded the last light horse element and destroyed it!

It was time to take place to the action for mighty Pyrrhus and he and his brave knights rode in the light horse element while one of the Italians tried to Zoc.

But the Thracians hold!!! And they started an attack! An Auxilia stand attacked the spearmen,  alike the light horse Pyrrhus!

An overview of the battlefield.

Pyrrhus fought as a devil but the light horses forced his knight to repell and Pyrrhus get injured and fled of the field, guarded by some of his bodyguard. The Italians were also thrown back!

Bad start for Pyrrhus campaign in Thrace but he will return!

At least some battle impression:

Conclusion: Pay attention to light horse stands! Fast and deadly elements.

I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :)  

New 15mm DBA Battleboard and Wheatfield

Some weeks ago I did a new DBA Battleboard for my 15mm armies. In addition i build an empty wheatfield.

The wheatfield...

I hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome too :) 

15mm Italian allies complete

Today the Samnites and Italiots are completed!

On the left the Samnites with bigger shields and armed with pili. On the right the Italiot hoplits with round shields & spears.

Because there are no shield decals for the Samnites i had to become creative and painted those shield freehand. Only the second one on the left is a decal, a roman decals. But in my opinion it fits very good for Samnites. Do you agree?

Hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome :)