Late Roman, Equites Scholae, Heavy Cavalry

Ironically, due to a gamut of other stuff cropping up, and considering this was a "speed painted" project/unit; this set of 12 highly trained Equites Scholae have certainly taken their time to hit the wargames table. They did so last night and actually survived. an unusual event for a freshly finished unit.

Six of the horses were painted with the sponge method and the other six with a flat matt black basecoat, medium grey drybrush and then a careful even coat of contrast paint. It is now clear to me that the (amazingly rapid) sponge method is both superior in the overall visual appeal and time taken. This, at least for my Late Roman army cavalry wing, will be my chosen method from now on. I'm not going to go back and paint up another 6 horses with the sponge method despite the unit looking a bit odd with both types of speed painted horses included! I will have to live with it.

Anyway, please enjoy the rest of the pictures. There will certainly be much more to come, hopefully soon, for the Late Roman army!

Cheers

Wargames Atlantic Dark Age Cavalry

I would love to see an image of a sprue of these if anyone has any kicking around?

Partizan Wargames Show, May 17th, 2026

 

Sunday gone was the Partizan in it's mammoth 40th year! Congratulations to anyone and everyone who has been involved in the organisational craft that has long held Partizan as the UK's premier show. You have all built by far the strongest, best run and most attractive show out of the whole gamut of shows I have attended in all my years of messing about with toy soldiers. Here's to another 40! (I know, me too!). 

Be it in May at Partizan or October and The Other Partizan one can always count on several games blowing ones socks off, this year being no exception. Far from it.

I am going to stick my neck out and say that this must have been the busiest Partizan I have personally seen a Partizan; with the only give away being the size of the crowds due to the show being so smoothly run. An amazing feat.

I had a few mini hiccups and was delayed in getting in to the main hall due to lack of coffee and a minimal breakfast. This had the knock on effect of making me a little late on getting around the tables camera in hand so I didn't get to talk to everyone I would have liked so apologies to all whom I didn't have a chat with. 

To the friends I did meet, it was lovely to see you all, and for the friends I made on the day, a special "Hi" is certainly warranted. 

I was not able to catch the names of all the games, the clubs and the folk involved so please, if you know of any I have missed, drop a comment below and I will add it to above the pictures of the games.

Enough waffle, here are the games.....

Burrows and Badgers, 28mm Fantasy, Chesterfield Open Gaming Society

The Battle of Lens 1648, 6mm Thirty Years War, Baccus 6mm

De Bellis Fantasiae,???

Reveille, 40mm Medieval Skirmish, Robin of Sherwood

???,Bolt Action/WWII,???

Sally 4th, 28mm Pulp, Pulp Alley

Leeds Nightowls, 28mm Barons War, Winter Raid

Boondock Sayntes, 28mm Indian Mutiny, Sir Colin Campbells Second Relief of Lucknow

Kallistra/Forest Outlaws 12m Ancients Caesar Ariovistas, Battle of Vosages 58BC

Forest Outlaws, 28mm WW2, Pacific Theatre

Friends of a Military Gentleman, 30mm Seven Years War, An Action in the Seven Years War

1st Corps/WiP Wargames, 28mm Ancients, The Battle of Magnesia

League of Extraordinary Kriegspielers, Baron Von Ungern Sternberg in God of War 28mm, Setting the East Ablaze

Skirmish Wargames, 54mm WW1 Trench Corsairs, WW1 Trench Raid

League of Augsburg, 28mm, Beneath the Lily Banners 4th Ed.

League oAugsburg 

Mr Steve Jones, 28mm AWI, Yorktown(?)

Mr John Kersey 1/72nd, Crimean War, The Light and Heavy Brigades

Shrewsbury Wargames Club, 28mm Samurai Rampant Lions, Questionable Honour

Shrewsbury Wargames Society, 28mm, SYW(?),???

Fieldcraft UK, 28mm WW2 Winter Thunder, Ardennes 1944

The Bodkins, 28mm American Civil War, The Battle at Mcphersons Ridge/Death of a Corp

Wargames Illustrated, 28mm Medievals, Assassins and Templars

Morris & Chums, 28mm Midgard Heroic Battles, The Battle of Lewes 1264

North Star, ACW 28mm, Kepis & Bayonets

Blitzkrieg Miniatures, 28mm Ancient Battles, Mighty Empires

That's all folks.