And here are the last bits for awhile. I do have two points of mercenary troops to paint yet, but I am taking a break and painting some stuff for me.
Here are some Roman Velites, skirmish troops that, if they proved themselves, wore furs so the commander could distinguish them from other troops on the battlefield.
The Triarii were elite, heavily armored veteran soldiers who formed the third and final battle line in the early Roman Republican manipular legion.
So let it be written... So let it be done!!! I have completed more troops for the commission and winding down finishing up some Velites soon.
Well my Eastern Princes were sold to a friend and he wanted a War Wagon for it. So I painted one up, and here it is.
Painted up this Army when Saga was still 1st Edition, ten years ago. Amazing! This army will be passed along to one of my friends and hopefully continue campaigning in what is a glorious game, SAGA.
To flush the army out I painted up 12 more models (archers) and had to remount the Warlord to a 40mm base. I had it as a vignette and the Warlord and an archer were on the base. Fortunately I used a plastic base way back then and was able to remove both without damage.
So here are a few snaps before it goes under new ownership.
The last unit for my commission done. Mounted Crossbowmen for the Saga Condottieri Army. Hopefully they'll bring their new owner glory on the battlefield.
Another installment for my friends commission to help along his growing Condottieri Saga warband.
Another group of dudes done for a friends Condottieri Saga Army. Just a few more to go and I will have the project completed.
Here are 18 crossbowmen. With all the assorted dress and no uniforms per say for the period it was hard to come up with a color scheme. So I decided I would break them up into three 6 man color groups and add some variation within each color group to make it appealing yet not drive me crazy trying to paint umpteen colors.
I think I succeeded. Now he will be able to break them up into 6 man units, or combine the different groups to make a nice looking 12 man unit.
Another installment of troops for my friends Condotieri Army. Figures are 28mm Perry's European Armies line. Have just a couple of more units to go. Chugging along.
So my friend had me paint up these Mirliton figures from Italy. His horse choices made it hard for me to make color decisions. As I was looking through historical drawings and such I discovered that it wasn't uncommon for this period to paint their armor. At least I was able to give some color to them since it's supposed to be the early Italian War period just before everyone went gonzo on fancy ribbons and slashed clothing. Lastly I do not have a steady enough hand to be able to paint fanciful designs on the armor but I managed it a bit on the flag. Hopefully the color choices I used on the horses barding will draw the eye enough.
So here is my interpretation of that time.
Another unit for the Condottieri Army for a friend. These are the Stratioti, mercenaries from the Balkans.
These are Perry figures in 28mm.
One unit of Swiss done for my buddies Condottieri Army for the new Saga Book Age of Chivalry.
I've had this vinyl figure from Fire Forge for a bit and just finished painting it up today. I have a foot Warlord for the army and played a game with them last week and I needed a more mobile warlord, so I got off my butt and knocked him out.
I've also decided to add a few more foot troops to the army as well, but that's something for another day.
Well it's been two years and I've come back to add a couple more units of archers to the Byzantines per the request of the now owner of said army. Here is the first one complete. Hope to finish second one next week.
FINALLY! I have finished the last of the Macedonians for a friends army. If said friend wants to add to this army he will have to contract it out to a far away place across the ocean.
Well that said here they are in all their splendid glory.
Another unit done for a friends Macedonians. Alexander, not painted like the later European artists often depicted Alexander with blond hair, likely due to cultural symbolism associating blondness with virtue and heroism, instead with reddish brown hair. Also I have forgone all that purple silliness and went with more natural colors for uniforms.
