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by FanatiChris
Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:23 pm
Forum: Painting Miniatures
Topic: 15mm Harappan Army
Replies: 8
Views: 4602

Re: 15mm Harappan Army

My figures are decently painted but are not going to win any awards, so I try to go for what would look the best and most dynamic in groups on the tabletop. Too modest. I’ve come to the opinion that overall composition, posing and basing are as important as painting in the look of an army. Your arm...
by FanatiChris
Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: Painting Miniatures
Topic: 15mm Harappan Army
Replies: 8
Views: 4602

Re: 15mm Harappan Army

Great looking army. Great use of the the modified Eureka figs and the shields tie everything together nicely. I recall earlier you were showing some elements using the Khurasan pre-Vedic range with shortened spears. Wondering if you gave up on them, perhaps because they were shieldless?
by FanatiChris
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:50 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Luwian List Request
Replies: 8
Views: 4626

Re: Luwian List Request

Appreciate your observations and reservations...sound as always. What I can add to the original link I posted is based on a reading of papers presented at academic conferences at scholars and archaeologists on the hot new field of Luwian studies, whose theories are not widely accepted but which seem...
by FanatiChris
Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:20 am
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Luwian List Request
Replies: 8
Views: 4626

Re: Luwian List Request

Interest reference to archaeological finds supporting the rise of the Lucian Kingdom of Mira and its successes against Hittites in the Late Bronze Age period associated with Sea Peioples. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-luwian-hi ... e-age.html
by FanatiChris
Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:06 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Luwian List Request
Replies: 8
Views: 4626

Luwian List Request

Would like to suggest creation of a Bronze Age army list for the Luwian kingdoms of Anatolian including Arzawa as important rivals of the pre-empire Hittite period. The list could be extended to the late Empire period representing the Luwian rebellion that is increasingly associated with the fall of...
by FanatiChris
Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:48 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Zulus in Triumph! ?
Replies: 8
Views: 3669

Re: Zulus in Triumph! ?

Don't know how accessible these resources are, but this Oxford bibliography on precolonial warfare in Africa looked interesting: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0149.xml And a related paper that caught my eye: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bits...
by FanatiChris
Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:41 pm
Forum: Painting Miniatures
Topic: Basing my Fire Elementals
Replies: 2
Views: 1692

Re: Basing my Fire Elementals

Looks cool....like lava.
by FanatiChris
Tue Sep 21, 2021 11:13 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Pre-Islamic Arabs
Replies: 1
Views: 3086

Pre-Islamic Arabs

For anyone interested in learning more about the Pre-Islamic Arabs, which come in three army list flavors - Nomads, City-Dwellers and Yemeni (Himyarites), I would highly recommend this video on the Kings and Generals history channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07OsSSt0ytc&t=575s Not ...
by FanatiChris
Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:51 pm
Forum: Army List Discussions
Topic: Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Nile Valley
Replies: 2
Views: 1544

Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Nile Valley

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89386-y Let me be the first to offer a Triumph army list for these early homo sapiens living and warring in the Nile River valley well before12000 BC. 1x Raider (chieftain and biggest/baddest/bravest chief wanna-be's) 7-12 Light Foot (hunter gatherers with ...
by FanatiChris
Sun May 16, 2021 7:43 pm
Forum: Miniatures Review and Figure Questions
Topic: 15mm Feudal Castings Announcement
Replies: 3
Views: 5639

Re: 15mm Feudal Castings Announcement

Here's an updated link to the FC catalog at Scalecreep: https://scalecreep.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=12