Finished: Celtic chariot

Among the other minis I picked up at Claymore was this Celtic chariot from 1st Corps, which I really like. As with my Early Imperial Romans, my Celtic army is still pretty small, but I'm adding models to it as and when I can. No doubt I'll want more chariots before long, but this was a good one to start with.

Before starting, I looked at the well known Celtic chariot illustration by Angus Mcbride, and used the figures in that as reference for the clothes. They're not identical, but the colour scheme is very similar. I'm pretty sure there was an actual miniature made of that painting by Angus McBride, but can't quite remember which company produced it. (Warlord, maybe?)

The only thing I didn't like about this mini was the chunky spear that came with it, so I swapped it for a spare one I had from Foundry, which I think looks more realistic. I'm fairly happy with the paint job, especially the horses, which have never been my strong point. It would be a nice touch to add reins to the the horses and chariot driver, but I'm not sure yet what I'd use. Some thin wire, perhaps? I deliberately kept the base uncluttered for this mini, but I'll probably go back and add one or two small tufts just to break up the ground a bit. All in all, a good bit of painting so far for the week, and the first dent made in the Claymore lead pile.

Finished: Celtic Warriors

I finally got round to finishing off my first batch of Celtic warriors this week. These have been more or less finished for some time now. I just had to add some small details and do the basing. The figs, like the Roman legionnaires in the previous post, were from Warlord Games's Conquest of Gaul boxed set. I think there are about 60 Celts in total, so still plenty to do. Because of the poses, I found that it was difficult to get four miniatures on each 40x40mm stand, so just went with three, but they still look fine at that, especially if a second row was added as per the Hail Caesar! rules for warbands. Once again, the shield transfers are by Little Big Men Studios.

Elsewhere, I'm about half way through the French Old Guard Napoleonic unit from Victrix that I'm painting up, and also working on a Roman Scorpion catapult, which I'll post up tomorrow probably.