From StephenS: The enemy of my enemy is my friend... [History] (70 points)

G'day Everyone,

For my History location in the Challenge Library, I present a stand of Italian Allies for my Carthaginian Army. Based for Impetus, they will hopefully see action in a few games of To the Strongest as well, which has found favour with some of my gaming mates.

The shields are hand-painted but I had actually intended to use decals on them as I have with most of my army. However, it was a while ago that they were purchased and having moved house during the challenge, I couldn't find them. Assuming I was mistaken about having a set, I stayed up late working on the shields. First thing the next day, I found them in a box of basing material... Still, since I imagine the Italians have defected from the Roman forces of a mate who has strong opinions on the use of decals, the hand-painted shields add a little authenticity to that narrative!

All up, 9 x plastic 28mm figures from Victrix Miniatures and a location bonus for 65 points.

Cheers,

Stephen 

From Millsy: Very nice indeed Stephen! Italians and some of my favourite allies for Carthaginians and you have painted these up a treat. The hand painted shields are wonderful, especially the wreaths which look really cool with the colour variation on the leaves. 5 bonus points for the shields takes you to 70 points for this sub mate.