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Friday, 23 October 2009

15mm Early Imperial Romans (4): Lights and Wacky Things


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.
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6 comments:

  1. tim24 October 2009 at 00:24

    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...

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  2. Geordie an Exiled FoG24 October 2009 at 09:44

    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)

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  3. Geordie an Exiled FoG24 October 2009 at 21:34

    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)

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  4. Geordie an Exiled FoG24 October 2009 at 21:45

    In fact was it not yourself?

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  5. tim24 October 2009 at 21:49

    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...

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  6. Geordie an Exiled FoG24 October 2009 at 22:25

    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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