Triumph! Later Crusaders

I finished the painting and rebasing of my 15mm 3rd crusade army for use in Triumph!

As mentioned in my previous post, I've based up a scale from the recommended 15mm basing and gone for the 28mm basing instead. I like the look of it a little better and since this will be used at home and not at any tournaments, it'll be sweet!

So, there we are, a full 48 points and a handful of options for Later Crusaders all done and ready to rock.

Cheers!

Basic Impetus: Ayyubids

Finally, I've managed to base my Ayyubid army for Basic Impetus. These guys will be in action in the next week or so against my Crusaders. The Basic Impetus army list is as follows;

AYYUBID (Saladin) XII-XIII (VDT=19/10)

Nr	Type	M	VBU	I	VD	Notes
3	CM(*)	10	5	1	3	Mamluks - composite bow B
1	CM	10	4	2	2	Kurds or Syrians
1	CL	12	3	1	2	Beduins can be on camels
2	CL	12	4	1	2	Turcomans - composite bow B
1	T	6	3	0	2	Sudanese - short bow A
1	FL	8	4	0	2	Kurds - javelin

All the figures are from Legio Heroica's Holyland Range and are really well detailed. I purchased the pre-made Basic Impetus packs for both armies and now my 15mm BI 3rd Crusade project is complete.

Basic Impetus: Crusaders

I've now finished basing my 15mm Crusader army for Basic Impetus. The army list is as follows;

LATER CRUSADERS XII-XIII Sec. (VDT=14/7 or VDT=15/8 with option)

Nr	Type	M	VBU	I	VD	Notes
1	CP(*)	8	8	5	3	Military Orders
1	CP(*)	8	7	5	3	Knights and Sergeants
1	FP	5	6	1	2	Military Orders
2	FP	5	4	1	2
2	T	6	3	0	1	crossbow B

Option.
Change 1 T Unit with Military Order crossbowmen

Nr	Type	M	VBU	I	VD	Notes
1	T	6	3	0	2	Military Orders - crossbow A

All figures are from Legio Heroica's Holyland range and are greatly detailed for 15's. I bought both the Crusader and the Ayyubid army packs as a cost effective way to get two basic armies onto the battlefield. I couldn't be happier. Postage to Australia was reasonable and as mentioned before in another post, anyone from Oz looking to get some miniatures from Legio Heroica really should do so, they have outstanding international service.

I've just got to finish basing the Ayyubids and will post up their list and a few pics before the first battle.

Plans for 2012

This year i didn't make a great deal of progress due to moving and buying a new house, but now that all is settled I've managed to lock in my projects for next year. Here are the 3 majors for 2012, followed by my additions to existing armies and 'finish offs' for current projects.

• 28mm Peninsular War, large scale skirmish - Perry, Victrix and Front Rank are the likely figures to be used. Sharp Practice by TFL looks to be the early contender for rules at this stage but I'm open to any suggestions? I'm wanting about 30 - 100 figures per side.

• 28mm Battle of Brunanburh - Using Impetus and Piquet as the rules of choice. 17-18 Units per alliance, I'll be mustering the Saxons for battle while my Uncle and gaming buddy Gavin Shanks will be collecting the Northern Kingdoms. Army sizes will be roughly 17 - 18 units per side and at this stage about 12 figures per basic unit. I've already got a great start to my army after picking up some lovely figures from Matt over at Storm and Conquest (thanks mate!)

• 15mm 3rd Crusade - Using the free Basic Impetus rules found here and thanks to Giuseppe from  Legio Heroica, I now have enough of his buetiful "Holyland" range to build each Basic Impetus list for the Ayyubids and Crusaders  respectively. The army lists can be found here. For anyone down here in Australia thinking about ordering from Legio Heroica I can highly recommend them, Giuseppe has to be one of the best traders I've ever dealt with in the industry and postage is very reasonable.

• 15mm WW2 for Flames of War - Finish off the British Rifle Company and touch up and re-base a German Grenadier Company.
• 28mm Fantasy - Continue on with the High Elves, Skaven, Dwarves and Ogres.
• Warhammer 40k - Continue on with the Iron Warriors Chaos Space Marines and the Tau armies.
• 28mm Pirates - finish painting my crews from Black Scorpion for Legends of the High Seas.

Overall I think it's pretty manageable, of course there will be the inevitable side-project that rears its ugly head but I'm still pretty confident that I'll be able to complete these projects before the end of 2012... or the world according to some...

Happy New Year!