A Viking in the Sun… Byzantine Infantry.

Greetings …

A while back I posted a test unit of Normans for this butterfly project…

https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20Viking%20in%20the%20Sun

I have now completed a Byzantine unit…

To be honest I think my love of Rome, Late Rome and Byzantine/ Eastern Rome is becoming obvious 😂

Like the previously mentioned Normans these were a joy to paint… The figures are well cast and very cleanly detailed… I look forward to painting more.

I also painted three archers up…

My intention is to have them if I want to use a mixed weapons option that I reckon they were still using into the 11th Century…

As any force I have will probably have two units of ‘Heavy’ infantry the archers from each unit could also be combined as a single skirmish unit…

The Tunics are… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet.

The White Bits are… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.

The Pteruges and Chest Straps are… Citadel… Skrag Brown.

The Officers Pteruges are… Foundry… Moss Light 29C.

The Shield edge is… Foundry…Buff Leather 7B.

As always everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then highlighted with the original colours.

The figures are Crusader Miniatures.

https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=4&sub=9&page=1

The shield and banner designs are from Little Big Men.

https://www.littlebigmenstudios.com/product-category/28mm-transfers/crusader-miniatures/byzantine-crusader-miniatures/

The paints are Wargames Foundry and Citadel...

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

The bases are as always…

https://warbases.co.uk/

I have a Norman and a Byzantine cavalry unit waiting to be ‘test’ painted… But to be honest I can’t see me stopping now…

I will wait until I have cleared a bit more of the backlog that is still on the table and get a lot more Late Roman rebasing before I do anything new… He says now… But who knows what the butterfly will dictate.

So…Next… Probably more of the great rebasing project and something shiny.

All the best   Aly

More New Books...

 Greetings...

Alas I am still not getting a lot of painting in at the moment...

Work has been... well work... and at the end of the day I am mostly up for reading a book, watching a film or listening to some music... of course reading a book with some music on in the background is also an excellent option...

I have however picked up a couple of new books...

The content of both looks to be really good... but I have to say I am not sure about the artwork.

To my taste anyway... the illustrations in one seems rather naive and the other is a bit heavy on the digital art for my liking... each to their own I suppose.

I will read them as I am very interested in the period/subject matter.

Mike Duncan’s The History of Rome Podcast covers this chap in these episodes if you want to know a bit more about him...

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474?i=1000343455119

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474?i=1000343455322

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474?i=1000343455160

My Lion Rampant solo game is still ongoing if a bit slow...

Some action earlier on today...

I have also finished painting and basing my Roman Villa... I will take some pictures when the game is over... also my butterfly is starting to flutter... which is always a good sign.

All the best.  Aly