Communal Italian 15mm DBA Army

It had taken me a while to source and paint up a camp element for my 15mm Communal Italian DBA army (Book III/73) but having done that I can now post some photos.  I decided to paint the army as that of medieval Venice. The figures are mostly by Mirliton, but there are also a couple of Museum Miniatures plus a few old Corvus Belli in there too. The army has had 2 outings so far - defeating Early Crusaders, but losing to Lombards.

The full army

Knight General with the banner of St Mark, plus other Knights and Light Horse 'Berrovieri'

Religiously motivated Contadini Foot (7Hd)

The Contadini Foot supported by Crossbowmen and Archers (Psiloi)

The Spearmen from the Sestieri of Venice - Santa Croce, Cannaregio, Castello, San Polo, San Marco and Dorsoduro (shield designs are conjecture)

The Venetian Carroccio - Command Wagon - from Mirliton, with an added Museum Miniatures priest

The camp - the early Bridge of Sighs?...

League of Constance 15mm DBA Army

My stock of Mirliton Miniatures also allowed me to field a League of Constance Army.  This is one of the Later Swiss variants (Book IV, 79c) and depicts the army under Duke Rene of Lorraine, Victor of the battle of Nancy in 1477 where he smashed the Burgundians under Charles the Bold.

This army combines pike and (one) blade, with knights, including a double-based knights element.

Duke Rene of Lorraine leads his host

The heavy foot - Swiss and Alliance Pikemen and Halberdiers from Basel dressed in black and white

The general and his French volunteer knights in the foreground and Knights from Basel in the background

Later Swiss 15mm DBA Army

Finally managed to finish a 15mm Later Swiss DBA army (list: Book IV 79a).  This has been a very long time in the making.  The figures are from Mirliton Miniatures, bought originally for the Field of Glory rules a few years ago.  I have opted for the double-based fast Blade option (6Bd) - not least because it allowed me to paint more flags!

The full army: Pike General plus 3 Pike, 2 Psiloi, and 6 double-based Fast Blade Halberdiers

The central stand was originally designed to be a Field of Glory General but is now a Fast Blades.

The flags are (from left to right) the cantons of Zug, Schwyz, Berne and Zurich

The General (Pike) with the canton flags of Schaffhausen and Oberwald, with skirmishing crossbowmen (Psiloi)