This army I ended up up coming about because Essex gave me a few extra figs for my Scots-Irish army that were actually ancient Brits. I always wanted to paint some of the colourfully represented celtic Brits, and so I took my first DBA army commission for the army. This army was done for Xavi of on the Fanaticus Forums.
I figured I would throw a camp together for this army. I tried to capture the essence
of a celtic hill fort on the isle sometime during Rome's early forays to the isles. It
worked out pretty well I think!
The British Celt chief rides to battle on his chariot. A pretty cool fig on there,
but it was tough to decide on a composition. I ended up going for a design that I
found on an image that I got through a google image search... I also spiffed up the
chariot, assuming that they would have painted it brightly!
This is possibly a mercenary from Spain, although not necessarily. I decided to go with
something a little different for the sheild. I think it worked :)
One of the first two chariots done for this army. The passenger was not originally
meant for the chariot, but I liked the pose and thought it fit better! Notice the
shield is shattered? Likely a Roman pilum did the job!
The second of the two chariots done so far. I like checkered cloaks! And that shield
design is my favourite!
These were fun to paint, a nice break from painting foot! The dynamic poses and head
positions really allowed them to be based dynamically as well, which I really like for
light horse.
More dynamic basing for these figs. I'm quite happy with them!
So, from this element onwards represent the last of the foot elements for this
ancient Brit army. It was fun to do, but a lot of work these guys are, with all
their fancy schmancy shields and striped clothes! I am pretty happy with them!
The javelin carrying psiloi/skirmisher unit. Pretty fast looking, but snazzy.
Young, but not too young I guess! Overall, very happy with it!
These figs came with a Scots-Irish DBA army pack from Essex miniatures. Apparently
Essex is well known for pressing certain figs into service despite the fact that they
don't really work. I decided to paint these up anyway as the ancient brits they were
meant to be. Took some time to do the details well, including the freehand shields.