An Italian allies base, they could be Samnites, or Bruttians, or any of the various tribes that went over to the side of Pyrrhus.
Bit of a labour of love, as the figures used were not great. They are mostly Crusader Miniatures, and they were a pain to paint. I had to replace all the shields, with A&A Miniatures ones, as the Crusader shields have no suitable transfer sheets from LBMS, and I did not fancy attempting freehand designs. The figures came with seperate heads, a novel idea, but more farting about to get them right. General detail is a bit sof tand very plain, none of them have a side arm of any description too.
The command figure is from Aventine, he's really a Roman officer, but I quite like the figure, and he could have pinched the kit off a dead Roman.
I await the arrival of the new Aventine models for the Samnites, as they will hopefully be, bloody excellent, then i may feel a bit more inspired to add another couple of unit bases.
Next, I hope to finish off the elephants, and Greek Cavalry
Very nice. Looks like a lot of effort but the end result is very much worth it.
ReplyDeleteLooks superb Nige!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes very nice, indeed. I also don't rate those Crusader minis very highly. Roll on, Aventine!
ReplyDeleteThey look great! =)
ReplyDeleteThey look great there Nigel and I love the base, nice detail
ReplyDeleteLooks darn nice I say!
ReplyDeleteChristopher