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Post by paddy649 on Aug 28, 2019 19:53:11 GMT
The title of the thread says it all. If you could only own 5 DBA armies for all future use, competitions and games - which ones would you choose?
My choice (noting that this will change tomorrow): Classical Indians Parthians LPIA HYW English Polybian Romans
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Post by nangwaya on Aug 28, 2019 21:17:14 GMT
Oh, I like this thread. Hmm, I think I would go with the following: IV/69 Albanian (it is my first 15mm army that I painted)
I/60c Achaeminid (my first army I ever painted for DBA, but they are 1/72 scale)
I/51 Later Sargonid Assyrian
I/29b Later Philistine
I/19 Mitanni (I do not own this army, but to be able to field six chariots would be so cool)
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Post by Haardrada on Aug 28, 2019 21:24:47 GMT
Can you use Allies?🤔
I/8c Dilimun,Saba,Ma'in or Qataban.plus I/6b Midanite Allies (if allowed).
II/42b Tamil Indian.
II/61b Mu-Jung Hsien-pi.
III/53 Normans.
IV/79a Late Swiss.
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Post by bluestone28 on Aug 28, 2019 22:37:36 GMT
hum.. hard choice ... all in 15mm, I/52c - Thessalian Hoplites (Xyston ones) II/3 - Classic Indian (Elephants! ) III/52 - Normands (i like the Baueda ones!) IV/48 - Chinese Yuan (for the mix between Mongols and Chinese) IV/59 - Samourai (First very old army!) argh already 5! my 6th will be my New Kingdom Egyptians (for the Chariots of course!)
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Post by macbeth on Aug 28, 2019 22:46:55 GMT
This is not a game I can play I am the sort of idiot who would own 100+ armies (The current count is 108 fully up to DBA3 code, and still about 16 needing their top ups) Cheers
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Post by wyvern on Aug 28, 2019 23:16:54 GMT
For me, Hussites, Scots Common army,Huns,oh Early German and maybe Visigoths or Ostrogoths. That's just off the top of my head but I have a penchant for barbarian armies!
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Post by Baldie on Aug 29, 2019 1:33:31 GMT
Ancient British vs EIR EAP vs Sparta Spanish
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Post by Obadiah on Aug 29, 2019 6:43:43 GMT
I would choose 5 from the same region era - classic matched pairs.
Personally I love Dark Age Britain so it would be: III/19a Welsh, III/40a Vikings, II/81d - Sub Roman British, III/24a or b Middle Anglo Saxons, II68b Pictish
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Post by paddy649 on Aug 29, 2019 7:23:04 GMT
This is not a game I can play I am the sort of idiot who would own 100+ armies (The current count is 108 fully up to DBA3 code, and still about 16 needing their top ups) Cheers Not so easy Macbeth. While I congratulate you on a brilliant century - if your house were burning down and you could only save 5 - which ones would they be?
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Post by macbeth on Aug 29, 2019 8:05:19 GMT
This is not a game I can play I am the sort of idiot who would own 100+ armies (The current count is 108 fully up to DBA3 code, and still about 16 needing their top ups) Cheers Not so easy Macbeth. While I congratulate you on a brilliant century - if your house were burning down and you could only save 5 - which ones would they be?
Truth be told, about 17 years ago when Canberra was threatened by serious bushfires and we were packing the car in case we had to evacuate I looked at the vast amount of lead and the huge number of books and decided that since I couldn't save them all and with all the rest of the activity couldn't spare the time to make a considered evaluation. I grabbed three books I hadn't read from the nearest bookcase in case I would be spending several nights in emergency accommodation and compartmentalised the problem. No doubt I would wept tears of blood if disaster did strike - but I was surprised about how coolly I made the decision at the time.
But should the situation arise where I could Southern Sung Chinese - my new Khurusan set Christian Nubian - another fave that has won me much silverware over the time Papal Italian - I will never get anyone to convert that litter again so I need to preserve it Konstantinian Byzantine - they were surprisingly powerful and I want to keep them Early Libyan - the b list AND I get to take their Sea People Allies (1xHCh, 2x3Bd) because you just have to love this army.
Cheers
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Post by menacussecundus on Aug 29, 2019 14:44:14 GMT
Which five would I choose? Almost certainly the wrong five (every time).
But, since you ask, my choices would be I/45 Neo-Assyrian, II/53 Ancient British, II/56 Early Imperial Roman and IV/60 Condotta, not for the armies themselves, but for the personal associations, and to complete my five, III/10b Rajput.
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Post by eg407 on Sept 9, 2019 19:16:30 GMT
Tough one, but if I had to pick it would be: Early Swiss (IV/41) Viking Army (III/40a) Islamic Berber (III/75) Medieval German (IV/13) Alexandrian Imperial (II/15)
And hearing the stories, is anyone else tempted to add a DBA army or two into their emergency grab bag??
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Post by paddy649 on Sept 9, 2019 19:37:53 GMT
Nice choices eg407. I own 4 of your 5 and can vouch for them all - I obviously need to a Viking army now!
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Post by Cromwell on Sept 9, 2019 20:55:03 GMT
The last five that beat me!
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Post by paddy649 on Sept 9, 2019 20:57:36 GMT
The last five that beat me! Which were?
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