Miros' Games: Scots Isles & Highlands

This post covers my 15mm Scots Isles & Highlands army, 1050-1493 AD (III/77 in DBA). It was painted over the summer/fall of 2010. All of the figures are from Feudal Castings, now sold by QRF. They have an excellent range of figures for dark age/medieval Scotland and Ireland. A few of the figures are from other FC ranges such as Vikings. I purchased some of these figures from Rudy Nelson at Time Portal Hobbies and the rest directly from QRF. Although almost all of the figures are armed with an axe, there are a lot of variations among the figures and they have a lot of character. Of the 48 heavy foot, there are 2 poses with 6 or 7 figures and the rest of the poses have 1-4 figures each. That made them a lot more fun to paint.

The Scots Isles & Highlands army covers the medieval Gaelic areas of Scotland. For a great historical article on the army, see: http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/III77.html

The DBA army list consists primarily or entirely of blades and is: 1x4Bd (Gen), 8x4Bd, 3x4Bd or 2x3Bw and 1x 3/5Wb. These figures will also serve as galloglaich for a project I have wanted to do for a long time, the invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce in 1315. I have been working on a scenario for 4 DBA armies a side, and the number of galloglaich I will need is 12, exactly the number in this army.

Click on the pictures for close-ups.

First up is the general's stand (1x4Bd). Although this is a foot stand, I used a mounted figure for the general. This is the first time I have done this in a DBA army; I got the idea from a Visigoth army I have that was made by my good friend Mike Demana (see his web page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~mikedemanagames/index.html). I think it looks good and helps the general's element to stand out from the mass of similar-looking elements. As a fan of Celtic music I couldn't resist putting a bagpiper on the stand!