As may be gathered from the title post, the focus on completion has been the Gauls painted previously who have been based and put in the storage boxes (which are becoming quite full!)
However, I have not been totally idle, as other things necessary for the campaign have been cleaned up and prepped ready for painting. This includes Roman baggage, Tribunes, more Celtic cavalry (as used by Romans in Gaul) and.........ships!
The game allows for both sides to receive ships as reinforcements - for the Romans 2 fleets and 1 each for the Gauls (Venetti) and British. While DBA doesn't allow for naval elements, DBM and DBMM does, so rules can easily be created. Models are more problematic. As hinted in the previous post, I'd looked at how you could fit a model on a 40mm x 80mm base - it requires some kind of "bathtubbing" with regards scales. I was very fortunate as I stumbled on the Museum Miniatures range (which I didn't know existed) - some reduced price remnants at Keep Wargaming and some on sale at Museum itself which made it affordable. So some galleys and Roman merchant ships have been added - some for Civil Wars, in particular Egypt which involved lots of naval and land action.
The Celts were more difficult. No-one makes anything suitable, apart from some coracles (which I cannot see getting across the Channel!) I tuned to Essex Miniatures who have a limited range of reduced size ships and crews. The Venetti used large solid sailing ships. The British? In the end, I gambled and it seems to have paid off. I have discovered that a few Bronze and Iron age ships have been found in Britain which seem to have been cross-Channel trading vessels in the form of large oar powered boats.
I had bought a Viking longship and some Biblical era "slave" crew and after some thought a Medieval Cog and some suitable crew figures. With lots of hacking and cutting and filing, some Greenstuff and a bit of mix and match, I have a boat with rowers and stored mast and a large solid sail powered ship which is taller than the Roman galleys.
I have looked at the remaining Celts - I seem to lack baggage, camp followers and command elements so may not need to paint many more. I need to review what I have. Some will definitely become Galatian mercenaries - those in Greek equipment in particular, and many intended for skirmishers will become part of warbands.
There are more Germans, Roman cavalry as well as various camps to paint and sort - I have most of what I need. I have also been contemplating my uncompleted "Known World" campaign. I reviewed the lists of armies I'd prepared and some were not listed DBA armies when I worked on it; since then DBA lists have appeared. A quick review of what I have, what's changed and what is missing, had me hunting through boxes to identify suitable models. Gaps have been filled by selective purchases (some of them cheap) or by figures already purchased - always satisfying.
Anyway, onto the completed Celts.
Cavalry
The Minifigs and Essex figures
Donnington and Irregular (and a lone Minifigs)
Freikorps 15 old and new
Fanatics in the nip!
"Solid"
"Fast"
Skirmishers
