Army Completion

Last weekend saw the completion of my FOG Carthaginian army when I finished off the last two cavalry battlegroups and the command bases. This brought the total of completed figures to 188 infantry and 46 cavalry.

The battlegroup shown above is a unit of Spanish cavalry. I painted two similar units to provide a strong cavalry force in my army.

The picture above shows the three command bases for the army. To make him stand out a little I painted him mounted on a palamino (although the picture doesn't give a good view of this).

Now the Carthaginians are done its on to the next set of unpainted figures. I,ve still got a lot of stuff still to do so there's plenty of choice.

More Completed Carthaginians

Another two units of Carthaginians have left the painting table. The first is a 4 base unit of heavy cavalry with the second being a 6 base unit of Spanish infantry. This brings the total of completed figures to 188 infantry and 24 cavalry. With their completion it only leaves a further 2 cavalry units and 3 General bases to paint to complete the army (only 22 figures).

Carthaginian Reinforcements

More figures have left the painting bench to reinforce my Carthaginian army. This time a further two infantry and one cavalry unit. The cavalry is another 4 base battlegroup of Numidian Light Cavalry. The infantry consists of 4 bases of Libyan skirmishers and an6 base battlegroup of Spanish Mercenary Scutarii. This brings the total of completed figures to 170 infantry and 16 cavalry.

With these figures completed the bulk of the Carthagiinian army is done. It only remains to paint up one unit of Spanish Scutarii (6 bases of 3 figures), three units of heavy cavalry (each 4 bases of 2 figures) and three command bases (each with 2 figures).

Celtiberians

Another battlegroup has left the painting table. This time it's a 6 base unit of Celtiberians for my Carthaginian army. Another 18 figures done (total now 146 infantry, 8 cavalry).

28mm Carthaginians

As I just completed these Carthaginians I thought I'd add a couple of close ups showing a base of reular infantry as well as the command base.

Latest Carthaginians

Today see's the completion of another 18 figures from my lead mountain, bringing the running total up to 92 figures. The figures shown in the picture are 28mm Carthaginians from Crusader Miniatures Punic Wars range. They have been based for Field of Glory on a 60mm x 20mm base. Although the rules call for 4 figures to a base for heavy infantry I prefer to use only three figures. This is down to two reasons. The first is because of the figure size. I find it easier to fit 3 figures on a base rather than 4. The second reason is cost, it's cheaper buying 18 figures for a six base unit than having to buy 24.

Next on the Painting Table

As I just finished painting 2 units of Bavarians, I decided to sort out whats next in the painting queue. To give a bit of variety I decided to paint several units for different periods. To complete the infantry for my Bavarian army I've primed the last two infantry battalions and the dismounted dragoons. For my 28mm Carthaginian army I've primed up two units of skirmishers and for my World War Two British a five man command unit. This gives a total of six units containing fifty seven figures.