28mm Late Roman cavalry - completing some units

 Foundry had a Christmas sale so I added a pack of Late Roman cavalry to round out my shock cavalry.  Here a pair of Foundry Late Romans.

I also bought a mixed bag of Romans second hand - thanks Mr P - to complete the unit.

The complete unit for WaB or two unit for To The Strongest, a rule system which is currently popular at the club.

My other unit of shock cavalry was completed with a Foundry musician and Arthur as a Late Roman commander.

I'm currently working on some early Saxons from Victrix and Gripping Beast, with some repurposed Vikings also to be included.  These could be opponents or allies/foederati for the Late Romans or sub-Roman British.  With a bit of imagination, they could also serve as Frankish, Goths and others in the early Medieval period.

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28mm FIW British Commanders

 This pair of British mounted officers from Eagle Miniatures will be added to my French Indian Wars army.  My first foray into the period, do took quite a bit of Internet digging to get the right look.

I suspect I might need to add some coloured detail as they seem to be modelled with lace, but not turnbacks, and I can't find any suitable images online.

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28mm Muskets and Tomahawks

 Will and I played a game of Nam 68 today, but sadly didn't manage to take any photos.  These are from a game of Muskets and Tomahawks from before Christmas, which is what we planned to play today, but Si and Matt weren't well so had to cancel.

My Brits, Si's French and mostly Si's game mat and terrain - the fort is very nice.

The rules played out nicely and didn't require lots of figures, 12 for regulars, 6 for irregular Europeans and Native warbands.  Lots of nip and tuck with shifts in advantage.  It was no fun watching my loyalist Indian warband slaughtered in hand to hand, but refreshing for a British firing line laying fire on the Frenchies - very effective.

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28mm Colonial Africans

 Happy New Year!  All the best for 2025.

I just managed to complete these guys, part of a BnB purchase at the Recon show, before the New Year. 

Three tribesmen in horned masks and four sword and musket armed figures suitable as pirates or slavers.  These are only part of a much bigger purchase, so more to come in the New Year.

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28mm Dark Age commanders

Another break from colonials, I wrapped up these three commanders from the 28mm Foundry Arthurian range.

First up Kay or Kai/Cai.  I've envisioned him in an emerald encrusted helmet with a shield design based on the heavily stylized Uffington white horse.  Yes, that's what it's meant to be!  I was watching the LotR Return of the King movie just before, so there may be a Rohan influence there.

Next up Cador of Cornwall.  Hes wearing imperial purple, suggesting his post-Roman ancestry, which would make him suitable as Ambrosius as well.  Hes wearing a full face Late Roman cavalry helmet studded with lapis lazily, reflecting Cornwall's  early dark age trading with the Middle East and Byzantium in particular.

And, of course, no post-Roman command team would be complete without the Dux Bellorum, Arthur himself.  White appears to be his colour of choice, so he wears a white cloak and rides a white horse.

These guys work as Arthurian generals or unit commanders, but also provide service in Late Roman armies.  Arthur himself appeared in last nights game as a Late Roman general, while my opponent Dennis fielded two similar models as Frankish commanders.

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28mm US interwar sailors.

These are Tiger Miniatures US sailors from their Sandpebbles range - based on the 1966 film starring Steve McQueen.  These are from the command and armed sailors packs and painted up nicely.  I would have preferred the dark blue rig, but bit the bullet and opted for the white tropical rig.  The only thing I need to complete are the sleeve rank and officer shoulder insignia.

I must now look out for some suitable RN figures for the era, or possibly slightly earlier Late Victorian.  Tiger Miniatures do some nice cold weather troops for Allied intervention in Russia, British infantry in Pashtuns for cold weather high altitude adventures, and German colonial troops (Schutzstruppen), all of which are tempting.

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20mm M113 ACAV for Vietnam

For a bit of a change from darkest Africa, I finished off a Britannia M113 ACAV model that I bought from Paul at the old Defenders Club several years ago.

Not too many bubbles, all went together well.  Ready for the upcoming Nam 68 rules from Plastic Soldier Company.

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Update: following Will's suggestion, I picked up a set of Skytrex decals.  They are quite large, but sum up the period nicely.  The M113 ACAV got the Eve of Destruction decals and I dig out the M577 and added The Boss decals.  Sadly no decals to add Fortunate Son or Paint it Black!