A few more flags (as many as I can muster) and finish replacing all the spears and lances and these are (almost) ready to go. Two more elephants, half a dozen command bases and some large shields for the infantry or archers to hide behind and its ready to rumble. I have a funny feeling I have some foor archers somewhere, but I wont look TOO hard!
Most of these minis are Aventine, with some A&A and even Gripping Beast IIRC. For the record I HATE shield transfers, It is a job best conducted by workhouse inmates as an alternative to picking Oakham! So, here is the Sassanid army eagerly awaiting the chance to take on my Late Romans.
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| Elite cavalry (lances need adding) |
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| Slingers, heavy infantry and behind them levy infantry. |
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| Close up of the Neyze-Daran heavy infantry. Shields still to add, planted in a row to their front. |
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| More heavy cavalry. |
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| Elephants. To maintain the same frontage as all the other units two elephants make a unit. I have one command elephant and another normal one to do. |
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| Three units of Clibinarii. |
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| A few more armoured cavalry. |
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| Horse archers |
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| The entire host arrayed for battle. |
So there you have it. Very colourful, plentiful and hopefully in the future successful. I am very pleased with the way they’ve turned out, especially the basing which I think I have got right. Now I just need to relearn ‘Sword and Spear’ in preparation for a game.
I must say a big thanks to Barry for kick starting the painting on this project.
That is a smashing army, I pondered them a while back as enemies for my Romans but never managed it.
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ReplyDeleteA very splendid host there Colin! Shield transfers are a pain at best but so much better than having to handpaint a poor approximation!
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