When all is said every DBA army needs is light troops. Obviously suffering from a bit of a chill by the way in which they are hugging their cloaks here are some slingers:
Camp followers, who at a push could double as a Psilio.
Then there is the odds and sods variants that cover all those little tweaks of campaign history. Archers (nice for shooting horses) and a Warband (divide and conquer amongst the enemy tribes as is the Roman way):
There is also the definitive models which mark the DBA army's technology. For the Roman, for me at least, it is the Scorpion artillery piece:
Then there is the plain "wacky" which makes you wonder 'why' - but you still find yourself drawn to paint it. The "tortoise" .. can I use it as a camp? From the front it is impressive:
From the side, it needs a little more protection :(
Remember I did it because it was there. All in all that is my Early Imperial Roman lot! Whew!!! I don't think I'll ever make it to a DBM or Fields of Glory Army list with the Romans.
6 comments:
Camp!? HELL! You need to find some way of having that in your front line! IT's WAY too cool!!
Warlord Games makes a resin Testudo - I've been trying to figure out a way I could include it in my roman army... the problem is I have a feeling it's a bit more than a 60mm frontage...
lol thanks Tim :)
I have been trying to figure out the answer to same question myself
The closest I get is a siege operation whereby the Romans have to batter down some gates
Watch this space (long-term idea, be patient)
I'm trying to remember who had a Testudo as part of their HoTT army, calling it a Behemoth.
I thought that was quite an innovative way of thinking.
They should be one of the Bloggers I follow (see right)
In fact was it not yourself?
Mmmmm... nope..?
I might have THOUGHT about it, but I don't actually have one... and I don't think I've posted anything about it on my blog... unless it was a side comment about what I could add to my Early Imperial Roman DBA army to make it a HOTT army.
Or perhaps it was one of the suggestions in the comments when I was asking what I could add to a Roman army to make it a bit more fantastical for HOTT. Yeah, that sort of rings a bell...
Now I am confused.
The HoTT "Testudo" comment came with a link to a 25mm partially finished Warlords Games one, in "blue" (if my memory serves me correctly)? Does that match up?
Darn the Internet, without a bookmark you cannot find what you once saw, make too many bookmarks and you only see the last ten :(
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