ColCampbell's Barracks

 After almost two years of painting doldrums after the death of my "sister from another mister" Lori Brom , I've finally begun...

The last 15mm painting for a short while includes two new Saracen mounted leaders, a unit of Arab infantry and one of Numidian infantry, and...

As I continue painting my way towards a break from 15mm Dark Ages/Early medieval figures, I added four newly purchased horse archers to four...

Although these were started in May, I didn't complete them until now. First, a unit of Khazar heavy cavalry (Essex Miniatures, Asiatic H...

I spent a couple of days over the weekend beginning to rebase my Norman troops, starting with the mounted figures.  My Normans are a mix of ...

I just added a third Byzantine heavy cavalry (cataphract) unit to my Medieval forces.  This unit joins two others that I had painted many ye...

My first unit for May's painting is another unit of Arab medium cavalry.  This time they are Alternative Armies' Dark Age Isarus (ol...

Both the Byzantines and the Sassanid Persians used allied Arab cavalry in many of their campaigns in the Middle East.  This unit was put tog...

Taking a short break from painting cavalry units, I turn some excess mounted figures into leader stands and paint some of the Old Glory 15s ...

As I prepare my 15mm miniatures to be used with the "Commands & Colors - Medieval" gaming system, I have discovered that I had...

First, let me correct an error.  In three previous posts I misidentified some Miniature Figurines horse archers as Huns when really they are...

The third of three required Byzantine super heavy cavalry units was completed last week and fought in its first battles on Thursday. These...

I recently completed an Asiatic light bow cavalry unit and a generic Middle Eastern auxilia infantry unit for my Commands & Colors - Med...

First off, I've "updated" my second unit of Byzantine heavy cavalry courtesy of my good wargaming buddy Lord Sterling.  If you...

Yesterday I completed the second of two Sassanid Persian super heavy cavalry (i.e., cataphract) units for my Commands  & Colors - Mediev...

Right at the beginning of February I completed a final fourth stand for a Byzantine super heavy cavalry unit (AKA cataphract/klibanophoroi) ...

I completed two more cavalry units for my growing Commands & Colors - Medieval forces. The Byzantines added a second unit of light bow c...

After painting a bunch of cavalry, as a 'break' I just finished a 12-figure unit of medium infantry using the Outpost Miniatures Sud...

Last Thursday, our "Old Guys" group gathered to play our first game using my Command & Colors - Medieval game.  But instead of...