For Sale: 15mm Dark Dwarves

 SOLD

I have a painted 15mm Dark Dwarf army for sale. The miniatures are a mixture of ranges from Grenadier and Splintered Light.  I was inspired by the ancient Assyrians when painting them.  There is a lot of red and bronze (or gilded) armor.  They are based for the 'Hordes of the Things' rules.

There are 73 foot, 7 mounted, 1 cannon, and a war rhino. The price is $184.

The assembled Dark Dwarf army

Front line: 7 stands of heavy infantry.  There are several conversions including a dwarf with a scorpion tail, one with a blob arm, and one with wings.

Second line (l-r): armored robot with controller, hero stand, general with a mutated lower body, wizard and familiar.

Cannon supported by 3 stands of handgunners and 2 stands of halberdiers

Two stands of boar riders and 1 stand of half-dwarf, half-spiders

4 stands of Dark Dwarf Mutants ready to break the enemy line

War rhino with 2 crew in a howdah.

For Sale: 15mm Orcs & Goblins

SOLD

I have a painted 15mm Orc & Goblin army for sale. The miniatures are a mixture of Ral Partha, Grenadier, Alternative Armies, and Games Workshop.

There are 130 foot, 17 mounted, 1 cannon, and 4 trolls. The price is $260.

The host assembled for battle

(l-r) Ord Shaman, Orc general riding a bear, Goblin hero)

3 bases of Orc archers

5 bases of Orc wolf-riders

3 bases of Ogres

2 bases of Gnolls

8 bases of Goblin infantry.  The less enthusiastic Goblins are being driven forward by Orcs with whips

4 bases of armored Goblins

3 bases of Goblin archers and a cannon

2 bases of Trolls

For Sale: 15mm Pirates

SOLD

I have a painted 15mm Pirate army for sale. The miniatures are mostly Peter Pig with a few others mixed in.  It is based for the 'Hordes of the Things' rules.

There are 61 foot and 2 cannon. The price is $110.

The assembled Pirate army.  Shiver me timbers!

A mass of pirates advancing in search of loot.  14 stands with a mix of weapons.  Several stands have muskets so can be classed as shooters as desired.

4 stands of heroes, general, etc.

Two cannons to provide fire support.

A stronghold or camp.  Long John Silver, with parrot on shoulder, has retrieved the buried treasure leaving 3 dead comrades behind (one is in the hole).

For Sale: 15mm Undead

SOLD 

I have a painted 15mm Undead army for sale. The miniatures are a mixture of Ral Partha, Grenadier, and Splintered Light.

There are 96 foot, 7 mounted and 2 giants. The price is $147.

The Undead horde approaches the lands of the living

3 bases of Ghouls

8 bases of skeleton infantry.  They are mounted on 40mm square bases, 6 per base.

3 bases of skeleton bowmen supported by 3 bases of demons.

2 bases of giant undead creatures.  For reference, the 2 small mummies on the right are 15mm tall

2 bases of skeleton cavalry

The evil necromancer who raised the horde of undead.  Apologies for the blurred picture.

15mm Historicals: Hoplite Greek, Post-Roman Britons, & Sea Peoples

ALL SOLD

I have three painted 15mm historical armies for sale.  They will be for sale at Historicon on July 21-24, 2022.  I will be in the flea market on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.  I have comments on this post moderated so if you are interested you can give me your contact details through a comment without it posting publicly.

Hoplite Greeks $104

The Greeks are a Xyston DBA army pack.  There are 5 mounted and 42 foot miniatures.  I believe the pack was Athenian but they would serve for most later Greek armies.  They have Little Big Men Studios decals and the bases have magnets on the bottom.  They have never been used.

Britons $112

The Britons represent the forces of the post-Roman Britain/Arthurian period.  There are 11 mounted and 34 foot miniatures.  They are mostly Splintered Light Miniatures; one stand of cavalry and a couple of the spearmen are Chariot Miniatures.  They have Little Big Men Studios decals and the bases have magnets on the bottom.  They have never been used.

Sea Peoples $88

These are Essex Miniatures.  There are 39 foot and 1 chariot.  The bases have magnets on the bottom.

15mm Fantasy: Hobbits & Elves

Hobbits $118 SOLD

The Hobbits are from Splintered Light Miniatures, except for Gandalf which is a Black Raven figure.  They are 15mm, but Hobbit-size.  The front rank of the foot are armed with spears, the second rank with bows.  The bank has 2 stands of militia and another stand of bows.  The mounted are riding dogs.  The Hero is on a dog and has another trusty dog alongside.  And of course Gandalf is included.  They have never been used and are 44 points in the Hordes of the Things rules.

For Sale: 15mm & 28mm Ancients/Dark Ages/Medieval

I have the following unpainted 15mm & 28mm armies and lots for sale.  Postage at cost.  Contact me at miros AT sc DOT rr DOT com.

28mm

SOLD 1. Irish Warband from Footsore Miniatures.  26 miniatures/4 points for Saga: Warlord & Bannerman, 2 units of 4 Fianna (hearthguards), 2 units of 8 warriors.  $35  

SOLD 2. 3 packs of Picts/Scots Cavalry from Footsore Miniatures, 4 per pack, $10 each:

1x Picts/Scots Noble Cavalry

1x Picts/Scots Cavalry #1

1x Picts/Scots Cavalry #2

15mm

I do not know if the armies are all valid for DBA3, I collected them back in the 2.x days.  The Pass of the North minis are long out of production.

SOLD 1. Mongol Conquest (Pass of the North): 9 cavalry, 18 light horse, 2 archers   $40

2. Late Imperial Roman/Patrician (Pass of the North): 12 cataphracts   $15
   
SOLD 3. Early Imperial Romans (Corvus Belli): 6 foot command, 16 legionaries, 16 auxiliaries, 8 western archers, 3 cavalry command, 7 cavalry, 4 equites contiatorum, cheiroballista in cart, 5 baggage $50

SOLD 4. Picts (Splintered Light): 4 chariots (chieftain +3), 8 horse (chieftain, 3 cav, 4 lh), 66 foot (2 bw, 2 xbw, 57 mixed, 6 foot command from Outpost) $50.

5. Han Chinese (Essex): 1x HCH2a Mounted General and two bodyguards (3), 1x HCH4 Heavy cavalry with lance (4), 1x HCH6 Heavy cavalry, daggeraxe (4), 1x HCH7 Horse archers (4), 1x HCH9 Foot halbardiers (8), 1x HCH10 Spearmen (8), 2x HCH 11 Crossbowmen (16), 1x HCH14 Command Pack: Officers and Standard Bearers (6), 1x HCH 15 Wheelbarrowmen (3,baggage). Also 1x Viking Forge General in 4 horse chariot with driver, archer and halberdier. $40

SOLD 6. Early Franks/Germans (Baeuda): 48 infantry consisting of 1x DTS3 Germanic Foot Command (8), 3x DTS4 Early Frankish Warriors (24), 1x DTS5 Early Alamannic Warriors (8), 1x DTS7 Unshielded Adolescent Skirmishers with javelins (8)   $20

7.  Galatians (Thistle & Rose): 52 mixed infantry $20

Pre-Islamic Arabs

I painted this Pre-Islamic Arab DBA army in the early 2000s.  I chose them because they can be an opponent for several of my armies including Seleucid, Abyssinian, Early Imperial Roman, Palmyran, & Arab Conquest.  In the current version of DBA 3, they are classified as list II/23a, Later Pre-Islamic Arab (Nomad version).

The miniatures are 15mm Essex.  They do not have a lot of visual appeal as they are almost entirely in white tunics/loincloths.  They were not much of a challenge to paint, but they did go quickly.

Seven elements of infantry armed with sword and spear (Bd).  I varied the poses on each stand, as there are a good number of pose variants, though you may not be able to tell as they are all dressed alike.

Two elements of Light Horse.  The one on the right serves as the General (he is in red).

An element of archers (Bw) in the center, flanked by two elements of slingers (Ps)

Four elements of Archers mounted on camels (Cm), with an element of camel-mounted scouts (LCm) on the right.  I added a second camel rider to one of the 3 camels on each stand for variety.

The entire army takes the field, looking for a town to raid.

Finshing Old Projects & Starting a New One

I started out the year well but hit a slump in the late spring and into summer.  In July I picked up the brushes again, then I took a week to demolish our master bath.  Fortunately for everyone involved, a contractor is rebuilding it.  I've also relocated my painting area to an old entertainment center/cabinet as our hobby/guest room is being converted to a bedroom for our third child due in January.  As those projects wind down I hope to start posting more frequently.

I have been trying to finish off everything on my desk.  Tonight I spent 2.5 hours sealing 98x15mm and 12x28mm miniatures.  I use a brush-on coat of black or brown paint mixed with varnish to add shading, then do a final coat of clear varnish or spray after it has dried.  I tend to do this in larger batches, but this one was huge.  Below is a picture.

On the left side, there is a 15mm Axumite DBA army (Feudal Castings).  On the right side, the front group is assorted 15mm Hellenistics (l-r): Egyptian phalangites, thorakitai, and some Asiatic archers and slingers.  The mounted figures are 2 prodromoi.  Behind is most of a Sub-Roman British DBA army (Splintered Light); only the 9 heavy cavalry are missing.  I still to need to add the shield decals.

The 28mm figures on the green board are all for my Doctor Who project: 6 Ogrons in front and 6 human guards behind.  The group of figures in the rear just had some minor repairs done.

Still in progress are a dozen 15mm cavalry, then I will be concentrating on a new project: a 28mm Scots army for Saga.  I've started prepping a unit of 12 levies; I need to glue their javelins on and they will be ready for priming.  I'm looking forward to painting the Scots, it has been a long time since I started on a new rules set.

Jason

Ancient Spanish

This post covers my 15mm Ancient Spanish army (List II/39a/b/c 240-20BC in DBA).  I painted it in several tranches over a number of years.  The first 4 stands of scutarii were painted as part of a triple-size (aka Big Battle) DBA Later Carthaginian army in the early 2000s.  Then in Summer 2008 or early 2009, I started painting 24 more scutarii.  My idea was to add the Spanish to my Punic Wars collection, consisting of the already mentioned Carthaginians, a triple-size Gallic army, and a Polybian Roman army http://mirosgames.blogspot.com/2009/07/polybian-romans.html

and to be able to field 2 of the 3 Spanish sublists at once to use as allies of Carthage and/or Rome.  I painted most of the base colors, lost interest in the project, and stored them in a box.  Fast forward to Christmas 2010.  Over the break I decided to try and complete some unfinished projects, starting with the Spanish.  I quickly completed the scutarii, and then moved on to 6 stands of caetrati and 4 stands of cavalry.  The last figures were completed on January 17, 2011 and they were based and flocked over the last week.  The caetrati and cavalry are all Essex figures.  The scutarii are a mix of Essex, Freikorps, Corvus Belli and Chariot.  The original 4 stands of scutarii have been pulled off of their old bases and mixed in with the newer figures.  I have some Baelaric slingers as well, but they will appear in a future post covering my Carthaginian army.

Not the fanciest army, but I am glad that they are finally done!

Click on the pictures for close-ups.

The first group of 6 scutarii:

The second group of 6 scutarii:

Six stands of caetrati skirmishers:

Two stands of light cavalry:

 The figure in the front right has one of my favorite shields.

Two generals:

The entire army assembled (22 elements):

Thanks for looking!
Jason