15 mm Confused General (Resin 3D Print)

Update: 12 September 2025

Three years on and AI is running amok! I reworked the images in the original animated gif to "unblur" them with the help of an AI powered image editing site. I also cropped the images closer to the subject. I think it's an improvement. Progress marches on.

Original post

Sometime ago I stumbled across a free STL file for the "Confused General" from the cover of the De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) rules.

Thanks to fellow Lance & Longbow Society member Will McNally I now have half a dozen 15 mm resin prints. I'm grateful to Will for finding time to print these amongst his busy printing schedule.

15 mm Repairs!

I'm quite some way off finishing my Arab Conquest army but even so there's pleasure to be had reading the various Arab Art de la Guerre (ADLG) lists and day dreaming about what the army will be like when it's finished.

During one such session I noticed the option to use medium spearmen with missile support (see the end section for what that means in ADLG) and after reading the rules I realised this would be a good thing.

Although not strictly necessary, I settled on using LI bases at the rear of the spear units to signify the missile support. On checking my pile of unpainted figures I realised I did not have enough figures for these markers and would have to buy more from Forged in Battle.

The extra pack duly arrived but as I sorted through them I spotted that one casting was prone to a fatal flaw.

15 mm Arab Javelin Men LMI (Forged in Battle)

Progress on my new Dark Age army continues. These Loose Medium Infantry (LMI in Art de la Guerre speak) javelin armed infantry complement the light infantry I finished earlier this month.

ADLG: Northern League (Leeds, 20 Mar 2022)

Sunday dawned bright and clear. I was up very early, for me at least, and met with Gareth Jones & Thrasyvoulos Drakoulis for the trip across the Pennines.

By the time we arrived at the Leeds Wargaming Club's excellent new premises (lucky people) I was almost awake and ready for the first game.

The first round of the Northern League had a medieval theme and I was taking my newly finished Muscovite Russian army for their first competition. The initial entrants are listed below but real life considerations meant that things were slightly different on the day: