28mm Skythian DBA Army Done

I finally finished my 28mm Skythian Army that I started over a year ago. This is what I have: 4 x Cavalry or Knights, 8 x Light Horse, and 3 x 3Ax (Fast Auxilia).

Below is the army:

The cavalry/knights below are First Corps 28mm Skythian Nobles:

The light horse below are Old Glory 28mm Skythian horse archers:

The figures below are 25mm Ral Partha Skythian horse archers and Thracian javelinmen, figures I painted over 30 years ago, but have been re-purposed for DBA:

More pix below:

At some point in the future, I will flock & tuft the bases on these guys!

Skythian Noble Bodyguard

Just finished (except for flocking) a group of 28mm Skythian Noble Cavalry from 1st Corps. I am slowly building a Mithradaitic Army for Big Battle DBA. I am using the Skythians as the bodyguard for Mithradaites. I gave the command element Hellenistic shields, to give them a little Pontic flavor.

1st Corps Hellenistic Thureophoros & Thorakitai

I just finished some 1st Corps 28mm Thureophoros & Thorakitai to fight alongside my Thracians in ADLG & DBA. I purchased the miniatures from Mark Severin at Scale Creep Miniatures, who gives good service. The figures were very nice, with little flash.

The Thureophoros are on the left, while the Thorakitai are on the right. The difference between them is that the Thorakitai are wearing mail shirts, while the Thureophoros are unarmored. I based the figures as 4Ax for DBA. They can also be used as Medium or Heavy Spearmen for ADLG. For ADLG, note that the rear rank have the long thrusting spears, while the front rank are throwing javelins, which I think pretty well shows how they fought historically.

All the figures with spears are cast with butt-spikes. The Thureophoros are slightly more animated than the Thorakitai, but I am pleased with both types. These troops were typically mercenaries found in late Hellenistic & Successor armies, but were also found in Late Republic Roman & Pontic armies.