Sunday, 30 August 2020

Dux Bellorum 9 Ordinary Irish riders

Here are the Irish riders that I needed to complete my basic Irish force, they had their first outing in the last battle in a semi painted state,together with the zombie slingers, I found out riders are pretty brittle in this ruleset!
As I'm on an economy drive I had to  build them from lead mountain stock ,so they started out as Newline Spanish cavalry that I picked up some time ago on Ebay as part of a weird DBA army that included a Numidian onager and cavalry and some EIR, a black tree design shield swap and I cut all the heads off and stuck gripping beast plastic dark age warriors heads on. I think they're good enough.





As they've already failed in their semi painted state I have high hopes for them! I've got to make a sabot base for them, which will be good practice as I have a number of mounted units to finish off my Pict army.
Next up,some terrain before the end of the month, eek!
All the best Iain
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30 comments:

  1. Delta Coy30 August 2020 at 13:48

    Iain, Always good to reduce the lead mountain and anyway I believe the Irish and Spanish share some Celtic heritage. Cheers Greg

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 16:37

      Yes, good to reduce and I couldn't see a way of using them otherwise, all that Atlantic coast are related I believe!
      Best Iain

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  2. Jonathan Freitag30 August 2020 at 13:53

    Perhaps they will perform better in their fully painted state?

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  3. Dave Stone30 August 2020 at 13:57

    They look great Iain, fully painted miniatures always perform better ( it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ! LOL)
    You've still got a day to finish your scenery, so hopefully that's enough time !

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 16:39

      Thanks Dave! Yes,I don't like using unpainted figures, they had a few coats just not finished, I'm hoping it's enough time!
      Best Iain

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  4. Nathan30 August 2020 at 14:11

    There is something very satisfying in re-purposing old spare figures to make something new and unique and you've done an excellent job there. I'm sure we could all do with reducing our lead mountains.

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 16:40

      Thanks! Yes it's nice to clear them out and fill a gap in an army list!
      Best Iain

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  5. fireymonkeyboy30 August 2020 at 14:18

    I love it when a kitbash comes together ;)

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  6. Paul Scrivens-Smith30 August 2020 at 14:28

    Smart work, they will work just fine as Irish and pennies were saved.

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 16:41

      Thanks Paul! Need to save the pennies!
      Best Iain

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  7. Norm30 August 2020 at 15:17

    They fit the role perfectly and have great faces.

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 16:43

      Thanks Norm! They are good faces aren't they? Pennies saved have been spent on a copy of WI with the free WOTR rules!
      Best Iain

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  8. Aly Morrison30 August 2020 at 20:43

    They certainly look the part Iain...
    Hopefully the dice gods will now look more kindly on them...

    All the best. Aly

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  9. Lawrence H30 August 2020 at 20:54

    Great work Iain, they look perfect for the role.

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    1. caveadsum147130 August 2020 at 22:24

      Thanks Lawrence, I think they'll do!
      Best Iain

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  10. Cyrus30 August 2020 at 23:21

    Excellent conversions!

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  11. Michal DwarfCrypt31 August 2020 at 03:52

    Beautiful work Iain!

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  12. Zabadak31 August 2020 at 11:58

    Great re-purposing of old 'stock', with your super paint-job who would have known ?

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    1. caveadsum14711 September 2020 at 06:45

      Thanks Joe! I think they work surprisingly well!
      Best Iain

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  13. Stew31 August 2020 at 16:27

    Great work on the raiders. Nice conversions! Hope they will preform better now that they’re painted. 😀. It’s like a reward for future glory!

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    1. caveadsum14711 September 2020 at 08:05

      Thanks Stew! I'm sure they'll be better after a coat of paint!
      Best Iain

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  14. Dmitry Svidlo4 September 2020 at 17:44

    Great riders! I like that they a bit ragamuffins style like. It gives them more personality.

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  15. caveadsum14715 September 2020 at 11:07

    Thanks Dmitry! It's a great way of describing them!
    Best Iain

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  16. Dai24 September 2020 at 20:19

    Hey for bits and pieces mashups they look amazing mate! Hope their next outing will be more fruitful on the tabletop!

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    1. caveadsum147126 September 2020 at 15:19

      Thanks Dai! I was happy with how they came out and it gave me some usable figures from next to nothing!
      Best Iain

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