Another army mostly using Museum Z miniatures, this time the East Frankish and the army of Otto the Great - DBA Book III/53.
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| King Otto the Great at the head of his knights |
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| The baggage (and Essex Miniatures cart) and peasants (Corvus Belli figures) |
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| Swabian knights on horseback and on foot (Museum Z Normans) |
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| Archers (psiloi) and Frankish Spearmen (Museum Z Anglo-Saxons) |
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| King Otto and his knights |
After having painted up Edward II's English army for Bannockburn, I had to complete his opponent's force - Robert the Bruce and his Scots Common Army (Book IV/16). These were a kind Xmas present from Andy. The figures are from Donnington Miniatures although the anachronistic artillery piece (which is in the Army List but for the later Scots' armies) is from Essex, and there is an AB Sassanid slinger making up the numbers in the Solid Horde element. As usual, the figures are gloss varnished.
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| The pike schiltron |
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| Glaswegian Warband and Scots Archers |
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| Solid Horde on the left, or Fast Horde on the right |
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| The baggage - beer supplies; or perhaps Irn Bro... And the anachronistic artillery |
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| The Bruce and his knights |
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) |
The summer holiday afforded me time to paint up an Ancient British DBA army (an Xmas present from Andy, from Essex Miniatures), complete with lots of woad and based to represent the swamps and forests of this green and pleasant land. The camp is a scratch built homage to Stonehenge. The general's element represents Cassivellaunus, although I'm trying to source a suitable Boudicca figure in 15mm. The only missing element choice is an element of Hordes which can represent sacrificing Druids or wailing women from Tacitus' account of the invasion of Anglesey. Again, have not yet managed to source suitable figures.
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| The complete army (from which to choose 12 elements in DBA). |
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| Skirmishing Slingers (Psiloi in DBA) |
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| Cassivellaunus and his nobles in their chariots (Light Chariots in DBA) |
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| The war band screened by the slingers |
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| The infantry (Fast Warband in DBA) |
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| Light Horse |
