II/4c Waring States Chinese, Chao

I purchased these Essex Chinese from Baxter at Wargames back when they were on that great sale over the holidays. I was intending to paint them for the David and David Waring States theme at HISTORICON, unfortunately I will not be attending. They are painted however!! I used a different static grass color this time. They look kinda neon but I like the look.

Here is the General and his side kick. I wanted these tiger skins to look different from the ones on my Spring Autumn Chinese so I painted them like Siberian Tigers to match the flag. So far these guys need a win, they are 0-2 :(

The Essex spear are a pain. I had to mount them all together so that they would mess at least one way. Not a real issue gaming, especially when you play with nice people. Had I been able to select the spear figures I would have selected all 90 and 45 degree posses and left the level spears in the store.

As I am finding out through playing. My favorite element, the LH.

The CB and PS are fun as well but are too slow for the likes of me.

Chinese Camp

Figured I needed a new Generic Chinese camp for my many un-painted Chinese armies. I was inspired from a few pictures I found on the web and added some flavor to it. The gate and fence is made from dowels and flat wood stock. I also used string to tie the posts together. The stand is made from my standard blue foam, Elmer's wood putty and some gravel (for the road).

Pre-Islamic Suplimental

II/23a Pre-Islamic Arab Nomads

I bought these guys from Baxter at Wargames, when they were on sale. I bought them to be the matched pair for my Sassanid Persians. Unfortunately, my Persians keep getting their butts kicked by everyone. I am pretty sure these Arabs will do the same to them.

I used one of the second camel riders for the Generals companion. The army came with another of the armored riders.

I really did not like having the camels all double riders. Something wrong about two guys riding double...... I took some of the riders and added spears and shields to them. I also made some saddle bags and extra baggage for the camels to carry to balance out the figure a little bit. The other issue was with the camels themselves. They were all two poses. I bent some of the heads back, some forward, and some to the side to break up the lines of the stand.

I really liked the variety of the Bd that the pack had. No stands have any of the same figures on them.

No army would be complete with out the power of the Ps. This army gives you one power house and the option to have a second.

II/69 Sassanid Persians

When I saw these figures form 50Paces, I had to have them. Well, that was a little over a year ago. Apparently, I had to have them weigh down my lead box. I hope you enjoy.

I painted the Cv in as much of a mismatched scheme as I thought I could come up with. I figured each of these nobles bought their own trappings so each should be different. I bored out the fragile lances that where on the molds and replaced them with longer stronger needles.

Love these guys. Here comes trouble. Any where you get that many men together with really nothing to do...they will find a way to screw things up just to have fun.

This elephant was purchased from a old essex box from NASCON. I am not sure what era it came from but it seemed to fit the bill. The riders are Ax and LH figures and the driver was from a Carthaginian elephant also from essex.

The combat multipliers....ok these are the guys that get the HD out of trouble.