Clibinarii and equites sagittarii

Here we have two stands of clibinarii and three stands of equites sagittarii in 28mm for my late Roman army project, figures are Foundry.

 

Why do they do this?

Late Roman cavalry and archers

Here we have three stands of cavalry commanders for my Late Roman project, figs are Foundry and transfers from LBM.

I also finished 6 stands of archers - psiloi - to support the legion and auxilia completed last week.

Up next: more Late Roman goodness from Foundry, specifically cataphracts and mounted archers to round out the forces. My goal is to build a 3x DBA army to play BBDDBA, but it looks like I might have enough to do 4 armies...maybe I will sell a 28mm Foundry DBA army? Could raise enough capital for another project perhaps...

More HOTT stuff

Here we have a few more older models for my undead HOTT army. First is a Grenadier Death Dragon, a very nice model that will likely serve as a Behemoth in my army. Bit of a bugger to put together though, and quite heavy!

I also did another GW Lahmian Vampire, I love this sculpt, she's a beauty. She will be my General, could be a Magician or Hero, or I might pair her up with a dark rider to be a Rider or Knight. Not sure yet.

The Black Prince's Chariot of Fear

In between units of Late Romans, I decided to blow the dust off an old 1980s Ral Partha 25mm fantasy model of a dark lord on a chariot which is not only pulled by Balrogs, but even has a Balrog as the chariot chassis. I acquired this at one of our club auctions, and I think it has changed hands a few times- perhaps because the box art looked kind of lame. But the model is actually kind of cool, and it was sculpted by Tom Meier. I intend to use it in my next HOTT army which has an undead theme. It also matches yesterdays bats.

The chassis Balrog sits under the plaform and holds the axle in his hands and feet- his yellow claws seen here from the rear:

The chassis Balrog also holds the chains which tether the pulling Balrogs in his mouth:

The giant goat skull hood-ornament is my favourite feature of the model:

The crew are a bit lame, the Black Prince is a bit on the wee side, even though he holds an elf head by the hair in his left hand, his two squires are gobbos- they are not bad actually.

But I would have preferred something more striking on the platform, such one of my favourite GW models, the Lahmian Vampire

Now, the big questions is what should the Black Prince be in HOTT terms?

Paladin (of the dark persuasion)? He has that petulant bully-loner look about him. Not sure I want one.
Hero or Hero General. Not a big fan of hero-generals since mine get killed or ensorcelled too easily
Behemoth (3 Balrogs after all, and the model is big) or Behemoth General - my current favourite plan.
Knight or Knight General? Ho hum. And they pursue and get themselves killed all too often.

Thoughts?

Auxilia palatina and friends

I completed six bases of late Roman auxilia troops by Foundry. I have decided to do the Battle of Adrianople using BBDBA to focus my painting, so these will be the 2 bases of auxilia required for each of the 3 Eastern Late Roman armies that I will need to put together. I also experimented with the Army Painter "jungle tufts" on the bases, which I think worked quite well. I think they are a better product than the GW tufts.

I also did a couple of giant bats by GW, I may use these as flyers in my undead themed HOTT army for the next EDBAG campaign. The tufts on these bases are Army Painter "highland tuft" product. Very dead looking...

Is it easy being green?

I can't decide whether green tunics are too much for my next unit of late Roman infantry, along with green shields. Or should I stick with a simple sandstone tunic with red trim. What do you think?

Late Romans

First project of 2013 is a Late Roman army in 28mm starting with heavy infantray. These are Foundry, very nice sculpt by the Perrys, who are my favourite. Beautiful figs, just a joy to paint. I have another 2 units of unarmoured foot, and will likely order some archers and cavalry for my birthday later this month to round them out.

 I also experimented with some different basing materials, I used Woodland scenics ballast for the ground, cork for the rocks, and GW tufts for the grass bunches. I also based everything on 60mm frontages since they will be used for either WAC/WAB using casualty markers or element based games such as Dux Bellorum or DBA.