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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Sunday, 24 July 2016

Army Review: 15mm Sarmatians

Today's review is of my first "proper" (ie historical) army - 15mm Sarmatians. You know, the big scary block of big scary men on big scary horses with long scary pointy things (or BSBoBSMoBSHwLSPT; or the BSB for short!). I haven't added to the army for a couple of years and there are still a load of figures to be completed at some point - the horses are done, but I still haven't finished prepping the riders, let alone painting them!

I've also got some Scythian heavy cavalry and command group sitting in a drawer part-painted. I really should finish those at some point.

Anyway, pics.




Bulgar medium cavalry

Rhoxolani "other cavalry"

Alan and Scythian light horse

Light foot

Medium foot

Generals

Baggage camp

BSBoBSMoBSHwLSPT

It's certainly interesting to see how my painting and basing has developed over the years since I painted these. All the figures here are Donnington Ancient & Moderns. For the cavalry with lances and spears the worst part was having to drill out the hands. I think I only sunk the drill bit into my own hand a few times...









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7 comments:

  1. MartinC24 July 2016 at 23:24

    Love these. Also like a snappy abreviation

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  2. Michael Awdry25 July 2016 at 07:14

    You going to need an extension to the property, never mind some decoration to store this lot!

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  3. Dannoc25 July 2016 at 09:17

    Very nice too and as great camp for them.

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  4. Chasseur25 July 2016 at 10:35

    Fantastic! And yes drilling for spears is a necessary chore...

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  5. Carl 26 July 2016 at 15:25

    Very nice army Tamsin

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  6. roma91226 July 2016 at 18:37

    Excellent! a fantastic looking army you have there.

    Cheers, Ross

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  7. TamsinP26 July 2016 at 22:24

    @ Martin C - cheers! BSB is certainly a useful abbreviation for them! :)

    @ Michael A - m'Lord, the only way to extend my flat would be to extend the flats below me as well. Luckily I should only need one more bookcase in my hobby room to house all my figures [and have a little space for a few more] :)

    @ Dannoc - thanks! That was the first baggage camp I put together for FoG and still one of my favourites :)

    @ Chasseur - cheers! Sadly, you're right about it being necessary and also a chore! :)

    @ Carl - thanks! :)

    @ Ross - cheers! :)

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