Libyan skirmishers and Elephants

With a small game being arranged for Thursday I put a bit of effort in to get a few more units across the painting table. First up is two units of Libyan skirmishers from Forged in Battle. Pretty straight forward to paint up. 

The next unit is made up of a pair of elephants. These were 3d prints provided by Mitch. They only required a little work to get the Howdahs to fit the back of the elephant. The only issue with painting is that the crew are part of the model and not separate, however I think they turned out well enough for me.

I've got another of these models to paint up as well as a metal figure from Museum miniatures. These are built and hopefully get painted up at the weekend. I do have a few command figures for both the Romans and Carthaginians that are painted, they just need basing up. Now to prepare a few more figures.

More Scenery and back to Punic Wars

As I want to return to the Punic Wars, I decided to clear up the last few terrain pieces I had for the Baron's War. There was a wattle and daub outbuilding from Renedra and some left over wattle fencing that I turned into another small enclosure. I made the gate from some coffee stirrers and the posts from some bamboo skewers. With these added to the collection I should have more than enough options for a table layout.

With the scenery done I could now turn my attention back to the Punic Wars, inspired by the purchase of the Midgard rules. I've made a few purchases, the infantry to complete a 4th Roman legion as well as some 3d prints from Mitch of some Spanish light cavalry and Elephants. I'm still waiting for some extra Italian infantry to complete a force of Campanians, to either act as an ally or enemy of Rome.

Meanwhile I finally made a start on some Carthaginians from Forged in Battle, 4 bases of unarmoured African Spearmen from their starter set. I hand painted the shields, a bit rough and ready, but fine in 15mm scale. This will bring me up to 6 bases or 3 units for Midgard,

I now have some Libyan skirmishers on the painting table as I begin prepping the Elephants and some cavalry.

William de Vesci has a horse

After completing a mounted version of my second retinue, it was appropriate to do the same for my first retinue. So William de Vesci, Baron of Alnwick finally got himself a horse and so did his banner man. Both figures are from Fireforge miniatures.

The crosses aren't too bad, I may have to resort to transfers in the future because as I get older I find my hands are less steady. But still at least I have the option to field him either on foot or mounted. The only other thing I did this weekend was a hand cart from Warbases. Another bit of scenery to bring the table to life.

 Quite a rustic little piece and can see some use in a number of periods. 

In other news I finally picked up the Midgard rules, it may spur me on to get back to the Punic wars and paint up those Carthaginians, though I do have enough Barons war figures to try out the rules 

28mm Scenery

With enjoying games of Barons War, I decided I needed to spruce up some of my old buildings, namely the two stone outbuildings with enclosures. These are two old resin pieces I picked up from Gripping Beast many years ago, along with some of their  small metal pieces of wattle fencing. I also picked up a couple of sprues from Renedra of their wattle fencing and some MDF bases from Warbases. So a quick evening's work and I had 4 new enclosures, 2 with outbuildings. Perfect to fight over in Barons War and a number of other settings.

I do have a few more pieces of the wattle fencing left, but none with gates. I may try to make some with coffee stirrers and balsa wood.

I also had another game on Thursday night, 750 point game, trying out a few different units. The serjeant marksmen proved their worth, but the mounted knights were severely hampered by the terrain. Think I need to give them another run out. Anyway a few pictures from the game. Honours were about even at the end of the night.

Sean really does like his mounted troops, though they also were hampered by the terrain. There are rumours of a supplement for Barons War covering King John, which will cover Welsh and Outlaws, so I've duly picked up Robin hood and some of his merry men to paint up when it comes out.