Musings of an easily distracted wargamer
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
Finally finished my second BG of Celtiberians for Field of Glory. As mentioned elsewhere on the blog, Celtiberians formed the main Allied contingent in my DBM Polybian Roman army many years ago. I had them based as WB(F) so for FoG they needed to be 4 to a base. So I carefully counted the ones … 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
…falls mainly on the hordes of Spanish warriors charging down from the hills! Just finished re-basing the Spanish I got off Ian. I’d painted up a few command groups for them, two more stands of light horse, and re-based the first of my Celitiberians to give the army a good solid core! So this was … Read more