Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Felt Terrain

Well I got tired of having transportable terrain that had no detail. I figured I would layer the felt to add at least the appearance of dimension. or color. I have an on going storage problem for my gaming stuff so building 3D terrain made no sense. Why have woods when you can have another army, right?
Dunes
Gentle Hill
Marsh
Rough
Step Hill

The Woods, Roads, and water do not have any dimension to them so I did not post pictures of plain felt..... Enjoy

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

II/8C Apulians

The Apulians.... My first Ax Army of several. I have grown to enjoy playing lighter armies as I have gained some experience in playing DBA. This army seems to be a very good mix. I am looking forward to figuring them out soon.

The flag is completely made up. I am not even sure if the Apulian's of this period held a banner of any kind. The symbol for Aries is placed in the center of the boot of Italy. Fitting, the god of War surrounded by Italy.
The Camp is a universal "Greek, Early Italian, etc"

Thursday, June 26, 2008

II/10c Hindu




I began to paint this army some time ago. As usual, I became disinterested and moved on to something else for awhile. Well I returned to it in May and here they are. I picked the "other" list because it has a artillery piece option. I wanted to have a colorful army so I descided to use different bright colors instead of drab linen colors for the Butt and head diapers.
I found the Elephant General figure in a boxed marked Misc. $1.00 at Nashcon, what a bargain! I also bought four other elephants at the same time. All the pachyderms are from essex, although I believe they are from an earlier casting. The Tropical plants and trees are my attempt at making the army unique and have a feel of the tropics. They are made of paper and dowels painted like palms.


The cannon is made from a straw and a dowel with Elmer's wood puddy formed around the outside of the straw to form the barrel. While making this army I had to manipulate five of the figures to fit into the category I needed, can you find them? The camp is made of paper, place mat and puddy. I made the houses out of paper tubes with cones for roofs all layered in puddy. The wall is just a cut down bamboo place mat with the stitching still present. I plan on using this camp for several of my Asian armies.


Sunday, May 11, 2008

"World Barker Marker"

Wanted a Barker Marker. Grey inspired me with his. I saw the one he had during Recon in Orlando, FL and loved. I of course made some changes to the design. I added a "New" Xyston Phoenician veteran as the topper. I also added a very Medieval Flag. The red and white circles are from my family Coat of Arms. I guess I made it mine.
The globe itself is a plastic ball glued to a 40mm x 40mm stand. I painted the world onto it and added some snow for the poles.


Enjoy!!!

Monday, March 17, 2008

II/49 Marian Romans

Looking forward to playing against the Italian Slave revolts at Historicon. I believe that the Bd General will strike fear in the Wb peasants hearts. Besides people are funny about playing against troop types that nobody ever really uses. A 7/5 (w/Ps support) sounds pretty daunting to me even with a warbands quick kill capibility.

The keystone of the army stands under his motto "Non Cedo Ferio" " I Yield Not".

Winged Legion

Wreath Legion

Extra guys, the true multiplier for this army. Notice no Cv? Well the Lh will have to work extra extra hard for thier money.