Four years ago I built up and painted opposing
Roman and Carthaginian Punic War armies in 20mm plastics (all by HAT Industrie). However, I was subsequently plagued by
indecision as to a ruleset and a basing system to use for them, so they mostly
sat, fully painted, in boxes in the basement.
The initial idea was to use Warlord Games' Hail Caesar! rules, and I even acquired the book and the first volume
of army lists for this purpose. Some version of DBA was also a candidate, and likewise I purchase the most recent
version of those rules. Subsequently having
actually played DBA 3.0 a few times last year I can say I don't
particularly care those rules.
More recently, an artists' supply store opened in
walking distance of my house and aside from easy access to brushes and painting
supplies they also carry brass rod (spears! pikes!) and basswood sheets in
various widths, both very reasonably priced. Armed with my trusty razor saw, I
can now base any army on 3mm wood bases very inexpensively. Now both Roman and Carthaginian armies are
fully based on 20mm wide bases (yeah the cavalry and elephants should be on slightly
wider bases but whatever) and ready to rock!
Don't look too closely at them, because they are very much the product of
my painting process from four years ago!
Coming to a tabletop soon!
Carthaginians.
Romans (Republic era).
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