The Nubians have arrived

[Moggy]

Finally finished them.  I have a feeling this will be one of those armies forever losing shields. Maybe I should invest in more bluetack!  Also notice I seem to have gone overboard with the skirmishers.
for some reason.


All the archer figures are Museum and the spears are from Old Glory, the figure for the command bases are from a variety of sources and yes. one base is suffering from a nasty invasion of goats!


The close order troops




The Auxillery




Skirmishers



King Chuganother


The Witchdoctors


Yep one goat has decided to eat the grass skirt instead of the fodder. Guess who is the next sacrifice!

The whole army



First outing tomorrow. Martin want to try varieties of his amendments to archery.

Cheers

Derek

[martin goddard]

They look magnificent Derek.
A big job done well.
You will need some rough scenery.
John and i will bring some armies too.

Egyptians are a contemporary foe as are John's byzantines (??).

martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

That basing is very effective, and I particularly like those shields that have managed to stay on, Derek 

Simon

[Moggy]

The only real problem is that looking at the only contemporary pictures of them they look like Egyptians but darker and I didn't just want to do another Egyptian army so these are "real African".   I know, the Egyptians  made almost everyone look like themselves in their reliefs but.......   Ah well, this is a loose federation of Nubian tribes and some mates looking for a scrap!

Derek

[Moggy]

I used Mauritian (course and very beige) sand mixed with some chunky dark grit from Cape Verde.  Yep, real international!  There is a selection of various dry grass clumps as I wanted to use up a few partial sheets I have had hanging round for a while.

Derek

[Leman (Andy)]

They do look very impressive Derek. Ìt is a very nice feeling to complete an army.

[Stewart 46A]

They look really good Derek


Stewart

[mellis1644]

Great stuff and love the shields especially.

[martin goddard]

Sheesh, these people from below the first cataract
martin

[Sean Clark]

Very nice Derek. And after hearing about them for so long, its great to finally see them.

[Moggy]

NEW PHONE/CAMERA   YAY



Much better piccies now

Derek

[Colonel Kilgore]

Much better, Derek!

Looks like they may even be able to double up as Zulus too?

Simon

[Leman (Andy)]

Indeed, a better picture. Nice one!

[Moggy]

Yep, thats what I thought. Can never have enough random African warriors lol.

Apart from that in 3 games they are 2 wins and a draw. Can't be bad!

Derek

[martin goddard]

I have seen these and can attest to them being a lovely army.


martin