nearly there

Without realising it I am now pretty close to a 400 point impetus army. Only 20 cavalry to go after this. Still, I fully plan to build out the Goths so that I can have two 300 point armies for quick games.

Following on - I will at least expand the Romans some more as Bills forthcoming range is sure to suck me back in.

… so here is the roman infantry battle line. These will each have a supporting archer unit to the rear, thus forming an impetus “large unit”

TIP

Make a wet palette if you like to mix your paints. It keeps them nice and wet/thinned for a couple of days. Here is mine below.

Fedorati completed

Here are the saxon infantry to go along with my gothic cavalry. This completes the Fedorati contingent of my late roman army.

A Gothic Horror

dudes,

Here are the two Goth Noble cavalry units who will be serving my Roman army as Fedorati.

I really enjoyed painting these and am very happy with how the pictures turned out.

I have decided to base my large barbarian units in the same was as I have my romans. That is, I will have the rear unit as half thickness, as per skirmish bases in the rules. This will save on figures - given my habit of cramming them on.

I have also modified my army list to account for some second hand figures I got hold of. I would like a second line of roman infantry but will wait until musketeer miniatures release their new Justinian range before I buy more lead.

Poor CNC (1) 10
Avg cmd structure 12
2x re-rolls 10
2x Cataphractii 60 (using musketeer bucellarii on their new armoured horses)
2x equities 46 (GB arthurian + BTD late romans)
4x Comitantes 84 (BTD late roman armoured swordsmen and spear)
4x supporting Sagitarii 40 (foundry archers)
3x Lanciarii 42 (foundry infantry with javins)

1x poor commander (1) 10
2x visigoth nobles 42 (musketeer goths pictured)
2x large warbands 42 (musketeer and GB saxons want to expand with goths)

398 points

Roman Comitatenses plus supporting Sagittarii

Hello,

This is something like what my main battle line will look like. The heavy infantry can form large units with supporting archers. Also, notice the mini dice I have stuck to the base with tacky glue. This will be used to count VBU losses.

PS selling my 18mm french rebublican army.

Late Romans

hello again,

So here we have some late romans. Both Sagittarii (archers) and Lanciarii (javlin/skirmishers).

The bows are now all strung. 24 in total. Wasnt that bad at all. I used superglue to hold the the arrow and string in place. I then added a dab of epoxy glue onto the joints for strength. Using two pieces makes it much easier that trying to bend a single piece.

Anwayways, heres is the list I plan to use for me impetus army.

Avg cmd structure
1xAvg Commander
3x re-rolls
2x cataphractarii
6x comitantes
4 x supporting sagatarri
3x lanciarii

305 points plus ...

1x poor commander
2x visigoth heavy noble cavalry
2x large warrior units

94 points.

This will of course give me a 400 point army that I can expand into two matching armies. Eastern romans vs goths.

Interestingly musketeer miniatures are branching out into justinian romans which is what I think ill be basing mine on. Bill did some sculpting over new year and will be releasing in march. His goths and saxons will make excellent fedoratti.

This arrow is too big

And the string needs to be tighter. Any tips or should I just give up now?





EDIT - Read a guide and used brush hair and copper wire for the arrow.

Grendarmes

Here are some Eureka figures I painted up for a friend. Never seen them painted before so maybe I'm the first to post them, finished, on the net? Anyways, hope you like.