Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I/7c and d Lybians

This is the Army that I went to HISTORICON to purchase. The army is made from Old Glory and was a complete hoot to paint. Although I got carried away a little, this was my fastest painted army ever, approx 12 hours. Yes, yes only 26 figures or so but a lot of small brush work. Enjoy, I am looking forward to playing my friends with this one. Something completely different for them to deal with.




This camp was fun to make. I used a rubber bust of Nefertiti and some toilet paper to make. The tent is actually string and paper shellacked with Elmer's glue. what fun!!

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

III/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!!!