Dubbya - 10mm hobbits, elves and Aztecs

[Dubbya]

I got some mdf mantlets half price. I'm so late to mdf terrain, but I like the simplicity. Since they're so basic, I'm happy just painting them black and drybrushing two browns.

[Frostie]

Love your 15mm.

15mm is the best scale for fantasy mass battle

[Dubbya]

1/72 plastic roman ballistas, very cheap and look decent for 15mm!

Love your 15mm.

15mm is the best scale for fantasy mass battle

Thanks! Yes, I think it's the best compromise of all sizes

[Kikuchiyo]

I really like the chaos guys and have been wondering if they'd work as 10mm armoured ogres

[Dubbya]

I added a few more Eureka elf swordsmen. These just may he my favourite range...

I really like the chaos guys and have been wondering if they'd work as 10mm armoured ogres

They probably would. (These are on 20mm squares if that helps to size them)

[AndrewBeasley]

Love the forestry / woody bases - very suitable for these troops.

[Dubbya]

Some finished yesterday

[LouieN]

Good Uruks

[Luigi]

that purple and bronze goes really well on those models.
Lovely looking force coming along, can't wait for a full army shot

[Dubbya]

Thanks again for kind comments!

Just some more 1/72 today

[Basementboy]

Love to see some Jackson style Uruks painted up- you’ve done a cracking job with them, they look very suitably grimy and horrible

[Dauntless]

20 for infantry, 12 for cavalry sound about right, but you can go up and down.

Kudos taking a chance on Runestar D12 and getting a game in. Really digging your miniature collection, I do a similar aesthetic

I usually run shieldwalls at 25 infantry. If you really want them to hold the line give them full command and a hero for that vital +1 morale bonus.

For shock infantry (great weapons, etc) units of 10 can be nasty as flankers (remember that enemies have to fight forward before they can fight sideways). Fighting in two ranks every turn, great weapons can devastate even the most powerful foe.

For cavalry it depends - a small unit (8-12) can outflank an enemy you have pinned down with your infantry, but a larger unit (16-20) with full command can really dominate a battleline and can even take a few charges. Generally speaking head-on cavalry charges will get bogged down; they do much better with a support unit flanking the enemy and forcing morale tests. In one game a humble unit of ten spearmen flanked an enemy block, forced them to test, pushed them back and allowed my shock cavalry to charge again and get strength bonuses.

Runestar D12 is all about grinding the enemy down - once you fall below one rank you are effectively toast!

p.s. The Rune Magick system is really the best thing about the game! Definitely where most of the innovation can be found

[102-year-old-man]

beautiful! Would be awesome to see more 1/72 from you 

[Dubbya]

beautiful! Would be awesome to see more 1/72 from you 

Thank you! Lots more, mixing historicals with fantasy though.

[Dubbya]

Kudos taking a chance on Runestar D12 and getting a game in. Really digging your miniature collection, I do a similar aesthetic

Thanks! I only get to play solo, hopefully I get a chance to play more than just a test game soon.

One thing I would have loved to see is a generic army list. Something like levy, trained and elite for infantry, missile and cavalry.

I really respect the idea of an existing setting and armies, but I do like to just pick a couple of forces based on what I have painted when trying a new game.