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Post by elliesdad on Aug 2, 2021 16:39:04 GMT
OK. So I know there are threads for “How many armies” and “Who’s painting what” but are there any armies that no-one can be bothered to collect or paint?
Thoughts?
Geoff
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Post by martin on Aug 2, 2021 17:10:27 GMT
OK. So I know there are threads for “How many armies” and “Who’s painting what” but are there any armies that no-one can be bothered to collect or paint? Thoughts? Geoff Good question…there must be something no-one has done…. but it used to be the case when we had regglier tournyments at PAWS that nearly every army was an option at some point, and there’d always be someone who’d go for the off-piste army choice. eg Once the theme was The Americas, 1400 AD or so…..and we saw some extremely rare armies painted up, like Chanca and Polly Kneesy ‘uns. |
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Post by kaiphranos on Aug 2, 2021 18:06:35 GMT
Someone should conduct a census!
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Post by Haardrada on Aug 3, 2021 10:23:03 GMT
Meanwhile,if someone is doing a census I'll start some guessing to test the water.Are there any of the following armies out there?
I/14f Red Ti.
I/14g I army.
I/53. Saitic Egyptian.
I/54. Early Macedonian.
I/64a Yayoi culture Japanese.
II/21a or b Chiang army.
III/41a Proto-Toltec.
III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures.
III/67 Hsi-Hsia.
Some choices may not have been collected due to lack of figure ranges,but some gamers have managed to substitute or convert figures to fit in.lol
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Post by jim1973 on Aug 3, 2021 11:34:38 GMT
I've done Early Macedonian using Tin Soldier unarmoured Hoplites and peltasts to do the Aux. Compliments my Classical Greek army collection. Illyrians are next.
Jim
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Post by Haardrada on Aug 3, 2021 13:36:08 GMT
I've done Early Macedonian using Tin Soldier unarmoured Hoplites and peltasts to do the Aux. Compliments my Classical Greek army collection. Illyrians are next. Jim Ok that rules them out,how about.... I/14f Red Ti. I/14g I army. I/53 Saitic Egyptian. I/64a Yayoi Culture Japanese. II/21a or b Ch'iang or Ti army. III/41a Poto-Toltec. III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures. III/67 Hsi-Hsia. |
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Post by ammianus on Aug 3, 2021 14:59:06 GMT
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Post by kaiphranos on Aug 3, 2021 15:12:12 GMT
Alright, like a total mad person, I have put together a "census" form with all the DBA army lists: DBA Army Survey
Feel free to circulate this to any other places you know where DBA players congregate! I will share the results at some point.
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Aug 3, 2021 18:11:58 GMT
Meanwhile,if someone is doing a census I'll start some guessing to test the water.Are there any of the following armies out there? I/14f Red Ti. I/14g I army. I/53. Saitic Egyptian. I/54. Early Macedonian. I/64a Yayoi culture Japanese. II/21a or b Chiang army. III/41a Proto-Toltec. III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures. III/67 Hsi-Hsia. Some choices may not have been collected due to lack of figure ranges,but some gamers have managed to substitute or convert figures to fit in.lol I have seen Saitic Egyptian, Early Macedonian and Xi-Xia. I was building a Xi-Xia in the 2.2 days but it changed so dramatically that I gave up. |
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Post by chaotic on Aug 3, 2021 23:02:22 GMT
I have I/64a Yayoi on the painting table.
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Post by macbeth on Aug 4, 2021 0:03:55 GMT
I have a Hsi Hsia army made up of mostly Essex Central Asian and Tibetan types - it has been a mainstay of my Asia themed campaigns for years.
I think I loaned it out to a young gamer one Cancon as well.
My good friend and fellow Fanatici Gregorius has a Saitic Egyptian - they famously crossed swords (and spears/arrows/chariot wheels) with my Early Libyan in a well documented battle on the old Fanaticus site - after which consensus was that 'Hills of Fire' Shiraz should be classified as a performance enhancing substance in DBA circles. 
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Post by paulhannah on Aug 4, 2021 8:42:37 GMT
...how about... I/14f Red Ti. I/14g I army. I/53 Saitic Egyptian. I/64a Yayoi Culture Japanese. II/21a or b Ch'iang or Ti army. III/41a Poto-Toltec. III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures. III/67 Hsi-Hsia. -- Check. ( Khurasan makes a dedicated, Chinese Barbarians range.) I/14g I army -- Check. (I built this from that-looks-about-right, Essex generic Chinese.) |
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Post by kaiphranos on Aug 4, 2021 10:07:56 GMT
I did spot a III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures among the responses so far!
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Post by elliesdad on Aug 4, 2021 13:00:59 GMT
I did spot a III/41b Chichimec or Pueblo Cultures among the responses so far! Khurasan Miniatures make a range of Chichimec/ Dog Peoples. The figures look quite nice and are certainly an unusual, off-the-beaten-track force. I can see why you might want to collect an army of Chichimec. My original thoughts were more along the lines of “who would want to collect any DBA army where the commander(s) were inept/bad generals, where the army had only a string of defeats, where no-one manufactures suitable miniatures, even where we cannot be certain what the warriors looked/fought like?” Sure, in a campaign setting, you might theoretically be able to raise such a force - but would you want to? |
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Post by kaiphranos on Aug 4, 2021 13:07:00 GMT
Well, that's a more philosophical question.  It probably comes down to people who enjoy a challenge, either playing as an underdog, or converting suitable figures, or digging up obscure sources... |
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It probably comes down to people who enjoy a challenge, either playing as an underdog, or converting suitable figures, or digging up obscure sources...