IV/58 Medieval Irish

Here is the latest of several for OCT 08. I bought these guys on a whim form Baxter at Wargames. This is the first army I have ever painted with mixed manufacturers. The army is composed of Essex with a few Corvus Belli mixed in to round off the PS stands.

I chose not to paint the Kn and PK option because I like LH generals and I figured the PK would just slow the army down.

I had a hoot painting the Celtic symbols on the AX shields. A lot of fun.

I had diverse figures to use for the BD but changed my mind as I was base coating the figures black. The other figures looked like my Highlanders and I wanted these guys to look alittle different.

IV/68a Medieval Spanish

I purchased these guys from Baxter of Wargames Inc. The army is completly built from essex figures. I have begun to paint the lead weighing down my to do box. This army is one of two I painted in under a month.

I used some of the coat of arms for the period to add some diversity to the army. I was disapointed with Essex's variety of Knights in this army pack.

I chose to only build Spanish troops and one alliy. I refuse to paint Frenchies of any type and figured that this was the matched pair for my 100yrs English it did not make sense to use LB.

II/5d Thessalians

I finished this Thessalian Army back in SEP 08. I played a few pick-up games with my friends in FL at HURRICON.

I really enjoyed the spear line as well as the LH maneuverability. The shields were a complete blast to paint. The army is composed of Xyston figures only.

I decided not to build the CV version of this army to make it unique and also to make myself use LH against the SP and PK of the period.

IV/35 Mongol Conquest

I bought the figures for this army some time ago from Museum Miniatures. Tony gave me a couple of CV figures for variety. The Camp and slave figures are Old Glory. I was pumped to paint them and play my friends from Nashville, TN. Well, true to form, I finished only 9 stands of the army before I got bored. After much brow beating from the guys on Fanaticus and my wife to finish them before playing them in this past weekends Mongol theme tourney. They did great, finishing 3-1.

I built this Arty piece for this army because I like building things and because all the ones I found were too large for the stand. I constructed it from square stock bass wood, wire, string, and paper. The sling arm is made from wire wrapped in string. The basket is made from a cut out piece of paper underlayed with string and "glue wrapped" over a large rock. Believe it or not.. before I glued the launching ropes down and fully connected the basket the contraption fired.

Every group of Mongols needs a train of slaves for market, right?

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!!