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.



Monday 26 October 2020

Celtiberian General base

 To assuage the boredom generated by painting the second Celtiberian warband figures from Crusader Miniatures - largely caused by their mail armour combined with limited and uninspiring poses - I've also been putting paint on three Aventine Miniatures figures from the Northern Italian Hill Tribes command pack. They are close enough for me to proxy as Celtiberian figures and will make a fine command base for my Spanish contingent of the Carthaginian army. They will also allow me to field a small Spanish army fighting  against the Republican Romans if a quick game is needed.



The base is a 50mm round base from Warbases as ever and the shield transfers are from LBM. Painting these has made me regret buying the Crusader Miniatures Celtiberian infantry figures in preference to the Aventine Miniatures Galatians. Wonderful thing hindsight, just ask any passing politician...

24 comments:

  1. Super command base that will suitably inspire the troops towards a victory. Hindsight, pity you can't bottle it really.

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    1. Well, I hope you are right on the prediction Phil.

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  2. Wow! Your command stand is gorgeous!

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    1. That's very kind of you Jonathan, thank you.

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  3. Lovely looking base David , they are massive horns on his helmet. Interesting thoughts on the crusader miniatures vs the aventines !

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    1. Thank you Matt. Yes, the helmet is a bit OTT isn't it.

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    2. He must have a strong neck and he needs to duck near any trees !

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    3. A general shouldn't duck Matt!😉

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  4. Splendid David...
    Aventine do make some nice command figures...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Very kind Aly, thank you. Aventine make some lovely figures full stop.

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  5. Simply stunning work there David!

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    1. Very kind words there SteveJ, thank you.

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  6. Very nice command stand indeed David!

    Christopher

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    1. Thank you for the endorsement Christopher.

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  7. A lovely piece David. I especially like the 'standard' cracking figures.

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    1. Thank you Robbie! It was a fun piece to work on.

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  8. Brilliant David. Now *that* is what I call a helmet!
    Regards, James

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  9. "....or are you just pleased to see me?" Yep, some helmet. Also a nice command group.

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    1. It's a grand sculpt, it just loved the paint and was no effort really.

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  10. Wow, that's quite a comand base (and helmet).
    In Medicine, we refer to hindsight like that as the "20/20 retrospectoscope"! :-)

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    1. Yes, I can see that being applicable to many a situation... Glad you approve the helmet, and to think I almost cut the horn off!

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  11. Fantastic looking command group!

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