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 |
Inspired by Ian Pain's work (as seen on the DBA Facebook group), I recently completed a European Bronze Age army (Book I/14b) in 15mm using Copplestone Casting's fantasy barbarian range. I went for a bit of a fantasy take on it rather than toning it down for DBA - woad face and body paint and big bronze axes and swords, and hints of Lord of the Rings in the shield designs.
The army itself has a Light Chariot or Blade general, a cavalry or blade element, a couple of other blades, two psiloi, and the rest auxilia.
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 |
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) |
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 |
