First Spanish Scutarii Infantry

After a couple of slow weeks on the painting front, i was finally able to finish the first of my Spanish Scutarii infantry.
The models are from Crusader Miniatures, and i even got the shield transfers.
I have painted the shields on them but the next 12 models in this unit will have shield transfers on them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Models

After a long easter break i have now started to assemble my next unit to my Carthaginian army.
I ordered 32 Spanish Scutarii infantry models from Crusader Miniatures and they are going to be two unit of my medium infantry allies to my Carthaginians.
With only 16 models a unit, i hope i can give you some pics of them later this week.
The only problem is that i ordered two sheets of shield transfers to, but they were out of stock so i will not mount the shield before i get them.

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

Numidian Cavalry

During the 2nd Punic war Hannibal used the skilled horsemen from Numidia to great effect.
And during the battle of Cannae he was able to to defeat the Roman cavalry and driving them of the field, and then attack the Roman infantry in the back killing almost 50000 Romans.

 

Here are the first unit of my Numidian cavalry from Warlord Games.

 I have 4 more to paint but i didnt have time to finish them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

Carthaginian Commander 2

Hi

After having painted on my Numidian cavalry all week i thought i try to paint some thing different.

 

This Carthaginian model is from Crusader Miniatures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

On my work bench

Hi

The slingers are done now so its just to start over again with some thing new....
For you that dont now so am i trying to build myself an carthaginian army before summer...
and hopefully get a campagn going, set during the 2nd punic war... but more info in my next post.

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

Balearic Slingers

As soon as i read the army list for Carthage in the Hail-Caesar book Biblical & Classical army lists,
i became interested in the Balearic slingers.
I started to search on the net for any thing on Balearic slingers and i found out that they we´re one of the best slingers in the ancient world.

 Livy also mentions the most famous of ancient skillful slingers: the people of the Balearic Islands. Of these people Strabo writes: And their training in the use of slings used to be such, from childhood up, that they would not so much as give bread to their children unless they first hit it with the sling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like my slingers as much as i do....

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

 

 

More Stuff

Got some more stuff in the mail a few days ago, and now after i have assembled and painted 48 of my libyan heavy infantry its time to get the new stuff out.
It can get very boring just to paint the same models over and over soo a need a break from my libyans.

 

I ordered a Celtic cavalry unit, and a Numidian cavalry unit, and a blister of Balearic slingers

 

 

 

I think i start with the Balearic slingers....

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

Libyan Heavy Infantry Unit

During the week i have been busy painting my on my Carthaginian,and i am now finally done with the first  unit :)

 

 

 

 

 

In the next post i will give you a small battle report from a test game of Hail-Ceasar that i and my mate Tim played during the past week...

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

First Painted Libyan Heavy Infantry

I have now assembled and painted some of my Libyan heavy infantry.
The models are from the box of Mercenary armoured hoplites from Victrix, and the shield transfers i orderd from crusader miniature.
The only problem with the transfers is that they are made to fit the shield of the Carthaginian models from crusader miniatures not the Victrix ones, soo they are a bit small...

 

As you can see the shield look ok from this range...

 

 

But here you can see that they are to small :(

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you like the first of my Libyan infantry.

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

Small update

Hi

Got some stuff in the mail today :)
it was my order from Victrix... two boxes of Mercenary armoured hoplites
96 miniatures more to paint...

 

and im almost done with one more Celtic warband, got the bases and the shield left to do.

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.

 

 

 

 

Carthaginian Commander

Go my first shipment of miniatures from Crusader Miniatures, and the Biblical & Classical army list rule book from Warlord games last weekend.
During this week i got time to paint a Carthaginian commander and 19 Celtic warriors... not a bad start :)

But here are the pics of my first Carthaginian Commander hope you like him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best Regards

 

Hobby worker.