A few additions to the Punic Wars project: Two Elephants and a unit of Carthaginian heavy cavalry.
This completes the troops required to fight Trebbia at my 'full scale' where the Carthaginian force can be scaled against the Roman force featured in a recent post.
Next up for the Punic Wars project, the completion of the Gallic army - which entails painting another 164 infantry, 16 cavalry, 12 chariots and some command figures. This is now underway.
The Battle of Ghazzan.
Though roughly equal in numbers, the forces of Islam are qualitatively superior. The Franks are also suffering from being half starved through lack of supply. The Battle of Ghazzan will be settled by who holds the key piece of terrain - the hill. During the first night's play the Turks envelop the hill slaughtering everything in their path with devastating quantities of archery. It is looking like being a Turkish crushing victory - but, like all Piquet games, it isn't over until the fat lady sings. To be continued...................
I have now completed the first of my Punic armies - the Romans. The other three (Gallic, Spanish and 'African') are all over half finished.
The Army comprises:
8 units velites (each 12 figs)
8 units of hastati (24 figs each)
8 units of principes (24 figs each)
8 units of triarii (12 figs each)
8 units of cavalry (8 figs each)
7 command stands (15 figs)
Total: 655 figures - roughly a consular army at 1:33. The army's frontage is about 10 feet.
The velites are represented at half strength due to battlefield durability and foot print - they should, historically, be 24 figure units.
What follows are the bare bones of progress in our Isle of Fob Crusades campaign. This is due to various reasons including holidays and being absolutely snowed under with work - for some reason the summer is always a very busy time for me - with little time to think let alone write.
The Battle of Kinana: Marginal victory to the Seljuks.
Campaign moves following the Battle of Kinana:
The Battle of Qaqun: Although greatly outnumbered the Seljuks actually managed to scrape a marginal victory in one of the most bloody battles that I've played for years. It was such a heated affair that I forgot to take photos during the second half of the battle. The Seljuks managed to hold their hill, took the hill on the far side of the river, but lost the village - it was a blood bath for both sides.
