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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Axebreaker on June 25, 2012, 02:16:12 PM
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I spent the whole past week and a half or so converting my WAB El Cid
Christian Mercenary army to Impetus (very happy with the new look) my
game of choice for Dark Age/Medieval wargaming.
A quick re-cap behind the army concept. It 's a Christian Mercenary army
with a heavy Moorish influence that finds itself employed by Muslim
Taifa Kings ,but more often then not in the employ of the Christian
kingdom of Aragon between the years 1090(King Pedro) and 1135(Alfonso
I) covering both El Cid's period and the early Reconquista under
Alfonso I "The battler".
The army so far gives me a hefty 300pts in cavalry which is substantial
in 28mm. but not unusual for Christian Spanish armies of the period.
With that in mind I figure that's plenty cavalry for now and I should
probably add some foot slogging support. I think about 100pts or so of
heavy infantry, formed missile support and some skirmishers are in order
to give me a sold base for my army.
Once I have about 400+ points I'll start on the Moors either on this thread or a separate one.
My foreseeable future looks to be Samurai, ACW, Spanish Reconquista dominating with some AWI and SCW here and there.
Thanks for viewing! :)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-24001.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-19008.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-19006.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-25001.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-25002.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-25003.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-24008-2.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2012-06-25004.jpg)
Christopher
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Wow. :o That's a really nice army! :-*
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Superb Christopher :-*
What a great collection. Very exciting!
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Cor blimmy, hats off to you :o
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Fantastic Army! My compliments, that really looks fantastic. the time invested in rebasing is certainly well spent. :-*
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Now that is seriously impressive and the basing sets it off a treat.
Beautiful, just beautiful!
:-*
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Thank you for the kind words of support! :)
Christopher
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Nice basing and painting.
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I agree with everybody else.
Great painting and basing.
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hell yes :o
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Spectacular aren't they? I've come back to look at them about five times... Keep thinking 'I could do with a fine looking massed cavalry army like that'... Then thinking, 'painting another 70 horses... Hmm. Maybe not... ' ;)
But they are lovely. Now bring on the Moors!
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Wonderful work - a really impressive sight!
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Thank You folks for your super comments!! :D
Spectacular aren't they? I've come back to look at them about five times... Keep thinking 'I could do with a fine looking massed cavalry army like that'... Then thinking, 'painting another 70 horses... Hmm. Maybe not... ' Wink
Yep, that's what I'm thinking Captain! I'm very happy the rest of the Christian army is infantry and the Moors will have less then half the cavalry the Christian army just did! :D
If it's any consolation I spent a year painting the cavalry and about lost my sanity! lol
Christopher
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Spectacular aren't they? I've come back to look at them about five times... Keep thinking 'I could do with a fine looking massed cavalry army like that'... Then thinking, 'painting another 70 horses... Hmm. Maybe not... ' ;)
But they are lovely. Now bring on the Moors!
Yep!
Maybe not....
...but it does look wonderful.
Does it not?
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Now that's inspirational
Not sure about Impetus myself yet, I need to find a way of playing it with the figures I have based on a 20mm frontage and 60mm depth
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:o :o :o :-* Very impressive!!!
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Now it's on to the infantry as I have enough cavalry completed. I will not do as many heavy infantry as heavy cavalry as the Spanish fought largely mounted, but they did play a role and so I will include some.
The unit is a Spanish spearmen with a Moorish influence like my cavalry. In keeping with the theme of the rest of the army I once again used ap with highlights and hand painted all shields and banners.
I'll be at Attriticon in early May hosting a demo with Sir Toby and his lovely Andulsians vs my El Cid force using Impetus rules. Please drop by and say hi or join in!
Thanks for viewing! :)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07003_zps399abded.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07004_zps2fa3b3b9.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07011_zpsb5311eea.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07007_zps4aac9521.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07001_zps89de3145.jpg)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-07002_zpsaac8ea5d.jpg)
Christopher
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:-*
Very nice project, well executed.
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lovely work :D
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Next up some more Spanish spearmen with my game with Sir Toby.
The flag is a bit bigger on this then the other one to show it's a
command base and I added a Cantador(Bard) to inspire the men and to bolster
their spirits.
Thanks for viewing! :)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24003_zps8d612e80.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24003_zps8d612e80.jpg.html)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24004_zps234de33c.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24004_zps234de33c.jpg.html)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24010_zpsead4910d.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24010_zpsead4910d.jpg.html)
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24007_zps8e6823bd.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24007_zps8e6823bd.jpg.html)
URL=http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24001_zpsb3792c90.jpg.html](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24001_zpsb3792c90.jpg)[/URL]
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-04-24002_zps4fd59e08.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-04-24002_zps4fd59e08.jpg.html)
Christopher
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Wonderful, Christopher! These are really adding to your collection. There´s such plenty of colour - it is really a joy to see an army like that!
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Very smart stuff Chris :-* :-* :-*.
The Bard is a lovely touch 8).
Darrell.
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I finished these a few days ago, but I haven't had time to publish them. They are some Spanish skirmishers for my El Cid Impetus army. I painted them in slightly less flashy colours(mostly browns and creams) to represent their lower peasant status.
Thanks for viewing. :)
Slingers
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-05-02001_zps2acbed14.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-05-02001_zps2acbed14.jpg.html)
Archers
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-05-02003_zps6521dcd7.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-05-02003_zps6521dcd7.jpg.html)
Javelin #1
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-05-02007_zps688aa4bb.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-05-02007_zps688aa4bb.jpg.html)
Javelin #2
(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp84/khraid/El%20Cid/2013-05-02005_zps03f8ef7f.jpg) (http://s400.photobucket.com/user/khraid/media/El%20Cid/2013-05-02005_zps03f8ef7f.jpg.html)
Christopher
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Sir, hats off, all this is truly lovely!
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Sir, hats off, all this is truly lovely!
Suber is right, they are lovely!
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Really great, Christopher! Sad for my Andalusians that they performed as good as they look ::)
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Thank you gents very kind of you! :)
@Toby
Actually your wonderful looking Andalusians performed very well, but had a hard situation to fight from in my opinion.
Christopher
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Missed the last couple of Posts and I´m glad I´ve looked. Excellent work!!! :-* :-*