Sabbot bases for Italian Wars DBA

[DonVoss]

Okay, perhaps not the funkiest thread title in the world....

I am going to base some of my old Italian Wars stuff for DBA.
Here in germany is a small but eleborate gaming group wich bases its 28mm DBA stuff on deeper bases, so I will follow along.
Looks pretty convincing to me....

I will receycle some of my old stuff and paint just some minis here and there...

I started today with the generals base.
(So the general is newly painted).





And here how the sabbot bases work.







And the next sabbot base for more knights.
I go with the condotta list and need lots of knight bases...
...if I hate something its painting horses....






Cheers,
Don

[Metternich]

Don, who makes the condottieri commander (Nicolo de Tolentino, from the painting of the battle of San Romano ?  although he certainly would do for Francesco Sforza) and the unpainted knight with warhammer ?

[DonVoss]

Nicolo is from the Perrys, the Hamme guy is from a foundry blister....

Cheers,
Don

[Barry S]

Lovely work and looks convincing to me as well.

I do the same thing with some of my HotT elements as well.

Cheers,
Barry

[DonVoss]

Thanx Barry.....

Here are two more sabbots....





And a little closer....







Cheers,
Don

[Mason]

That works really well as your basing is particularly lovely.
 

[OSHIROmodels]

They look great 

Is the figure in the front a bit redundant though as he can only be used with these bases?

[DonVoss]

Thanx for teh comments....

Just painted a few pavaises today and one more knight....

And voila...two units of crossbowmen are nearly ready and one mroe unit of knights.





And a little close up of the pavaises.





The crossbowmen need a little overhaul...I think. 3-4 Years old.

Cheers,
Don

[Metternich]

Lovely - they aren't just units, they are little vignettes.

[Terry37]

Truly, very beautiful work!

Terry

[DonVoss]

Okay, after a few eeks at the north west frontier I am back in the Italian Wars.
This tiome I had to build a HORDE....

In the description they should be peasents...I took a more religious aproach....




Got the religious figures from the a hobby shop ....some kind of christmas deco I guess.





The rest are minis from the carrochio of the Perrys.....

Cheers,
Don

[painterman]

Don
Thats a great vignette - can i ask where the micro-sized Holy Family came from please?
Many thanks - great to see your force coming together
Simon.

[fred]

Wow, they look really good. The sabots for the cavalry are very subtle, I didn't spot that the rear two horses were separate.

...if I hate something its painting horses....

At least in the Italian Wars you have plenty of armour on the horses, so not much horse flesh to paint.

[DonVoss]

Thanx....

can i ask where the micro-sized Holy Family came from please?

Got it from a brick and mortar hobby store. No name product, sorry.

Found it in some hobby online stores, too.
Its called "Krippenfiguren 20mm"

https://www.megahobby.de/bastel-material/deko-artikel/miniaturen/miniatur-krippefiguren-20-mm-5-teilig.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqsHWBRDsARIsALPWMEPZrwK2MbBJbjgoIVJa8ARopzeSZ4MuI6KBkv6EwIhwi30IOx80YkcaAjVBEALw_wcB



Okay, here are the next bases for the DBA big bases army.

First of my bombard.
Little bit in the stationary side...but I really like the model....







And one more sabbot base for the last knight element.




Neede some light horse too. Crossbow mounted or so...







And the last bases together.





Much to heavy for gaming I have to admit....


Cheers,
Don

[War In 15MM]

Really excellent work!