Clubbing it! Late Roman and Late Sassanid Shenanigans and Rebased Franks

Rebasing Franks..... ooh, I love me a bitm of rebasing!!! Not!!! It's so, so frustrating!

The last couple of L:ate Roman vs Sassanid games at the club. And, Matt showing his GW 40K minis! (He's going to kill me for this!)

Cheers

Frankish Command Base 1

I've been working on some bits and bobs of late. A few command bases for my Anglo Danish and Frankish army. The Little Big Man Transfers (from the mighty Steve- a very good chap) are still in my "quarantine" pile but I had some old transfers left over from years ago that would suite the now Catholic Franks (there's a hint of things to come in there somewhere ;>) ). 

The miniatures are both from Gripping Beast's Early Saxon ranges with an added Angon resting on the "Big Boss's" shoulder, again from Gripping Beast. Obviously these miniatures are not Franks as such but are eminently usable as such as they come from the same time era and more of less the same geographical location. 

If there was one alteration I would make it would be to cut the limbs down on the crossbar of the standard but as it is all painted, glossed and now varnished, that is simply not going to happen lol

From More or Less Side On:

Slightly Raised View:

The Command With the Unit:

Although the command stands will mostly be either resting at the back on the unit or hovering nearby, to my eyes it just does not seem right and is preferable to have a picture of a command base with the commander standing proudly by or to the front of the unit as opposed to cowering at the back. 

Speed Painted Franks Rescued from Photobucket

Of late I have been trying to retrieve some of my old pictures which never made it onto the internet from my Photbucket account. It is possible! Basically, I keep getting a notice saying that they want to send me something on an email account that no longer exists. Once you get past this pop up box then you're in. It is best if you labelled all your images prior to adding them to Photbucket as the pop up box can keep on a popping and it is a royal pain in the bum.

A long time ago, when Foundry still did their Hordes, I went all out and bought three sets of their Early Saxons/Franks! I did not get around to slapping any paint on any of them except for one unit which did not even make it to basing before being sold. I sold the rest of the bare metal recently but I'm beginning to wish that I had not as the sculpting is exceptional and the mini's are just so full of belligerent animation.

Here are the results!

Wargames Foundry Franks: