Gaulois addition

Also off the table this week finallly after my tufts arrived some more Victrix Gauls, I have another 5 units of naked medium Infantry to complete this month, before I start the slog of tartan heavy foot, 90 odd figures to complete the army. Happy how these guys came out

Cheers
Matt

Gaulois army project the Aulerci Diablintes

Gaulois Project

We have the fourth largest Gaulois Oppidium (fortified walled city) in France just a few kilometres from our Maison in Mayenne. Archeologists excavated a large amount of the city when the new motorway skirted the edge of it. Much of its twin ramparts still remain, the outer and the inner wall still have sections over 100m in length and about 3-5m high. Close by we also have the new Roman city of Jublians, built on a which capital of the Diablintes Post 60AD. 

My Gaulois will focus on the Aulerci Diablintes tribe along with the Aulerci Cenomani and Aulerci Brannovices tribes to make up the warbands. The Aulerci tribes were pacified by Publius Licinius Crassus (Caesars Gallic wars) during his Amorican western Gallic campaign. In 56BC they joined the Veneti Confederation against Caesar, but were defeated again by Publius Licinius Crassus. In 53BC  like thier neighbours they sent men to support Vercingétorix during his uprising, they failed to arrive in time to relieve the besieged Gallic army. They rebelled again in 31 BC, 21AD, and also in 60AD like most of the western tribes at the same time as Boudicas rebellion. 

            

I purchased three bags of Victrix naked Gauls, three bags of foot, plus two cavalry bags, I have a few unpainted and part painted Warlord, old glory and crusader command and a few warriors. 

The army will be based for impetus so I need about twenty four bases of infantry (10-12 figures per base), plus some skirmishers and a six bases of Cavalry, so about four hundred figures to paint to face Caesars Legions. So a lot to be done in the next six months

First off the desk are naked Celts completed 

Wish me all the best

Cheers

Matt

Celt Archers

lately off the painting desk is some Celt archers for Dave's army middle imperial roman army. The figs came out quite nicely I think, one day I will paint my awaiting horde of 400 odd Celt figures.




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matt

Celt Flasher Fanatics

Some Black Tree Design Celts I bought at our clubs great marulan car boot sale last month, I needed to paint them as they wouldn't fit in the fully packed to the top celt box with 400 odd figures! I enjoyed painting these guys and tried using some old GW inks (from the 80s), I like the blue the best, the green is OK and a little disatified with the red, I have started like everybody else to use silfor tufts which add a wild grass look to bases and will continue the theme with the rest of my romans and celts, I guess I will also revisit my painted ancients also.
















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matt

Roman Auxilia

I finished a lot of these guys last year for craigs 40th birthday bash, I have started to revisit my early and late republican and imperial roman armies and some of their enemies and allies and finish off a number of half completed units. Some items that need to be done are all of my republicans sheilds need transfers, I am short sheilds for my celts and germans plus transfers, and I need finish my republican roman cavalry two Alae.

In the coming weeks I intend to start my mixed Warlord and (perry bros) foundry Roman Augustian 1st cent AD army, then move onto my third cent army over the Christmas period.

A good mix of figures below, Warlord metals and plastics, some Foundry, Blacktree and First corps.

First corps Suevi cavalry








Warlord Wardogs and Handler, some first corps dogs too!


Warlord Celt Druid


Warlord Celt Witch


Warlord Celtic Druid/ General


Black Tree Elephant with Numidian crew


Warlord metal and Plastic Imperial auxilia
Cohors II Britannorum


Warlord Belaric Slingers


First corps and Warlord Archers


First Corps Suevi Archers


First Corps and Warlord Eastern Archers
Cohors Augusta Nervia Pacensis


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matt