Scotty's Wargaming

I now find myself in the unusual position of just painting up extra figures for Infamy, Infamy. All of my core forces are now complete, but it seems a shame to waste the  left over figures.

First up is a group of Caesarian legionaries. This time I removed the helmet plumes and went for plain black shields. I can see future Roman civil war games as I have enough figures for another unit.

After I had converted my German slingers I had 4 figures left over on the sprue. The 2 armoured figures will see use as leaders for my Britons. I had realised that all my commanders so far were unarmoured and this needed rectifying. To further distinguish them, I used heads and cloaks from Victrix.

This now gives me 5 leaders and a champion. At least I can replace casualties amongst my leaders. Now I just need to complete 2 more deployment points for the Britons.

As part of my drive to make my Ancient Celt army to cover all of the Gallic and British army lists for Infamy,  I needed to add some mounted Noble cavalry. 

These guys are mainly 1st Corps with a couple of additions from Navigator. Very compatible ranges and full of character.

I now have a second unit of these under coated as one of the Gallic lists require 2 units.

As part of Infamy, infamy you need approximately 6 deployment/ambush points. So far I have 4 completed.

The beauty of these is they can be anything. I've used some wild boar, a broken chariot and a spare figure with a horse. I've got a few spare left over figures to use for a few more bases. 

Finally got around to completing my last Celtic roundhouse from Hovels. I also added the pigsty and some wattle fencing from Renedra. I also tried out a different coloour scheme, more yellow, for the daub on the roundhouse.

Another 2 units for my Ancient Britons. Just 8 more warriors to paint for the last mob. First up is a unit of fanatics. These are from Newline. Quick to paint up all that flesh. I kept the tattoos to simple blue swirls. The shields were hand painted as I didn't have any transfer to fit.

I also completed a second unit of Tribal slingers, just in case I needed them. Again these are also from Newline. I took advantage of their recent sale.

Lastly was a few spare figures, one will act as a champion. I added one to a base to act as a deployment point. The last figure will get mixed into the last group of warriors.

So the whole force so far consists of the following.

2 units of nobles with chariots, 4 units of warriors/levy, 1 unit of Tribal cavalry, 2 units of slingers and the fanatics.

So just the last unit of warriors to complete, then if I add to units of mounted nobles and a unit of archers I will have all the options for both Britons and Gauls.

That's right, I needed a couple more chariots to allow me to cover all of the starter forces in Infamy for the Ancient Britons. Thankfully Crusader miniatures do 4 crew variantions, so another 2 added. Somehow of 2 variant drivers, mine are all the same. Like the last 2 they were nice and easy to paint up.

Now to field these I needed a second unit of Nobles. These are a mix of Warlord and Some metal figures from Newline. 

The Newline figures are not as dynamic as the Warlord figures, but they mix in well and offer some variety. 

Now I just need to finish the second unit of slingers, some fanatics and the last mob of warriors. I can then start on some deployment points and look to get some mounted nobles to switch the army to Gallic.

After the change to Numidians in the last post, it was back to Ancient Britons. Another mob from the Warlord plastic set. I did add one of the metal 'linebreakers' for variety. Another thing I did was use some of the spare heads from the Victrix plastics, again for more variety. They are not a bad match.

I also put together another Status II leader, dubbed Cautinamix. He is one of the metal linebreakers with a head from the Victrix mounted set.

I've now got another unit of Nobles on the painting table along with their chariots. After these, 1 more mob to do with some extra slingers and fanatics. Looking at the Infamy lists for Gauls, if I add a unit of archers and 2 units of mounted nobles I would be able to field all of their starter forces.

Some more additions to my Ancient Britons for infamy. First up is 2 Warlords to lead the warbands. Both models are from Warlord games, one is the Vercingetorix model which I'll use as the Warlord Betamatix. The other is from the linebreakers set. He will be a status II leader , Weetabix.

I finally managed to get the crew and basing done for both my chariots. Very happy with how they have turned out.