III/63b Ghaznavid (2)

1002 AD - 1186 AD

DBA 2.2

15mm Essex Miniatures

Army Composition: (Gen) 1 x 3Cv or El, 1 x El, 3 x 3Cv, 1 x 2Lh, 2 x 4Sp or 4Bw, 1 x 4Ax or 2Lh or El. 1 x 3Bd or 2Ps, 2 x 3Bw.

This is the final "add on" army for my Ghaznavid which is now a total of 3 x DBA Armies. I have two III/63b and one III/63a lots of elephants and cavalry to play with, I use most of my DBA-DBM armies for Basic Impetvs and Command Colors Ancients solo games too and one day/weekend I will post some of solo games with pictures~ :o)

Histroical Enemies: Seljuks, Ghurids, Indians and other interal fractional groups.

Also check out Lawrence (This Life in Lead) blog He is currently working on his 15mm Ghaznavid project - awesome painting!

15mm Essex Goths Vandals Gepids

Army: 16 elements/units x 3kn, 4 x 3Cv, 8 x 2Lh, 36 x 4Wb, 8 x 3Bw, 8 x 2Ps

The painted figures/units below are used as Dark ages Barbarians which I have done so with my DBA army list  i.e. early Ostrogoths Visigoths Vandals Gepids and many others during the dark ages or Age of Invasions. I also use the army or armies for DBMM, Triumph, L'Art de la Guerre (ADLG) and Impetvs rules sets.

The Ostrogoths were a Germanic people who created an empire in the 3rd century CE and established a kingdom in Italy in the 5th century

The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe that migrated into and conquered parts of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. They were influential in the decline of the Western Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages. The Visigoths originated from the Theruingi, a group of people that included Slavs, Germans, and Sarmatians

The Gepids were an East Germanic tribe which who spoke the same language as the Goths, but probably different dialects

The Vandals were also Germanic people who were first reported in the written records as inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman empire. Much later, in the fifth century, a group of Vandals led by kings established Vandal kingdoms first within the Iberian Peninsula, and then in the western Mediterranean islands, and North Africa

III/4a Early Byzantine 493 AD - 549 AD

DBA 2.2

15mm Essex Miniatures

Army Composition: 1 x 3Cv(General) 1 x 3Cv, 5 x 2Lh or 5 x 3Cv, 1 x 3Kn or 2Lh or 3Ax, 2 x 4Bd, 2 x 2Ps

• General (Cv): The army's leader, a cavalry unit.
• Heavy Cavalry (Cv): The main striking force, typically 5 elements.
• Light Horse (LH): Can be used as a  independent "task force" to quickly maneuver on your opponants flanks
• Knights (Kn) or Light Horse (LH): An optional element, offering flexibility.
• Spearmen (Bd): Heavy infantry, providing a solid defensive line.
• Skirmishers (Ps): Archers and other light troops for harassing the enemy if possible!
• Auxilia (Ax): Light medium Infantry good to hold/control bad going terrain/BUA

2Lh Horse Archers

2Lh with Javelins

2Ps (Skirmishers with Slings)

3Ax (Auxilia with Javelins)

4Bd (Blades - Heavy Infantry)