Blast From The Past VII, Italo-Norman Army

Hi and welcome to another Blast From The Past......

Well, it's been a few weeks so I thought that I ought to pull out the old camera and take a few snaps of at least one of the armies that I promised before the WHW Weekend. So, for now it's the turn of my Italo-Normans. There are still a few bits and bobs that I want to include in the army such as more variation in the Coloni, the addition of a few more Italian/Spanish looking Milites and commands, a unit of Elite Militia and a couple of big units of Levied Militia. There are even a few camp (not that sort of camp!) vignettes that are planned that are actually sitting on my painting table right now. But then again so are my British Kingdoms, my HYW English and my Hamdanid Arabs!!! Hmmm..... I guess it's a case of what grabs my attention first.........

Pics of a few of the British Kingdoms units to follow soon........

Army General
Army Standard Bearer
Mounted Milites One
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Mounted Milites Two

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Mounted Milites ThreeClose ups

Coloni with Javelins

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Coloni with Slings

Crossbows close ups

Serjeants with Crossbows One

Serjeants with Crossbows Two

Aghlibad Arab Heavy Cavalry
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Aghlibad Arab Light Cavalry

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A Blast From The Past V

Sunday gone, I returned from the thrilling experience of what had been a fabulous weekend at Games Workshop HQ in Lenton and the Age of Arthur, Warhammer Ancient Battles Campaign run by the author the the supplement, James Morris.

Many thanks to (Big) Jim Sweeney for the loan of the Irish army, which was soundly trounced in every game I played LOL. The defeats were to take nothing away from the fun, the laughs and the endless entertainment of using an army I had not used before and my failings in learning how to use the army over the two days! 

Thanks also to my opponents Ivre, Dave, Jack and James as well as all who took part in the highly entertaining skirmish level games. 

Blast From The Past IV

Blast from the Past IV: Did He or Didn't He?

Continuing with the series of Blast From the Past posts.....

This was a display put on by Gripping Beast at Warhammer World during the Age of Arthur Campaign Weekend. A wonderfully rich collection with many miniatures dating back to the origins of Gripping Beast all the way through to Soapy's "Arthurian" Welsh range which was new at the time.

All the images are "clickable" and the files very large so well worth digging into.