Well about 15 years later I finally finished this army up. Next up: Sassanids and Armenians for a mini campaign I’ll play at home (since 15mm small scale ancients gaming is pretty much dead in North America).
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The Army arrayed on my custom board. 2’x2’ for real men. Cv Gen, 4Kn, and some Aux. Fort and plough. I really like the BUA options in DBA 3.0. Just some cool modeling opportunities. I have an Armenian hill fort on the way, and also a full Roman marching fort. Pics soon! -
So never mind that I haven’t posted anything substantial in years-let’s just pick up and run with it. I’ve been looking for an excuse to paint up some 28mm Crusader Greeks for YEARS. Well, now’s the the time. Warlord Games just released some fast-play ancient skirmish rules, and while they are a bit creaky in places, it’s got me excited.
So I’m basing 8 archers and and 8 hoplites at the moment. I’ve got 9 cavalry, 8 more hoplites plus command, and 8 peltasts coming in this week. Painting is super basic and I’m using the dip with some success. I’ll be posting updates!
This was a test model I painted years ago with a fair amount of highlights and recently dipped. 
This guy just got a base coat and then dipped. Not amazing, but satisfying enough to field in a skirmish game. -
15mm has been rough on my eyes lately, so I switched gears over to my long belabored 28mm Perry Crusader figs. This era has always appealed to me in a larger scale and I’ve had them sitting around for a while. 28mm is on the rise for ancients, given all the great sets available to assemble and paint, so in my efforts or organize players here in Jersey, I plan to paint all of my crusade era figs in 28mm. I originally intended them for Wargamer Ancient Battles, but that rule set is no longer produced and supported. I just need to base and finish the shields on my last two spear elements and I’ll be ready to move on to either a horde element with either pilgrims or Syrians, or knights.
Here is a link to the ones that were finished for WAB.
