Velites Rebased

An older unit of Velites with some new additions now rebased. I added in a few of the wolf pelt wearing soldiers with the older figures as well as a couple of bases made entirely of the wolf pelts. As ever these are all 20mm miniatures from Newline Designs and their Velites are very good with their variety of poses, there is also a bare headed pose with a cloak that has been omitted here. 

I'm currently cleaning up more Velites, that will probably man an anti-elephant cart and some will be based individually as skirmisher markers for Strength & Honour (more on that in a future post). Rebasing continues and is almost all there now and along with the elephant cart and Velites two units of Iberian warriors and a few character/General figures are being prepared. Next post will be a brief post on a few converted Roman officers, and I have many rebased units photographed and ready to upload! 

New Skythian Cavalry

Some painted examples of the new Skythians from Newline Designs 20mm ancients range. Here we have the heavy and light horse warriors. With Skythians or Saka appearing in quite a few army lists throughout the classical era, they are a very useful addition. 

I've been continuing on with the rebasing which has been flowing well. Still have to update the blog with recent units that have been completed and quite a few rebases need some photographs taken. I would like to set up Lost Battles up again and play through Cannae, as well as getting a few more games of Strength & Honour in. For Strength & Honour I'm looking at playing larger battles, but to do this I'll have to revert to 1 base = 1unit, inevitably the smaller grid size means skirmishers need a work around. I decided to mount a few figures individually as skirmisher markers , I've made a start with that while rebasing. 

Next up will be Velites, I'm not sure when as keeping the blog updated is still proving difficult.