September Update

 A new version of the Broken Rays of the Sun campaign map is now available on the blog.  

August Reinforcements

Finished up two more battle groups for the Normans in the Nunnery Campaign scenario yesterday and started the basing process this morning.  Added the base color on the stands and will do the flocking later today or tomorrow.

The foot battle group in the front will search as Later Lombard Italian Militia/Papal State Town Militia Spearmen-Feudal Spearmen/Italo-Norman Spearmen or Early Crusader Protected Spearmen.  This battle group contains a mix of figures from various Old Glory 15s, Baueda, Khurasan and Two Dragon Dark Ages/Viking/ Normal ranges (Although the monk in the front left may be Peter Pig).  Almost were painted by me with a few off Ebay and the flea market at Nashcon 2024.    The mounted in the back are all from Old Glory 15s and painted by me.  Most are from the various OG15 Norman/1st Crusades selections with one or two from Dark Age packs.

July 2025 Reinforcements

 Still painting along...slowly.  Two battlegroups of archers from the lead pile:  one battle group of Babylon Levy archers for the Broken Rays of the Sun Campaign setting and one battle of group generic archers for the Normans in the Nunnery Campaign.

The left hand group are the Babylonian Levy Archers daily from a pack of Old Glory 15s of the same name.  There are three other figures as the pack of 24 came out to 21:  one is an OG 15s figure, one is Forged in Battle and one is an old Corvus Belli.  I painted all of the Babylonians.  The right hand battle group of generic western archers is a mixture of OG 15s, Essex, Baueda and some I can't identify.  Some of these I picked up off Ebay and the flea market at Nashcon last year but most I painted myself.  These can be used for just about anything Early Medieval through the 1st Crusade.

FOG Updates

 FOG has been updated to version 3.2.  The FOG Resources page has been renamed and the updated versions have been added to the page.

More Reinforcements June 2025

 Another group of reinforcements specifically for the Normans in the Nunnery campaign scenario but the Byzantines can also be used for the Red Boots of Byzantium and A War Like No Other campaign scenarios.  All campaign scenarios can be accessed through the Ancients/Medievals Campaign Page to the right.

Today, I give you 8 stands of Varangians:  Old Glory 15s from pack BZ08 with command from BZ21; 4 stands of Byzantine cavalry:  Old Glory 15s from BZ19; and finally a command stand for the Byzantine Italians:  the officer is from Baueda pack NRM1, the knight is from Baueda pack LNG12 and the mounted priest is from Eskice Minatures. The Old Glory 15s were picked up off Ebay.  I had to add 6 or 7 figures to the Varangians plus touch up the paint and redo all of the shields.  The cavalry are from the same seller on Ebay.  I added two figures to make 4 full stands of these.  The Papal command stand figures are all painted by me.

Here is a screenshot of the Ebay listing for the priest.  They have a full range for El Cid but I thought this would work for Italy too.

Reinforcements June 2025

Might be the only ones I get painted this month but reinforcements that can be used for both my Normans in Nunnery and The Red Boots of Byzantium campaigns (although they could also work as Byzantines for the A War Like No Other crusades campaign too) are now on the blog:  two battle groups of 8 stands of Byzantine Spearmen that can work for late Nikephorian and Komnenan Byzantines plus one battle group of 8 stands of Byzantine Archers that will also fit the same era.

All figures are Old Glory 15s.

The front battle group of spear (blue and yellow shields) were all painted by yours truly.

The second battle group of spearmen are mostly off EBay with 8 more that I had to add to finish out the bunch.

The archers are from the same seller off EBay as the middle spearmen.  I also added 8 of these to compete the set.  I plan on using these archers and the 2nd group of spearmen as two battle groups of mixed Nikephorian foot.

I have a battle group of western spearmen and one of western archers from the same time period as these that I plan to add at some point (hopefully by the end of the summer).  A battle group of Lombard/Communal Italian lancers plus a command stand or two may also join the blog.

Revised Map

 Been working on the Normans in the Nunnery Campaign scenario a bit and added a revised map.

Alos working on revising the campaign rules and painting some additional Byzantines to field a Nikephorian faction.  Hopefully will have some new additions ready in the next few weeks.