I needed more dudes to fill out foederati faces to supplement my Late Romans. I also had some old figures that I had painted a long time ago for DBA and decided to rebase those to add those as more allies for the Romans. The Romans used a lot of barbarian allies to fill out their armies during the tumultuous 4th and 5th centuries. Looking at a number of the armies used during the Italian campaigns, it was clear I would need some of these.
I ordered some Dacians from Gajo, along with the Romans I ordered to fill out that army. I also went through y boxes and pulled out all the remaining old figures I had for the days when I played DBA (I had sold most of the armies, but had some bits). There were some Gauls and Alan light cavalry. These were all mono painted, so I applied a few brown and black washes to them to shade the up a bit.
I based (rebased in the case of the old figures) these on my new standard basing for use with Lion Rampant. These had the same Muddy Paw mix I used for the Romans, with some flock to finish things off. That fills out the army and should give me more than I need to set up the battles I want to run.
Now, I just need to work on the Ostrogoth opponents!
- Manteuffel