Southern Sung Chinese 15mm DBA Army

Had time today to take pictures of the Southern Sung Chinese army by Essex miniatures that Andy got me for Xmas 2025 - supplemented with some lovely resin figures from Ten Kingdoms. These are the Southern Sung, DBA army III/62b, dating from between 1127 and 1279AD.  The army has had two outings so far, both times defeating Samurai armies.

The General at the head of his cavalry

The camp - a resin pavilion from Amazon, with Essex guards

The Ten Kingdoms resin cavalry

Mongol Light Horse from Ten Kingdoms

Ten Kingdoms Sung artillery

Essex Chinese rocket launcher

Essex solid hordes

The infantry - blades from the left, solid then fast, solid crossbowmen on the right - all by Essex

Scots Common 15mm DBA Army

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.

The pike schiltron

Glaswegian Warband and Scots Archers

Solid Horde on the left, or Fast Horde on the right

The baggage - beer supplies; or perhaps Irn Bro...  And the anachronistic artillery

The Bruce and his knights

Early Imperial Roman DBA Army

Next up in the collection of DBA armies that I painted for my friends' birthdays is this Early Imperial Roman army for Orhan.  The figures are mostly by 'Forged in Battle' but there are also some Xyston and Essex in there too.  The photos below cover all the options for the army except for camels.  There is also a choice of regular legions or the Prateorian cohorts.

The Emperor and Praetorian Cavalry (Equites Singulares) on the left, and Legion Cavalry (Equites Alares) on the right

The Praetorian Guard cohorts

The Legions

Legion artillery - the Onager

Part of the baggage train

Asian (on the left) and Numidian (on the right) Light Horse

Slingers and Javelin Psiloi skirmishers at left and right, and Warband 'Symmachiari' in the centre 

Auxiliary cohorts