The Dux Bellorum Project

While I haven't been posting as of recent, I have been painting (admittedly, in a rather slow fashion). I added two Irish warrior units (one noble, one regular), and some Romano-British Shieldwall and Riders. I am slowly but surely getting to the 32 point goal for Dux Bellorum. Next on my painting table is a dark ages great hall (Total Battle Miniatures), some Saxon foederati and then Noble British cavalry.

Regular Irish to the left, with the Irish Companions to the right (their warlord pointing ominously to the enemy).

The rear of the two recently finished warrior bases, I tried to add some simple plaids, stripes and also keep colors within the Irish dress codes.

The Irish are a mix of Magister Militum dark age Irish, medieval Welsh and Pendraken medieval Welsh.

My Irish army thus far: Companion warriors, two regular warriors, a noble chariot and some skirmishers; 17 points of gaelic fury.

Here is a base of British regular riders (chaps with yellow/green shields). I added a sixth rider to the base, which fills in the base much better.

Same guys, different lighting. All Pendraken.

The British shieldwall, two noble units (white/green and white/blue) with one regular unit (yellow/blue). For the Romano-British, Nobles have banners and white shields while regular units are sans banner with yellow shields.

 
Rear shot, showing off the draco standards...

I have 20 or so points of British in two regular rider units, two noble shieldwall, one regular shieldwall and one skirmisher with bow.

10mm Irish for Dux Bellorum

I finally finished up some 10mm Irish/Scotti as an opponent for my Sub Roman British. The bulk of the figures are Magister Militum, with some Pendraken mixed in. I decided to start with three bases: Warriors, Skirmishers with javelins and a Chariot. I know there is debate about use of Chariots, but as a wargamer...why not? Here are the three bases arrayed for battle:

The Chariot was a breeze to assemble and paint. The rider looks a little too "celtic" for me, I regret adding a vest to him to make him more "Irish". I added some Pendraken miniatures as chariot runners to make the base less sparse.

The Warrior base. Entirely Magister Militum figures from several ranges. I tried to keep the colors along Irish laws regulating what and how many colors people could wear.

The Warriors back sides...

And yet another angle...

Irish Skirmishers, a mix of Pendraken and Magister Militun.

The Irish surging towards Sub Roman British Shieldwall.

I will tackle more Sub Roman British next, possibly some Noble Shieldwall, then some Noble Riders. After that, more Irish.

Scots and Irish Progress

Have been able to make slow but consistent progress on my Irregular Wars and '45 projects. I try to work on a few projects at once because I can lose interest and develop painter's block of sorts if I am only doing one project...which makes it tedious (and I paint for enjoyment). 

I finished my first three bases for my Irregular Wars' "Mere Irish". These are the D3 optional companies of Bonnachts. In order to differentiate them from the Kern and Gallowglass, I used figures in the leine and armed with axes. Majority are QRF's Bonnacht, with one Corvus Belli kern. I gave him an axe I found in a QRF gallowglass pack. I painted these guys colorful but with the colors toned down to be less bright. I like how they came out, especially the bases.

The Corvus Belli kern is in the rear center without the jacket. The QRF figures are nice, simple sculpts...extremely easy to paint.

Next up are some 15mm Scots. I think the flag depicts an Atholl regiment, but I am not certain. I found some old flags in my flag bin and after mounting it, I painted over it. I still need to find some more flags... The figures are mostly Old Glory with some Roundway mixed in.

Here is a rear view of the regiment. Every figure has at least (and typically only) one plaid article of clothing. Some got multiple plaids. The plaids are typically a black grid on muted red or green background. Some have other grid colors and even dots at line intersection. For any dark grid lines, I use a Micron gel ink pen.

I have completed half of my Royal Ecossais. There seems to be much debate about what the Ecossais wore during the '45. I opted for Old Glory SYW French without turnbacks. The main reason why I chose these figures was because I already owned a pack of these (will also be using them for the Irish Piquets) and because I couldn't find figures in bonnets and short coats that I liked.

 With this Jacobite regiment complete, I figure that I need 5 more regiments of highlanders, the Royal Ecossais, Irish Piquets and maybe a lowland regiment. That would give me 7-8 infantry units, along with one planned cavalry regiment and some artillery. That is a lot of Plaid!