DBA First Crusade project

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Four hours! How big is this project?
actually, after seeing your amazing WWI projects, that's a silly question! Let's go with, how many units?

[pierre the shy]

Four hours! How big is this project?
actually, after seeing your amazing WWI projects, that's a silly question! Let's go with, how many units?

Bigger than Ben Hur? Almost  

IIRC Paul is looking at producing 6 DBA arrmies related to the First Crusade plus extra units to allow them to field any unit in their respective DBA v3 army list.

Details are in this link: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,14479.0.html

[paulr]

Four hours! How big is this project?
actually, after seeing your amazing WWI projects, that's a silly question! Let's go with, how many units?

Pierre the Shy is correct, 6 DBA armies for the First Crusade. I've got all the elements in each army plus a few extras to allow me to field two Armenian and Early Crusader armies and also to convert the Early Crusader army to Later Crusader

III/66 Fatimid Egyptian 22 elements 128 figures
III/74b Other Seljuq Turkish 21 elements 77 figures
IV/1a Komnenan Byzantine 21 elements 87 figures
IV/2 Cilician Armenian 27 elements 139 figures - added 3 elements to field two armies
IV/6a Syrian 15 elements 55 figures
IV/7 Early Crusader 25 elements 174 figures - added 4 elements to field two armies
IV/17 Later Crusader 3 elements 16 figures - add ons to convert Early to Late Crusader army
Camps 8 elements 32 figures
Camp followers 2 elements 8 figures

144 elements 716 figures

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

  Wow!

[paulr]

With the base cost of postage from the UK it is much more efficient to place one large order than several small ones

That little lot will keep me busy for quite a while

[pierre the shy]

With the base cost of postage from the UK it is much more efficient to place one large order than several small ones

That little lot will keep me busy for quite a while

So we can look forward to a DBA gaming night in September  - great 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Don't forget the goose!

[paulr]

So we can look forward to a DBA gaming night in September  - great 

Maybe in time for the 920^th anniversary of the Siege of Nicaea

I have to finish my 1917 project first so they can capture Jerusalem 

[paulr]

I started preparing the first lot of figures for this project, pack camels that I will be using for the DBA camps

[paulr]

Finished preparing the camels and also some Arab swordsmen for the camps and also for a couple of stands of denizens

Now I just need to get the last batch of the 1917 project off my painting rods

[paulr]

With the forecast for tomorrow being Occasional rain, ... Northerly strengthens; I needed to get the first batch of this project spray undercoated today

I sorted some of the 1917 project figures onto the bases that were labelled this morning freeing up three painting rods. With the one I already had spare that was enough for the first batch of this project

The packs camels and Arab swordsmen are now spray undercoated and drying in the sun

The will be ready for me to start painting tomorrow

[paulr]

Camels and Arab swordsmen base coated

[d_Guy]

Probably don't need to ask for pictures when you have some of your new DBA stuff ready? 
STILL - would like to seem them so - as we say - Git 'er done!

[paulr]

It's usually just Techno who is Mr Impatient 

[Techno]

Yeah.....I noticed someone else was stealing my thunder. 

Cheers - Phil (Get on with it !) 

[paulr]

 

I've got to finishing the basing on the last of the 1917 project first, only so much room on the painting table

[d_Guy]

You show unwavering commitment to mission. 

[FierceKitty]

You show unwavering commitment to mission. 

God wants it!

[paulr]

Base coat touched up last night

I will hopefully make a start on dry brushing tonight after doing 1917 base edges

[FierceKitty]

I will hopefully make a start....

Hope is the wrong one to use in this context. Faith is the key "virtue" in these wars.