Wednesday, January 15, 2014

III/25b Arab Conquest

15mm Essex Miniatures Arab Conquest - This "Fanatical" Army has 14 elements (58 figures) 
1xGen(Cv) 4xCv 1xLh 4xWb 2xBw or 2xPs

Historical Enemies: Blemmye, Beja, Nobades, Late Moorish, Sassanid Persians, Christian Nubian, Khazar, Rshtuni Armenian, Maurikian and Thematic Byzantine's.


Historical Brief Notes:

After decades of continuous wars the Sassanid Persian and the Roman Byzantine Empires were totally exhausted fighting eachother a "new kid on the block" had arrived to enter into the territorial conflict and establish a new "power house" in the region, the Arabs. The Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent leadership of Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion of Arab Muslim power. 

Under Muhammad (d. 632)

Battle of Hijra 620
Battle of Bedar 624
Battle of Uhud 625
Battle of Mecca 630
Battle of Hunayn 630
Battle of Tabuk 631

Under the Rashidun

The conquest of Syria, 637
The conquest of Armenia, 639
The conquest of Egypt, 639
The conquest of North Africa, 652
The conquest of Cyprus, 654

Under the Umayyads
The conquest of North Africa, 665
The first Arab siege of Constantinople, 674–678
The second Arab siege of Constantinople, 717–718
Conquest of Spain, 711–718
The conquest of Georgia, 736

Later conquests
The conquest of Crete, 820 (Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I)
The conquest of southern Italy, 827 (Caliph of Syria, Muawiyah I, Muslim forces commanded by Mu'àuia ibn-Hodeig)




Army Arrayed








General 3Cv




Spearmen 4Wb










Monday, January 6, 2014

III/78 Early Russian

Hi Guys, well it is winter here at Washington State :o)  so.....here are my 15mm Essex Early Russians

1 x 3Cv (Gen) 4 x 3Cv, 2 x 2Lh, 2 x 4Sp, 2 x 2Ps, 

Options 1 x 7Hd, or 3Ax or 6Kn (German Knights) or 3Kn (Russian Boyars)

Historical Enemies: Volga Bulgar, Vikings, Pecheneg, Rus, Early Polish, Early Hungarian, Cuman KipchakLithuanian Samogitian, Estonian, Prussian, Teutonic Orders and Mongols.

Historical Notes: ......coming soon

I decided to base the German knights on two stands 40mm x 30mm this way I will have extra cavalry elements for games if needed and If I decided to base the Kn's the minis would be mounted on 40mm x 60mm base. The Germans would be in wedge formation 1 figure front rank 2 figures 2nd (center) and 3 figures 3rd rank (rear) The Knights come with the Essex DBA Army pack.

I used Plaster of Paris Powder and All Purpose flour for the ground texture surface of the base and I used baking Soda for the smooth snow effect. These products are great for creating winter - snow bases. 




Army Arrayed




















German 6Kn



Sunday, December 15, 2013

IV/6 Syrian

1 x Gen (Cv) 3 x (Cv) 3 x (Lh) 1 x (Wb) 2 x (Ps) 1 x (Hd) 
optional elements 1 x (Lh) 1 x (Wb) or 1 x (Ax)

The Army consists of 13 elements/stands (60 figures total) all miniatures are by Essex


Historical Enemies: Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mameluke Egyptians, Georgians, Seljuq Turks, Komnenan Byzantines, Cilician Armenians, Early/Late Crusader, Khwarizmian, Mongols and IIkhanid.



The Army Arrayed









General (3Cv)







Line Cavalry (3xCv)





Syrian Light Cavalry (2xLh)







Turkoman Light Cavalry (2xLh)








Syrian Fanatics (3Wb)





Syrian Fanatics (3Ax)





Skirmishers (2Ps)






Militia (7Hd)