Thursday 7 March 2019

15mm Gallic Army Completed

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 DBMM games we are currently playing are set at 400 points it is unlikely that they will be assembled together again for any one single game, although if I can convince the group I game with to give To the Strongest a go at some point I may need most of what I have managed to complete:


















The figures are Xyston, and all shield transfers are from Steve Hales of Little Big Men Studios:


















A quick thank you to Steve as it had been a good six or seven years since my original purchase of the transfers and some of them refused to part from their backing paper. I checked in with him to confirm that I was indeed attempting to apply them correctly, and he offered to replace them all free of charge. Given that the fault was mine I could not in good conscience accept the offer, but he insisted on a generous discount for the replacement which I thought went way beyond great customer service.





































More cavalry and chariots:




































A few more warband pictures:






















































Lastly, the gaesatae:


















And an overall picture of the entire army as assembled:


















All up, the army is comprised of the following:

79 warband elements
33 gaesatae elements
12 chariots
5 soldurii elements
8 skirmish elements
8 sling-armed elements
8 bow-armed elements
16 unarmoured cavalry elements
13 armoured cavalry elements (including 3 generals)

This constitutes 598 foot and cavalry figures with 111 horses, or 709 figures in total.

I had originally hoped to get all this done within four months, but I suppose just under six months is not a bad effort and this is the largest ancient army I had in the lead pile.

Now it's back to some ancient Spanish, which I am hoping I should be able to complete before the middle of the year.

22 comments:

  1. Lawrence! Your Gallic Army is BIG and BEAUTIFUL! An impressive sight, for sure. Congratulations on a job well done.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. Unfortunately I can't see them winning too many games on their own, unless we end up playing only irregulars versus irregulars, but they are one of the signature armies of the period and I wanted to get them done.

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  2. I think six months is an incredible achievement - they look superb!

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    1. Thanks Stryker. You're right of course and I should probably not be so hard on myself, but when I look at the pile of unpainted lead still to go I can't help being a little impatient at times.

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  3. A stunning looking army you have there Lawrence.

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    1. Cheers Tony. I'll probably do a couple more ancient armies while I'm on this trajectory, but I'm quite looking forward to getting stuck back into my Napoleonic pile.

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  4. Awesome looking army and painting - two thumbs up for achieving a master piece of work, well done Lawrence!

    cheers,

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    1. Thanks very much Phil, that's very kind of you.

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  5. Congratulations! Your army looks great.

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    1. Thanks Codsticker, it was a good one to get out of the way.

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  6. I bow before your greatness!! Lovely army mate!

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    1. Thanks Noss. I think perseverance was the main ingredient here.

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  7. Spectacular, impressive...and superb, what a splendid army!

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    1. Cheers Phil. I'll look forward to seeing yours in action again soon.

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  8. This is spectacular army, Lawrence! It woukld make a bold showing indeed for a To the Strongest! game.

    If it is too big for a DBM game, you could of course divide it in three parts...

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    1. Thanks Peter. It is more a case of tailoring the DBMM game to the amount of time have available put in on a Saturday morning, and 400 points seems to be good for a four hour game which gets us all home in time for lunch. I play Napoleonics on a Monday night which is a great time to play as it does not cut across family time at all, although we are normally all yawning by 9pm so fatigue sets the limit there!

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  9. A great looking Ancient collection Lawrence - I hope to see many game reports featuring them in the coming months!

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    1. Cheers Keith. We are still grappling with the DBMM v2.1 rules, more so myself because I have never played any of the previous versions, so it may be a while before we play a game which we can get a decent AAR out of. A couple more practice sessions though, and we should be there.

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  10. They look fantastic, and the Gallic/Celtic armies are not entirely no-hopers in DBMM 2.1 - quantity has its own quality. Now that you are doing Spanish, you're also a good part of the way into having a Later Carthaginian army as well.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words Doug. I actually have the Later Carthaginians in the queue directly after the Spanish, so am hoping I'll be able to get to them around June.

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  11. Fantastic looking army,I think six months to achieve such a great finish is really impressive!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. I am happy with the rate of output, especially as it will be the largest 15mm ancient army I'll attempt so I am hoping the others will fly by after this.

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