20mm Ancients WIP

Good afternoon,

Just a bit of a Work in Progress really.

I've almost finished some Numidian, Later Achaemenid Persian and Parthian Light Horse elements...

...and am working through three, well...I thought they were spear, but according to the II/7 Later Achaemenid Persian DBA list, they're actually, ummm...Kardakes. Persian heavy infantry.

These dudes are the Apple Bearers, the Royal Guard, which might be represented by a single DBA element, but I'm doing three for my Warmaster Ancients army...

Anyway, they're Auxilia.

And since I'm working on pointy sticks...

...more Hoplite Greeks.

And, since...reasons...I thought to quickly block paint a second Marian army.

But mostly, I've been spending a bit of time on...

Nick

Completed 20mm Skelly Army

...well, so far, anyway.

Good afternoon,

Here, in all their pretty much completed glory are my Skellies @ ~1000 Warmaster points worth or just over 2 and a half HOTT armies worth. (Could spin them out to three armies with some appropriate allies.)

Skellies for both HOTT and WMA
	HOTT	@Pts	WMA	@Pts	HOTT	WMA
1	Gd	4	Skull Chucka	85	4	85
2	Mg	4			8	0
1	Dr	4	Sphinx	150	4	150
1	Bh	4	Bone Giant	125	4	125
3	Kn	2	Chariots	110	6	110
3	Rd	2	Cavaly	60	6	60
3	Bs	2	Hounds	30	6	30
1	Fl	2			2	0
3	Bd	2	Guard	45	6	45
3	Sh	2	Bowmen	45	6	45
12	Hd	1	Skeletons	30	12	120
					64	990
1			Tomb King	130		130
2			Wizards	90		90

Well, I finally finished them by polishing of four more horde elements...


...two more Shooter elements...


...one more Rider element...



(which are atop of a couple of Newline Ancient Brit chariot horses!)

...and three WMA command stands...



...as well as adding some very dried looking static grass to the bases of the whole army. The painted sand by itself looked...flat...

I could possibly add some Zombie elements using the 20mm zombies from Zombies!!! the tile/board game (though we ran out of them at one point in our last game and had to bring them over from the unvisited part of the city - everyone was racing for the helicopter at the other end of town!), or try to find two more elements worth of Skelly flyers but for now I'll concentrate on other things.

Nick

Zombie Dogs 'N Stuff

Good evening,

Here are my latest (and last - until I get another box of Skellies!) elements for my Undead HOTT/WMA/WM armies.

One unit/three elements of Zombie dogs, from the excellent board/tile game Zombies!!! Robin got a bag of these when he was over the ditch, and generously donated some to me, both for wargaming, and for, well, Zombies!!!ing. Thanks Robin.





They'll be HOTT Beasts or WM [Death? Hell? Zombie?] Hounds.

I tried painting the exposed bone a bony colour, with some blood atop that, with a liberal dash of watered down limeish green to really highlight the corruption of the rotting flesh. I'm pretty happy with them.

Next we have a Warmaster unit/three HOTT elements of...ummm...elite undead fighters? Three vampires flanked by scythe wielding, cloak wearing skeletons. Deaths? Cool looking minis anyway.




In HOTT terms they'll be classed as Blades. In WMA some elite type/hard hitting unit. What, with those vampires screaming round at super human speeds and all that.

And last, but by no means least, we have a HOTT flying element comprised of a couple of pieces from the Age of Mythology board game, said pieces having been purchased by Stan, and these two donated to me. Thanks Stan.

Unfortunately, the batteries refused to charge the flash, so...for what they're worth...




I may get round to retaking these pictures with full batteries at another time.

I'm really pleased with these guys, not for the least reason being that they've been sitting around for ages!

Nick

WMA EIR vs Later Raetian Goblins - Battle 1

The Goblins lined up on the foothills of their natural domain and looked eagerly upon the dirty humies's settlement. Mmmm, lots of shiney goodies there, they thought...

The Romans fearlessly deployed in the defense of their settlement. The Auxilia set up in the West...

...while the Cav deployed in the East.

The Legionaries deployed in the centre.

The battle began in the East, with the humans meeting the Goblin Lizard riders and their wolves.

The doggies did not last long, but the lizards proved a stickier problem.

In the meantime, the two armies slowly came together.

Goblin skirmishers were sent ahead to slow down and generally bug the Legionaries.

The remaining Lizard riders withdrew to the hill, while archers, skirmishers and a unit of Goblin infantry moved into the forest to provide support.

The wolves on the other flank took the opportunity that having no opposing cavalry presented to work around the Roman's Eastern front.

As the Storm Giant came forward, supported by a band of Trolls, the carroballistas took a couple of pot shots...to no effect...

One Goblin infantry unit contacts and disrupts one of the Roman skirmmisher units...

...while the Goblin skirmishers manage to drive back one of the units of Legionaries.

And still comes the giant.

However, the Roman commander on the left flank refuses to give any orders...

...as does his counterpart on the opposite flank!

The bolt shooters manage to hit the giant (they could hardly miss!), while the troll[s] charge into the Praetorians (veterans)...

The Praetorians follow up...

...with what could be described as limited success. Trolls suffer two hits, Praetorians one = push back for the beast[ies].

...but loose a stand for their efforts, so they withdraw.

In the West, the [somewhat] Mexican standoff continues...

...while in the East, the Goblins and the wolves pile in.

As did the giant and troll[s]...

...and a single unit of Goblins in the centre.

The Raetian heavies smash a hole, and the giant swings into the centre...

...and the Goblins start smashing through the Auxilia...

...as they follow up.

(An overview of the centre.)

With the first Auxilia unit destroyed, the Goblins mass against what was left of the second Auxila unit, and an increasingly isolated commander.

The legionaries start to re-organize themselves to deal with the giant/troll[s] threat.

In the East, the Roman cavalry regroup.

Against the odds, the remaining Auxila survive another round of combat...

...while one unit of Goblin infantry size off a bit more than they can chew.

The Goblin general tries to rush forward another brigade of skirmishers and infantry to try to take the pressure off.

The over ambition of the first Goblin unit starts to take its toll.

However, the Auxilia in the East finally cease to be.

The legionary prepare to gang up on the Giant...

...and they pounce.

In the centre, the remaining Auxlia unit also strike.

Faced with attacks from the front and both flanks, the Giant falls to the fist of Rome, as does the Troll[s], who was being supported by the Goblin general. With their general gone, the rest of the Goblin army fled.

And that was the game.

And a good time was had by all.

Nick