Today I finally managed my first games of Impetus. Stephen Davison was back in town for the weekend so I managed to secure a pass and we agree to play a couple of games of Impetus. I was going to bring down my Mid-Republican Romans, and Stephen his Carthaginians. The plan was to have a Read more…
Well it’s taken a long time to get these two bases finished and two weeks to even get round to taking some pictures! But finally managed it today. These are two bases of Byzantine Cavalry Archers for my Impetus army. They are based on the Baccus Late Roman Armoured Horse Archer with small shield added Read more…
Here is the first unit of my Early Byzantines for Impetus. This is a unit of Bucellarii of which I’ll have two in my ‘starting’ army of 300 points. The unit uses Baccus Late Heavy Cavalry from the Sassanid range and I’m happy to make do with the ‘Eastern’ influence at this scale. The second Read more…
At Derby a few weeks ago I picked up a wide range of figures from Baccus with a view to putting together an Early Byzantine army for Impetus. As no one does a specific Early range for the Byzantines I was looking at a mix of Late Roman, Sassanid, Goth, Hun types to represent the Read more…
Just picked up the following as I delve yet again into the Punic Wars: Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War, Gregory DalyLost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World, Philip A.G. SabinHannibal’s Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage, Brian Todd Carey The Cannae and Zama books are Read more…