Blemmye Cavalry and More Infantry

 

Here are some Blemmye cavalry and more archers and javelin men for my 15mm Blemmye and Nobotae army. Figures are by Forged in Battle and Donnington Miniatures. The Nobotae king with the crown next to the standard and the cavalry figures on the left are Donnington, the rest are Forged in Battle. It's been pretty quiet on the gaming and painting front lately, I had a stack on my mtb and hurt my ribs so haven't been up to much for a while. I now have enough painted Blemmye for a Lion Rampant game and have some Forged in Battle Middle Imperial Romans as well as Legio Heroica Late Romans to paint and use as opponents.

Blemmye so far - elephants, cavalry,
archers and javelin men

Early Carthaginians versus Pyrrhus in Sicily

 

Armies deployed from the Epirot side

From the Carthaginian side

Epirot right flank

Epirot centre all pike

Epirot left flank

Carthaginian right flank

Carthaginian centre

Carthaginian left flank

Epirot attackers advance

Last Sunday afternoon I played a solo early Carthaginians versus Pyrrhus of Epirus, in Sicily 277-275 BC, ADLG game out in the shed. I knew this would be a very one sided game so included some of the best early Carthaginian troops like the four horse heavy chariots and Sacred Band even though they were most unlikely to have been in use in this late period in Sicily. The chariots performed quite well but otherwise the Carthaginians proved to be no match for Pyrrhus' Epirot army and were slaughtered very easily indeed.

Carthaginians attempt to plug the gaps in their line

Carthaginian left flank

Carthaginian right flank

Carthaginian centre is a mess

Combat on the left flank

Combat on the right flank

Pike charge in the centre

Carthaginians are slaughtered

Saladin and More Horse Archers

 

Here is a Gripping Beast Saladin figure and some more Perry Seljuk and Turcoman horse archers that I've finally finished painting. I'm currently reading Jonathan Phillips' book The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin which is very interesting.