Tony Aguilar: DBA stuff on Youtube

I have considered a second elephant and Cm also, but this conversion to 3.0 is way down on the list Especially since the Rajputs were done when I was doing a different basing material so I would have to rebase the whole army.

Hungry for Hungarians is now up.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwkkkZJZEjQ

This is a set of FOUR DBA 3.0 battles featuring some of the enemies of my newly completed Later Hungarian IV/43c army.

Mitch plays the role of the enemies and features the following opponents:

IV/55b Ottoman Turks
IV/13d Medieval Germans
IV/66 Later Polish
IV/80 Hussites

Check these battles out to see if it was worth it after working on this army for the last 6 months or so.

Brill

I enjoyed this video of You and Mitch on the subject of Asian armies.

youtu.be/6g9_Py9chQA

I have several of the armies you mentioned and can maybe help with some of the figure suppliers or conversions that can be made to depict some of the figures that are not available.

I/43b Early Hu can be depicted using Scythian or Hun figures in phrygian type caps or bare headed. Several archeological findings point to simular origins of the Skythians and Hu peoples. It is also possible that Skythian tribes were part of the later Hsuing nu confederation.

I/21 a & b Ch'iang and Ti Chinese. These are difficult to represent as they were a proto-Tibetans type cultures and definably different to the Chinese.From ancient figurines some may look like Scythian but armoured infantry could be hard to represent.

The I/21c Former Ch'in are easier to represent as they were like the Chinese of the Period in appearance and figures from the Essex Northern/Southern Dynasties are perfect. The tribal infantry can be depicted in several ways...Either Essex Scythian or Tang Javelinmen, Gladiator miniatures Dismounted Huns mixed with Asiatics or Outpost miniatures Turkomen Javelinmen.
The Hsuing nu or Hsein pi Allies can certainly strengthen this army.

I/61 b & c Murong Cavalry can be represented by Heavy Tang Cavalry from either Khurisan or Outpost miniatures(outpost need the destinctive plume added to look like Hsien pi) and should be on armoured horses.
The Chained Cavalry I depicted by using the Outpost Tang Cavalry horse archer figures on a deep base in close formation. The women on oxen with banners throwing dust are a bit more challenging.In the end I intend to use Essex Han Light Cavalry figures with swapped heads from spare barbarian and head-bun figures from the Warring states range and adding "padding" to the chest with modelling putty to give a more feminine look to the figures and mounted them on oxen from the equipment range, again using modeling putty to make the bags of dust. I then plan to put the mounted figure on the Horde base as the 7th figure... I'll try to get a photo of them when I get round to doing it.

I know not all armies could be covered in the video but it was good to see these armies discussed.

Many Thanks

Eddie

That sounds like too much like hard work Tony. 😁

You lads did a great job on the subject and could possibly be done for other eras or periods?Maybe even prior to one of your game nights to highlight the armies involved or even for campaigns... It's something to consider?

Tony, Brilliant videos again - as usual. I think I need a Burgundian army!

Perhaps you don’t know but your videos spawn a discussion on this forum as to who brought the best army for the theme, how you guys fought it and what armies we would have chosen. Of course we overanalyse everything and don’t roll the dice but I think these discussions have led several of us to buy and paint new armies that we wouldn’t otherwise have considered. I now have Tang, Hindu Indian and Scandinavian armies that are inspired by you guys but won’t be getting a Samnite army any time soon! So that is all to your credit! Keep it going - even when we are out of lockdown as it is fun discussing your games.

Thanks guys!

Paddy