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This blog is a mess, but I still use it.

 So this blog has essentially been the source for me to share picture links or ideas - and here's another one.

I am going to be working on some new projects and to tie in personal interest with business, I figure I might as well plan out my forces to paint for the future. 

I've always been interested in the Punic Wars - not just Rome VS Carthage, but also, Greece vs Carthage. I am wanting to do some Hoplites and Italians to fight for Syracuse against the Carthaginians in Sicily. I figure this would be a great way to start planning. I recently bought the Theban box set of victrix hoplites, with lets me have x16 men per unit (total 3 units) - so I can already make a nice force for Hail Caesar.

Anyways here is the plan

Mercenary Hoplite Forces:

x3 units of Heavy Hoplite Mercenaries (Theban and mix) - 16 men a unit

x1 unit of Gaestraphates (belly bow) 

x1 unit of medium ballista (artillery)

x1 unit of Light Infantry Archers

x1 unit of skirmishing archers? 

The Italian Allies:

x4 units of medium infantry - 16 men a unit

x1- 2 light infantryunits

x1 light cavalry skirmishers

x2 medium cav

I'm basically using the Samnites type forces I have to align with the greeks. to fight carthage.  

Kickstarter Images to Share

 

Louis and friend.

 More images to uploaded for the latest project on Lead Adventure forum.

https://youtu.be/fpNaY-1g7x4

More pics for Lead adventure

 

 Hello everyone! The first Heraldic Waterslide Decal Kickstarter was quite a hit, so I decided to continue on with the series and work on the next set of waterslide decals. I just released the pre-launch page for the next batch and you can now follow it on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/destroycarthago/heraldic-waterslide-decals-for-wargaming-part-2

In the first project I focused on a sort of Bretonnian style by presenting the decals in rows of 9. One row would give you a single colour of an animal or mythical creature and included the same image facing left 5 times while the other 4 images faced right. This time I've changed the format of the decal sheets - now instead of 9 of the same image with different facings, there is only 5 images and now a single row has 10 images total. That means I can have more image variation per sheet and there's more decals per sheet as well. Additionally, I've experimented and decided to include miniature versions of some of the decals that worked out in tracing for people who want to include multiples of the same image on a shield or banner.

Totally unrelated, picture to share on LEAD Adventure. 

More French Knights!

 As this blog posts suggests, I am on to the next lot of em! Here's the start.  I've mentioned some plans on these lads before, but changed them slightly. 

On the left, I will have a banner bearer in a generically red with white cross overcoat. He'll be carrying Louis Comte de Vendome's banner. 

Then on the right, I have a member of the La Fayette Family. He'll be in plate mail but his coat of a rms will be on a shield. I tried the design on his horse's bridle cloth but I am not sure on it yet. 

In the middle, a generic knight quartered in Yellow and blue. 

In the back middle, I'm going to do Viscount William II of Narbonne. He has a half shirt so I won't put heraldry on his tunic or body (apparently they were often just coloured plain or had some orange design, but oft didn't have heraldry) , but his shield will be the red and white quarters with trees. This guy is involved with some Aragonese / Sicilian issues in the southern part of France and that area I believe, but ends up dying in 1424 fighting the English. 

On the right there in the back, Louis Comte de Vendome... his heraldry is going to be challenging to do at that scale, but I am going to attempt it.

And finally, I front on the right I am going for a generic French Bannerman.. he will be carrying a Fleurs-de-lys banner, which is just the generic 3 images.  He's going to be decked out in mostly Blues to show how noble he is. I may include 3 a series of Fleurs-de-lys on his clothing. 

After these are done then my Heavy Knightly Cavalry will be complete. I will still have 6 final horsemen to do, but they'll be generic sergeants and won't have such fancy looking heraldry.

For anyone interested in seeing more on this, I started doing VLOGS on my YouTube Channel as well - but since I like sharing here on the Lead Adventure Forum, I thought I'd do a write up on it as well. 

https://youtu.be/Xa1pd5ldFxw

Today I also purchased some new toys... This shot is from North Star Military Figure's Facebook page and contains War-games Illustrated Giant's in Miniatures newest model: Harry Hotspur. 

I think his get up fits in perfectly for the 1390s - 1420s, which is what I'm essentially going for. 

I also decided to get John Hawkwood from War-games Illustrated's Giant of Miniatures line.  

Now, if you look up these two individual's histories and art / statues of them, you'll easily find where the minis are modelled after. Hotspur dies in something like 1403, so his get up is fitting. But I noticed that John Hawkwood's career is going down earlier than the 1390s... yet, the sculptor of this figure designed him with quite heavy plate. From my understanding the agincourt level plate mail started coming out in the later part of the 14th century and eventually evolves into even better parts as the 15th century roles along, but I noticed something:

This art piece, which the model is clearly influenced by, come up around 1436 ( fresco by Paolo Uccello), and I think for the 1430s the armor is very fitting - but would John Hawkwood, running around in Italy and France, be wearing this sort of gear? Often you see art done in later periods using that particular periods gear, but it ends up being anachronistic. I'm of the opinion his fresco here has been represented using more 15th century armor instead of the evolutionary plate going around in the 1300s... although, benefiting me of course, is that since it appears to be much closer to the era I'm actually gaming, he looks much more suitable for the siege of Orleans or something! 

I'll find use for them somewhere. I just thought they'd both sit alright with the project. My only concern is they might be a tad larger than the Perry plastics, but I guess we will find out soon! In any case, cool alternative models to use for this project.

That's it for now. I still have a lot to do and I'll probably share again later when these guys are closer to completion and jump back and forth between these lads and Romans.. haha.