1072 AD - 1442 AD (Normans in Sicily)
DBA 2.2
Army Composition: 1 x (Gen) 3Kn, 3 x 3Kn, 6 x 2Ps, 1 x 4Sp or 3Ax, 1 x 4Cb or 2Lh
Historical Enemies: Feudal Spanish, Communal Italian, Papal Italian, Berber, Feudal French, Medieval German and Italian Condotta.
Painting this Army was a real joy for me, I don't know why but I do have fun painting up the light Cavalry, light infantry/skirmishers in all my armies...anyway.. I did something different , as a test, to the flocking of the bases. I used Buff Fine Ballast on the bases, afterwards I primed the Ballast with craft smart Acrylic flesh color and later dry brush over the color flesh with Ivory paint.
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| Army Arrayed |
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| General 3Kn |
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| Norman Heavy Cavalry 3 x 3Kn |
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| Berber Cavalry 2Lh |
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| Saracen Skirmishers 6 x 2Ps |
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| Italian Mercenaries 4Sp |
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| Italian Mercenaries Crossbow Men 4Cb |
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| Greek Light Infantry 3Ax |
Another splendid work Phil, paint job and basing are excellent...my favourite unit is the Saracen Skirmishers...
ReplyDeleteHey! :o) Phil Thanks for your kind words much appreciated, glad you like the Saracen Skirmishers, um hmm.. the photos are little dark.. sorry about that guys!
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Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks Telamon,
Deleteyour painted Pyrrhus and Agema - 18mm Xyston figures are brilliant!
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Thx.
Deleteyou are welcome sir!
DeleteFantastic, and quite timely as I'm working on the audiobook The Norman Conquests. I'm thinking you must be ready to start a 15 player DBA campaign!
ReplyDeleteThanks Monty, The Norman Conquests is a great read/research. The Normans were extremely ambitions establishing Mediterranean sea military bases to attack wealthy nations etc, etc..
Delete*start a 15 player DBA campaign!* now that would be interesting and perhaps somewhat fun to run/host a campaign for 15 guys and fed them all with lunch boxes/beer...
Very cool army; somewhat off topic, but this is an army I will need to research when I get the new Crescent and the Cross Saga rulebook. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, yeah it would be interesting what the Crescent and the Cross Saga rule book are like, there are some good and mediocre reviews online
Deletecheck this one out... a lot of information about the Crescent and the Cross Saga rule book
http://www.sagatapestry.com/2014/06/review-of-saga-cresent-cross-book.html
Very fine painting on the wee scale figures as usual Phil, I think your new basing technique has worked out well too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, I'm always experimenting with my bases using different colors looking for a good and unusual effect.. i.e. purple, orange, pink, sky blue colors...
DeleteOne more fantastic DBA army! Really fine work on the shields, lances, floral designs on the tunics, I could go on...
ReplyDeleteYou must have a shed full of DBA armies!
:) please do go on :o)
DeleteThanks Jonathan, well not a shed full of DBA armies, my armies are sitting in the hall way closet. I store my armies in half cut cardboard shoe boxes...
Beautiful army ! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Maciejus! much appreciated.... cheers
DeleteAnother very handsome army - marvelous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter... much appreciated :o)
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Great work Phil!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike, looking forward seeing your painted Moorish - Berber camels and cavalry units soon...
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Very impressive Phil.
ReplyDeleteThanks Francis, all the best to you mate!
Deletecheers,