Thursday 9 January 2020

Last of the Numidians

I managed to complete the balance of my 15mm Numidian project over the Christmas/New Year break, and based them the following week. This was comprised of twenty-three bases of Numidian auxiliary infantry, and three elephants:


















The auxiliary infantry can be rated either as inferior, or upgraded to ordinary if representing Roman-trained auxiliaries:


















There was the usual mix of four poses among the infantry packs:


















And the same number in the command packs:


















I purchased three elephants, the maximum allowed in the DBMM army list, but just the basic Xyston model with a mahout on board thinking this was possibly more likely to have been utilised in battle by the Numidians:


















Unfortunately the elephants look a bit shinier and darker here than they do in the flesh in spite of the usual Testor's Dullcote, but these are the first photos taken with a new iPhone, the one with three cameras on it (which still seems like overkill in spite of having the supposed benefits explained to me), so it will no doubt take me a while to adjust to the different resolution and lighting requirements.

That's this army completed. I'll hopefully have another post up with the final group shot within the next few days.

14 comments:

  1. Beautiful minis once again Lawrence. Now, we need to see then on the table occasionally in 2020!

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    1. Thanks Keith, I'll have to remember to take a few photos once gaming recommences in a few weeks.

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  2. Great looking Numidians! It will be entertaining to see them all on display, together, in a review.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I got the others out of their box and have taken a few pictures, so should have them up shortly.

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  3. Cracking job, love the impressive elephants...

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    1. Cheers Phil. The Xyston elephants are nice models, and one of them even has his trunk in the air which is supposed to be lucky.

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  4. Great work Lawrence. I know the problem about taking pictures during the game. I nearly always take some, but usually ger caught up in the action and forget for big chunks of the game!

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    1. Thanks Mark. The most frustrating thing is we are starting to forget the details of the games and some of the details of what happened, and even who was actually playing. There's a lot to be said for a photographic record.

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  5. Lovely looking elephants and troops, in games I usually take photos at the start and then forget to take any in the heat of battle!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. I have lost count of the times where we get to around the fifth or sixth move only to remember, and then realise it is too late. Definitely an area for potential improvement in 2020.

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  6. Great job finishing up the Army, Lawrence!

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    1. Thanks Peter, I always feel a special sense of achievement when I can say an army has been "finished".

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  7. Great work on those!

    Just started following too

    Salut
    Matt

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  8. Thanks very much Matt. I have seen your postings from time to time and think what you have done at L'Hotel de Herce is terrific. Quite an undertaking, especially moving over from the other side of the world.

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