Friday 15 January 2021

Protect the Eagles - The Hatchery, Mark Backhouse 74 points

 For the hatchery it is a return to 2mm and Ancient Rome! What better way than with a Roman Eagle of the 36th legion being defended in a tough orbis formation at the Battle of Nicopolis in 48BC! Surrounded by the enemy they formed a circle and fought their way to safety saving the legion’s honour! The figures are 2mm and hand sculpted. 



Next up a couple of bases of scenery. A temple and a small farm or settlement. Brigade models this time. In front of them is a unit I’ll use for a variety of purposes but the label on them today says ex-gladiators. They will form part of my slave revolt campaign I’m currently playing.


Next up is a base of infantry with some hand sculpted elephants. These could be used as Carthaginians or even Numidian troops supporting Pompey at Thapsus with their pachyderms. These are really tiny! Hopefully they look a bit more than just grey blobs!




Here is the money shot with them all slightly anachronistically flung together!

Last time Curt scored me 10 points per base. So that’s 50 points plus 20 for getting in the Eagles!😝

A total of 70 then!

Cheers

Mark Backhouse

Posted by Mark Backhouse at 2:53 am
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16 comments:

  1. MartinC15 January 2021 at 02:59

    absolutely marvellous

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  2. NoelRW15 January 2021 at 03:41

    Stunning work! Really impressive. (But how do you manage to paint the eyes?)

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  3. caveadsum147115 January 2021 at 05:08

    Splendid stuff! The elephants are great!
    Best Iain

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  4. SimonG15 January 2021 at 06:30

    Love those elephants - they're really cute!

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  5. Peter Douglas15 January 2021 at 06:52

    These are wonderful! Really love the legion in defensive formation and those heffalumps.

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  6. Yarkshire Gamer15 January 2021 at 07:29

    2mm always amazes me, lovely elephants 🐘 ❤
    Regards KenR

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  7. AdamC177615 January 2021 at 07:32

    Love thoese terrain pieces.

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  8. Sander15 January 2021 at 07:36

    Imsimply love those total shots at the end where it all comes together, stunning!

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  9. Paul Scrivens-Smith15 January 2021 at 08:22

    These are excellent Mark, hand sculpting 2mm elephants, wow!

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  10. Moiterei_198415 January 2021 at 09:06

    Ah, fabulous work Mark! Really love the effort you put into this project. Will have to give big battle gaming in 2mm a try myself. Preferably using your upcoming rules of course ;)
    Points wise I'll add 4 bonus points for the hand sculpted elephants. They're definitely more than just grey blobs!

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  11. StuartL15 January 2021 at 10:21

    The terrain is simply fantastic. Well done on the elephants too.

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  12. Endtransmission15 January 2021 at 11:52

    2mm? You're crazy! They look really great as bases, and those bits of terrain are inspiring!

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  13. Bluewillow15 January 2021 at 13:13

    That is outstanding I love it!

    Cheers
    Matt

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  14. Barks15 January 2021 at 18:34

    They look superb!

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  15. Sidney Roundwood17 January 2021 at 10:35

    Brilliant work, Mark. These look terrific !! I particularly like the orbis formation at Nicopolis... that looks to have been a tough fight!! Great work, mate!

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  16. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)21 January 2021 at 14:17

    It does give the impression of large armies and very creative!

    Christopher

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