Sunday, June 17, 2012

WAB Campanian Army

Using existing units, I came up with a 2,800 point WAB Campanian army. It looks pretty potent on paper - for instance the Oscan Horse have WS 4 and can take several types of allies including Pyrrhic forces.
In the photo above, starting from the right flank - first row: Pyrrhic Guards as Light Infantry with thrusting spear and javelins, Aetolian Peltasts and Cretan archers; second row: two units of Hoplites in phalanx formation with thrusting spear and large shield, and a unit of Warriors (Light Infantry) with javelins; last rank: Oscan Horse with light armor, shield and javelins, Army Standard (still needing an appropriate one), Army General, and another unit of Oscan Horse, this time with light armor, shield and thrusting spear.

This unit of Oscan Horse was converted from A&A Macedonian Companion Cavalry. Added some shields and swapped their xyston with thrusting spears. All the shields are plastics from a Wargames Factory Numidian Light Infantry box - they are attached using tack putty and can be removed without damaging the paint on the figure. The standard is also from the Numidian set; LBMS transfers are added to to the shields - luckily I had just enough left over from past projects. The Army General is the Pyrrhus figure by Relic.
Here is what the A&A guys looked like in Macedonian wedge:

11 comments:

  1. That's an excellent looking host Dean!

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  2. Thanks! Hopefully they'll perform well on the battlefield too. Best, Dean

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  3. Lovely looking force, Dean. Good luck in battle...

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  4. A tremendous force Dean; beautiful looking troops Sir!

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  5. These guys do really look very excellent. Good luck for battle.
    Mike

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  6. Say that's an impressive looking army!

    Christopher

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  7. A fine looking force Dean, thanks for sharing.

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  8. Wonderful units! This army is really impressive!

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  9. Beautiful little army - really neat reversible conversion idea for the cavalry too!

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  10. Thanks for the comments, Gents. Yes, I'm quite happy with this one.

    Also, I plan to build a Late-Carthaginian army with the existing units too - only thing I need is a mandatory Numidian cav unit.

    Best, Dean

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