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No, this post doesn't mean I'm switching scales.
Last weekend I visited my first trade show in over three years (Phalanx at St Helens) and I was able to go shopping in person! When I finish my Arab army they will need a baggage camp, so when I saw the tents below for £4.00 for the pair I couldn't resist:
Another, if somewhat small, batch of units for my Wars of the Roses army. This time some light infantry:
As with the recent batch of Welsh spear, I painted these because I finally decided to “trim” my War of the Roses army. It's now very much smaller and lots of figures have gone to a new home thanks to eBay and some long-standing contacts.
These are my first figures specifically based for Art de la Guerre (ADLG). Normally, I would base three figures on a 40 by 20 mm metal base and use two base to form an ADLG unit.
This time I put 6 on a 40 by 40 mm base because, post pandemic, all the metal bashing shops near me have closed, and I'm nearly out of 40 by 20 mm metal bases.
I painted these because I finally decided to “trim” my War of the Roses army. It's now very much smaller and lots of figures have gone to a new home thanks to eBay and some long-standing contacts.
As regular readers will have noticed, I am busy building an Arab Conquest army for Art de la Guerre (ADLG). However, not all of this project involves a paintbrush. I've also taken the opportunity to read a few books about the period. I knew next to nothing when I started.
So here are the four main history books that got me started; complete with brief, one paragraph type, reviews. Since this post was written, I've found a fifth book, and it is very different to the other four.
They are listed in my recommended reading order.
After last month's flurry of posts about the 2022 ADLG Survey, not to mention all the data analysis & charts, I found time to finish off a few batches of figures. The first to be photographed is some light infantry archers for my Arab Conquest army.
Most of the Arab Conquest lists in Art de la Guerre (ADLG) only allow 4 units (think bases) of light infantry archers, which makes them an ideal project within a project. Of course, as a wargamer, I find things are never quite as straightforward as they first appear.
