Wargaming the Bible. Florian‘s Age of Bronze: Sea Peoples

[DivisMal]

Another project started…the last months were busy with all kinds of stuff not related to the hobby  , but alss I found some time to chop paint on these guys: Sea peoples from Lucid Eye. The sculpts are magnificent, the casts not so much (but still decent enough not to complain).

I finished basic colors and sanding, but they still lack details and the black rim on the base.

The idea is to play Song of Blades and Heroes, so using only a handful of models. Apart from the minis I will present some ideas how to use SoBH for Bronze Age skirmishes in this thread.

[DivisMal]

…and some more. As you can see, I went a bit away from the imo way too light skin color you can see in the Osprey books and most reconstructions.

[DivisMal]

And a last one.

[Easy E]

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[DivisMal]

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[Easy E]

Uuuurgggggg...... darn looking on forums instead of working...... 


I was going to say:  These look great.  What scale of battles are you intending for this project?  Model-vs-Model, Unit-vs-Unit, or something even bigger? 

By the looks of the project so far, I am thinking individual Model-vs-Model.

[DivisMal]

Haha! Okay, now I get it.

Since I consider 28mm too big for mass battles, I was intending to play small skirmishes. Brigands vs. caravan guards, biblical duels, two heroes clash in front of Wilusa or a zoomed in element of a greater battle (speak: Pharao‘s chariot has crashed. Protect him from that Hittites!).

I was planning to start with Song of Blades and Heroes which I am very familiar with and enjoy. A friend also suggested Sword Weirdos, which I checked last night and might also be a good option.

But thinking about it…didn’t you also write a Bronze Age rule set for small battles?

[Basementboy]

This is looking great!

[Easy E]

But thinking about it…didn’t you also write a Bronze Age rule set for small battles?

Nah, mine are all unit-vs-unit.  Thanks for thinking of me though! 

I do have a Homeric themed model-v-model, but i do not think that is what you are looking for.  If you are interested in learning more we can take it to PMs.

[Easy E]

After these Sea People, who are you painting up next? 

I am interested in where you go next here.

[Swampking]

Great brushwork! Very inspiring!

Thanks for kicking my butt into gear and getting me to start on my Lukka for the 15mm Trojan War-esque project! 

I need to get the archers done for my Sehadardanians (Seha River/horned helmeted dudes) but after that, the Lukka it is!

[DivisMal]

Nah, mine are all unit-vs-unit.  Thanks for thinking of me though! 

I do have a Homeric themed model-v-model, but i do not think that is what you are looking for.  If you are interested in learning more we can take it to PMs.

Thanks! Will send a PM.

[DivisMal]

This is looking great!

Thank you!

After these Sea People, who are you painting up next? 

I am interested in where you go next here.

Egyptians are planned, but need to be ordered. On the schefule are some Lucid Eye Amazons very much in the style of Achaians. But I also want real late Myceneans/Achaians.

Has anyone a good source for Dark Fable in the EU?

[DivisMal]

Great brushwork! Very inspiring!

Thanks for kicking my butt into gear and getting me to start on my Lukka for the 15mm Trojan War-esque project! 

I need to get the archers done for my Sehadardanians (Seha River/horned helmeted dudes) but after that, the Lukka it is!

Oh! Now that sounds interesting! 15mm is my preferred scale. But these Lucid Eye dudes were just too cool to not buy them

What minis do you use 15mm-wise?

[sir_shvantselot]

I just wish Victrix would do biblical and or Trojan ancients. They’d create the market.