Rebasing DBA

Just a brief post about some rebasing I did this week. I've had these armies since v1.0 of the rules, but since I got a copy of v 3.0 recently I thought I'd update them to the new lists and freshen them up a bit.

Nebuchadezzar, or similiar

These armies are historical opponents from Book I, being Later Hebrews I/34c and Later Babylonians I/44b.

The Babylonian army

The figures are all Chariot Miniatures, until fairly recently available from Magister Militum.  But since MM closed down I have no idea who will now supply these again (if ever).

Later, Hebrews

I chose these opponents because I thought it would be interesting to pit spears and bowmen against a significant number of auxilia, which is what the Hebrews can field, as well as having a couple of heavy chariots for both sides.

Hebrew auxilia

Rebasing consisted of fixing the original thin cardboard stands to 2mm mdf from Warbases, and then adding my usual mix of coarse shelly sand painted in a sandy colour and dry brushed white.  I glued on some areas of 2mm dead grass from WWScenics and that was it. 

Serious congestion reported on the Jerusalem North Circular

I think these are very nice figures and I intend to give them an outing at some point, probably a solo game (as I slowly teach myself DBA v3.0) using the same solo rules used here.

Russians and French

I'm still expanding my 15mm Napoleonic Württemberg army, and intend to add more now that, at the time of writing, Warrior Minatures has commenced trading again (urrah!).

Russian Uhlans (Polish), Warrior Miniatures

In the meanwhile, here are some Polish and Tartar Uhlans in Russian service I finished recently.  

Russian Uhlans (Tartars), Warrior Miniatures

They can be difficult to distinguish, except that the shabraques are different and the Polish penant is blue above red, whilst the Tartar penant is the other way up, although the Tartars do also have red czapkas.

French Dragoons, Warrior Miniatures

The Württembergers also got some French allies, in the form of a regiment of dragoons.  These will eventually be supplemented by some French infantry, this time from Magister Militum, bought, sadly, in their closing down sale (whilst Warrior was offline).

Artillery limbers, Warrior Miniatures

Finally I have some artillery limbers.  These are actually Warrior ACW limbers, normally with two horses, which I modded slighly and then added more horses.  I painted them as Russian artillery, but they could be used for anything really.

Next up will be some more Württemberg cavalry and probably the French infantry, but I need to get around to painting them first.

Walls in Ruins

Further to my earlier post about some 15mm ancient city walls and buildings I'd made, I thought some evidence of violent siege would be in order.  So I made these.

Mind the gap

The idea was to have damaged sections that would match lengths of unbroken wall, so that these could be substituted in as necessary.

Rear view

The centre bit of wooden wall could also be removed to leave a gaping hole, if that was needed.

Something appears to be missing

The walls were made from cardboard and polystyrene fixed together with PVA glue.  Fine sand was then glued to the walls and painted.  The piles of masonry were made from polystyrene offcuts and were intended to hold the wooden wall in place.

Time to get the decorators in

Liberated wooden coffee stirrers were used to make the planking, undercoated in black then painted with a dark earth colour.  A couple of black washes were applied and then the wood was drybrushed with a beige or buff colour.

What, no crenellations?

Overall, I think they've worked quite well.  Just need a siege to try them out...

To be honest, the damage is barely noticable