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.

More Roman allies

To try and complete my Caesarian Roman force for Infamy, infamy, I have been adding various allied contingents. This time it was a commander to lead my Iberian cavalry (still on the painting table) and some Numidian skirmishers.

The commander is a set from Crusader miniatures so I ended up painting him as a foot and mohnted version. I like the pose of the foot model.

The Numidians are the last of my order from Newline Designs. These a very nice figures with very little flash on them. The one thing I like about the Numidians is they are very quick to paint.

Next up I just need to complete the unit of Iberian cavalry and my Caesarians will be complete.  After this I will add some Noble cavalry and archers to my Celts to be able to field all of the options for the Gauls.  Now just need lockdown to end so the club can re open.

Numidian Cavalry

Fancying a change from painting Britons, I decided to complete a unit of Numidian cavalry for my Roman and Carthaginian armies. From various Infamy, Infamy battle reports I've seen, they should be very handy on the tabletop.

However, the painting of them I did not enjoy. The figures are from Warlord as part of their SPQR range. They are of that wierd plastic / resin mix. The undercoating was a chore as the paint does not spread well. Probably better to use a spray undercoat. The other issue is the horse's legs. They are quite spindly and give a lot of movement to the figure. A bit annoying when trying to paint and the figure seems to bounce around to each brush stroke. For whst should have been quite a quick paint job has taken me a week to complete. Thankfully I don't have any more to paint up.

I have also taken advantage of the sale from Newline Designs to pick up a few more Britons and some Numidian Javelinmen.