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Baueda does Celtiberian cavalry and infantry in the Marian Roman line.
It's an interesting line of miniatures. I bought enough to do Numidians minus the elephant. I would've done Spanish but no Iberian scutarii to contrast the Celtiberian.

Jim

Just don't display it near an active volcano!

Jim

I think I would have done what you did and continued as if the chariot were on a 40x40mm base. We can't penalise players for fielding nice models! Besides, you're already giving the enemy a larger flank target and at 40x40mm, you'll be destroyed on recoil.
I don't think this would sttract the -1 penalty for not conforming as turning to face is not conforming.

Cheers

Jim

All true Joe. But Pyrrhus' pike block is only 3x2, which is pretty small. It won't cover too much of the board. It will need some precise terrain to allow this to happen and protect the flanks. Pike pursuit rules also make this static defence more difficult to pull off. An obliging Roman general will be most helpful! 

Jim

I think we are stuck with PB's view of the Pike Phalanx. Namely it is dominant on the attack and in open ground but catastrophically fails outside these conditions. I think history is more nuanced. Alexander's troops were quite successful, albeit after a hard fight, crossing the Issus, Granicus and Hydaspes but this is difficult in DBA. Bardunias and Ray talk about spears and pikes being equivalent in Hellenistic times but pikes were easier to teach and troop quality was paramount. Also Swiss pikes are different to Macedonian pikes.

But to house rule Asculum, give the Samnites side-support +1 if adjacent to a pike element and you may get a more historical result.

Cheers

Jim

Welcome to fanaticus!

Really nice job! Very jealous!

If it's a bit large then you can place it with only some portion projecting onto the table as some BUA can be placed along the edge.

Jim

I will do all/most options for the sub-list if the miniatures are available, but not necessarily the other sub-lists if they are outside of the period I'm thinking about and the miniature range I'm using wouldn't suit. For example, figures for the the first Welsh sub-list don't necessarily suit the later Welsh sub-lists. Other traps are long-lived lists such as the Pre-feudal Scots. I'd imagine that the earlier soldiers, which I'm interested in, would look different to the later period. I tend to think in terms of periods (e.g. Dark Age Britain, 5th Century Greece, etc). I try to randomise the army make up when playing so that those extra elements get their turn on the table.

Cheers

Jim