David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Saturday, 29 August 2020

Taxidermes Bicca and others

After completing the first unit of Carthaginian Veterans I wanted something a little more varied, so I turned to Command elements for the Carthaginian army. Four figures kindly received from Aventine Miniatures along with my latest order were perfect to comprise the Army Command base ~
 So, Taxidermes Bicca takes his place at the head of his growing Carthaginian force, accompanied by his retinue of staff, standard and guard. I also completed two mounted sub Generals to command each of the army's wings, this time  mounted figures by A&A Miniatures. Should they have Hoplons? Well, maybe not, but I liked the idea and it covered up a large miscast lump I couldn't remove on one of them. I hope they will have great success in coming games ~
Next will be another mounted Carthaginian general, Hanibal himself by Crusader Miniatures. As I still need to sort out a standard bearer and other figures for Hanibal's stand he may not feature here for a while yet though.

18 comments:

  1. The big advantage of 28mm figures is that you can come up with some great diorama style command bases, such as you have here. A joy to behold and may their first outing be auspicious!

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    1. Thank you SteveJ, let's hope you are right and they are favoured of the dice gods!

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  2. Very nice indeed - these leaders should inspire your troops of great acts of valour!

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  3. Very good, ideal to lead the troops to glorious victory or devasting defeat. The Romans will of course give gifts to the dice gods in favour of the latter🙂

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    1. The dice gods can be fickle, so best not count your victories just yet...

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    2. "The dice gods can be fickle"
      Don't I just know it :~)

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    3. Not of late sadly...🙄

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  4. They turned out very nicely David, a great addition to your army. Cheers Greg

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  5. A very handsome command base, and two nicely painted generals as well!

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  6. Nice work work David every army needs a strong general !

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  7. Lovely looking command stands David...
    I think the Hoplon looks fine...

    All the best. Aly

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  8. Great stuff David along with excellent figures from Aventine.

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    1. Thanks George! No complaints about Aventine Miniatures from me!

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