On Senlac Hill

The Battle of Heavenfield (ca. 633-634) was fought between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a British/Welsh army under Cadwa...

I've definitely been through a dry patch as far as DBA goes. I've not even been inspired to paint for several months (what's goi...

With the impending addition of 'ploughland' to the DBA terrain options for arable landscapes, there have been some excellent pieces ...

This year I'm repeating the ECW early war campaign I tested last year with the aim of fighting the battled on the actual days. Tonight i...

One of my earliest projects when I began playing DBA was to paint up the armies for a 1066 campaign. Well, in 2011 I finally finished the No...

Here the knights have set out from Hastings ... At last my Museum Normans are nearing completion. Just a few remaining touch-ups, the rest...

Last night we began the first of many encounters to come between Lincolnites and Rebels testing out the DBACW rules with an encounter betwee...

Tonight I took my newly painted Dacian army for its first walk on the park. They faced the might of Rome - and while my strategy had been d...

87 CE: The Dacian general Decebalus marches to take up a defensive position at the 'Iron Gates of Transylvania' – a pass between th...

The painting of my Essex Dacians is now complete. I have attempted to use more washes and shading during the painting process and some figur...

Low Countries (IV/57c) versus Later Swiss (IV/79) At last the mighty guildsmen of the Low Countries have proved their metal defeating t...

On the 12th march 1470 Edward IV met and defeated a Lancastrian force under Robert Welles at Empingham, Country Rutland, in the East Midlan...

Here are the other DBA campaigns/battles so far: 1. Thutmosis III’s campaign for the Levant: a DBA piston campaign 6 battles were fo...

A recent encounter saw me field the Middle Imperial Romans (II/64) – the first ever DBA army I put together (and they look like it!) – agai...

The Teutonic Order (DBA IV/30) At last after months of sitting half painted, the Teutonic Order can take the field. This army refl...

I have finally finished off my Early Bulgars (III/14 b) made up mostly of Essex figures (their DBA army pack). The light horse for the a-...

Pictish spearmen (detail) Pictish spearmen Scratch built Pictish Camp