15mm Gauls

With ideas forming if a future Punic War campaign  I needed to add some extra figures for the Gauls. First is 2 units of heavy cavalry, these are 3d prints and will replace the Epic scale figures I had been using (they are too small).

I also added a fifth unit of warband warriors, these are from Cromarty forge. I've decided I hate painting Gallic shields, too much detail for small figures.

So this brings me up to 5 warband units, 2 heavy cavalry and a single unit of skirmishers. I'll need to add a few more units to make a playable stand alone force. Definitely more skirmishers and warband need adding along with a few heroes.

German slingers and Gallic cavalry

It was time to go back to my Ancient Germans and complete the one missing unit, the slingers. Now I've only found Crusader miniatures that actually produce German slingers, but they are in a mixed pack with archers. I did contemplate just using some Celtic slingers as proxies, but this didn't feel right. I then hit on the idea of just kit bashing some spare Warlord celtic figures, spare heads from Victrix and slings from the Caesarian Roman sprues. 

It took about 20 minutes to put together the 6 slingers. Some of the poses could be better but I'm happy with them.

Next up it was to finish a second unit of Gallic Noble cavalry. These are all metal figures from 1st Corps. 2 are actually spare unarmoured German cavalry with head swaps. Done just for variety. I also used some spare Warlord shields to use up some leftover shield transfers.

 

This nicely completes my Gallic cavalry, giving me 2 units. If need be I can add a 3rd unit using the Victrix figures from my Caesarian Roman force.

As I now have pretty much 3 completed forces for Infamy, what next? I do have a couple of units of Caesarian infantry to paint up then I may start on some Imperial Roman auxiliaries. There are also a few more Deployment points that need doing as well as a couple of more scenic pieces to complete.

Gallic cavalry and ambush points

As part of my drive to make my Ancient Celt army to cover all of the Gallic and British army lists for Infamy,  I needed to add some mounted Noble cavalry. 

These guys are mainly 1st Corps with a couple of additions from Navigator. Very compatible ranges and full of character.

I now have a second unit of these under coated as one of the Gallic lists require 2 units.

As part of Infamy, infamy you need approximately 6 deployment/ambush points. So far I have 4 completed.

The beauty of these is they can be anything. I've used some wild boar, a broken chariot and a spare figure with a horse. I've got a few spare left over figures to use for a few more bases. 

Iberian Cavalry and a completed army

Now that feels good to get a full force for Infamy, Infamy completed. First up is a unit of Iberian cavalry to complete one of the starter forces. These are plastic figures from Victrix. I ended up keeping the shields simple i.e. slightly romanized.

I was pleased to get these finished as I was starting to get a little stale painting ancients. Still at least the army is finished.

So far the force is as follows:-

• 4 groups of legionaries
• 2 groups of Caetrati 
• 1 group of tribal slingers
• 1 group of Numidian javelinmen
• 1 group of Gallic Noble cavalry
• 1 group of Spanish cavalry
• 1 group of Numidian cavalry

I also have a few different commanders to act as leaders for the whole force. Now just need lockdown to end to get a game.

Celtic Roundhouse

Finally got around to completing my last Celtic roundhouse from Hovels. I also added the pigsty and some wattle fencing from Renedra. I also tried out a different coloour scheme, more yellow, for the daub on the roundhouse.

That makes 3 Roundhouse's for my Celtic village. Hovels also do a couple of extra store houses that I may add to the collection.

I do have a load of farm animals painted up that I can when I finally get around to playing a game of Infamy.

The Britons are coming

Another 2 units for my Ancient Britons. Just 8 more warriors to paint for the last mob. First up is a unit of fanatics. These are from Newline. Quick to paint up all that flesh. I kept the tattoos to simple blue swirls. The shields were hand painted as I didn't have any transfer to fit.

I also completed a second unit of Tribal slingers, just in case I needed them. Again these are also from Newline. I took advantage of their recent sale.

Lastly was a few spare figures, one will act as a champion. I added one to a base to act as a deployment point. The last figure will get mixed into the last group of warriors.

So the whole force so far consists of the following.

2 units of nobles with chariots, 4 units of warriors/levy, 1 unit of Tribal cavalry, 2 units of slingers and the fanatics.

So just the last unit of warriors to complete, then if I add to units of mounted nobles and a unit of archers I will have all the options for both Britons and Gauls.

I needed more Chariots

That's right, I needed a couple more chariots to allow me to cover all of the starter forces in Infamy for the Ancient Britons. Thankfully Crusader miniatures do 4 crew variantions, so another 2 added. Somehow of 2 variant drivers, mine are all the same. Like the last 2 they were nice and easy to paint up.

Now to field these I needed a second unit of Nobles. These are a mix of Warlord and Some metal figures from Newline. 

The Newline figures are not as dynamic as the Warlord figures, but they mix in well and offer some variety. 

Now I just need to finish the second unit of slingers, some fanatics and the last mob of warriors. I can then start on some deployment points and look to get some mounted nobles to switch the army to Gallic.

More Britons

After the change to Numidians in the last post, it was back to Ancient Britons. Another mob from the Warlord plastic set. I did add one of the metal 'linebreakers' for variety. Another thing I did was use some of the spare heads from the Victrix plastics, again for more variety. They are not a bad match.

I also put together another Status II leader, dubbed Cautinamix. He is one of the metal linebreakers with a head from the Victrix mounted set.

I've now got another unit of Nobles on the painting table along with their chariots. After these, 1 more mob to do with some extra slingers and fanatics. Looking at the Infamy lists for Gauls, if I add a unit of archers and 2 units of mounted nobles I would be able to field all of their starter forces.

More Britons

Some more additions to my Ancient Britons for infamy. First up is 2 Warlords to lead the warbands. Both models are from Warlord games, one is the Vercingetorix model which I'll use as the Warlord Betamatix. The other is from the linebreakers set. He will be a status II leader , Weetabix.

The shield on Betamatix is my first attempt at hand painting a Celtic shield. Not bad for a first attempt. Might even try a few more.

I also took the opportunity to add another 10 Celtic warriors to the force. I will eventually sort them out into their correct groups for Nobles, warriors and levy.

Again these are the plastic figures and shield transfers from Warlord. Just 20 more of these to go. I've also took advantage of the Newline sale to order some more slingers, fanatics and Nobles. There are also 2 more chariots ordered from Crusader to finish the army.