This Life in Lead

When I completed my Gallic army at the beginning of 2019 comprising just under 600 figures, I swore I'd never paint any more 15mm Gauls,...

I only record broad figures, but 2019 was my most productive year so far with the completion of three armies in 15mm, and getting to within ...

While finishing the last of the Xyston Spanish scutarii I thought I'd allow myself a small diversion in painting and assembling the Hove...

Having completed the last six elements of this army earlier this week, I wanted to gather the army for a group shot. Given that most of the ...

While I had initially intended the project to be finalised with the completion of the Gallic chariots, I had four soldurii figures left over...

The DBMM army lists allow for up to eighteen chariots, but I thought a dozen would be sufficient for my needs. I was however not entirely ha...

The penultimate block of troops for this project, the Gaesatae were apparently not a tribe as I originally believed but more a group of warr...

The last of the figures off the production line 2018, with the basing completed over the Christmas/New Year holidays. These represent anothe...

As most will probably know the soldurii were the Gallic chieftains' bodyguards, with soldurii being the Latin for retainer and the name ...