Having recently completed an Early Byzantine army, I added some additional figures from Gladiator Games (Equities, Clibanarii, Auxilia Palatina) to morph it into an Eastern Patrician Roman army - Book II/82.
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| The General (Kn), Clibanarii (4Kn) and Equites (3Kn) |
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| Eastern Legionaries |
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| Auxilia Palatina and Mobile Baggage |
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| Archers and Psiloi |
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| Allied Hunnic Light Horse |
Having recently re-read Robert Graves' 'Count Belisarius' and seeing the new range of Cromarty Forge Late Romans, I was inspired to paint up an Early Byzantine army for DBA 3.0.
The figures are a mix of Cromarty Forge (for the cavalry), Gladiator (for the huns, light archers and skutatoi) and Forged in Battle (for the auxilia and Goths). As per usual the figures are painted in acrylics and gloss varnished.
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| Belisarius (on the left) with his Gothic federate |
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| The army with all the options - essentially the choice is taking 5 x Cavalry or 5 x Light Horse, and the choice of the Gothic knights, or one element of auxiliary |
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| The skutatoi (legionaries) |
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| Allied Light Horse |
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| Belisarius' cavalry, armed with lance and bow - plastic figures by Cromarty Forge |
Recently finished a Feudal English DBA army (Book IV list 23). Notwithstanding his reputation amongst English kings, I opted to paint the army as Edward II's host at the Battle of Bannockburn, 1314. It was fun to research the heraldry of the knights there present. The figures are by Essex (with some Corvus Belli peasants mixed in), painted in acrylics and gloss varnished as usual.
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| Edward II and his host at Bannockburn, 1314 |
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| The King and his knights |
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| King Edward II and his bodyguard Sir Giles D'Argentan |
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| Sir Robert Clifford, Sir William de Vescy and Sir John Seagrave |
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| Sir Gilbert de Clare, Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Sir Thomas Grey |
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| Sir William Marshal Sir Henry de Beaumont, Sir Ralph de Monthermer |
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| Longbowmen and Archers |
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| Crossbowmen, Psiloi and Solid Hordes |
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| City Militia Spearmen, North Welsh Pikemen (3Pk) and Hobilars (Cv) |
Managed to find a nice model to represent the gates of Troy as the camp for my 15mm Trojan army. The model is resin and from Leven Miniatures.
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| The model comes with gates that can be positioned closed or open |
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| In action with the Trojan DBA army - facing off against James' Minoans |
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| The rear view |
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| Hector rides out |
Over Easter I managed to finish painting a Sassanid DBA army that I've been working on (on and off) for nearly 2 years. Aside from being interested in the army of Shaper I itself, I'm a big fan of AB Miniatures so have worked my way through their ancient ranges (these, plus the Classical Greeks - shame that they don't do more).
The photos below show the army (Book II/69b - 225 - 493 AD) with all the options. The Asavaran bow and lance cavalry can be swapped for elephants, horse archers, psiloi, or Dailami/Hillmen auxilia.
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| Shaper I at the front of his army |
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| The slingers, levy foot (Solid Hordes in DBA) and auxiliary |
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| Horse archers |
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| Shapur I with the Derafsh Kaviani Royal Standard of the House of Sassan and his Cataphracts |
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| The Asavaran cavalry host |
