"(Part Two): DBA II/62 Axumites" Topic
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| Yesthatphil | 26 Mar 2014 5:27 a.m. PST |
The promised other half of the Alton Axumite Invasion of Arabia pairing … The Axumites are a fierce but brittle army who currently just have the edge in their encounters with the Nomads … They have a Barker Marker obelisk in their camp …
… and an Elephant General More detail on the feature page: link
Nomad army (the enemy): link
Alton DBA pairs report: link Thanks to the many fellow enthusiasts who have taken an interest in this project Phil |
| Fire at Will | 26 Mar 2014 6:20 a.m. PST |
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| yorkie o1 | 26 Mar 2014 6:29 a.m. PST |
Very nice painting Phil. Steve |
| timurilank | 26 Mar 2014 8:16 a.m. PST |
First class work.
Thanks for the Alton DBA pairs report. Robert |
hindsTMP  | 26 Mar 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
Again, very nice. :-) Are those hieroglyphics (spelling?) hand-painted? Also, what is a "barker marker"? Mark |
| Yesthatphil | 26 Mar 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
It's been a pleasure to share these two armies – thanks for appreciating them … Hi Mark … re the hieroglyphs … I had a Hirst arts Egyptian Obelisk the bottom half of which is redundant (genuine Obelisks don't have a join in the middle) … the bottom half comes in four sides, and I made this one by sticking two of those together with a new base and a characteristic Axumite 'D' shaped top. So the hieroglyphs are courtesy of the original model (I have just picked them out) Barker Marker: link a lot of players like to have template handy to mark the position of elements in a difficult yes/no measurement or to check if a Zoc is being crossed (so a base square with a handy monument, tower, statue or similar became a popular adjunct to an army and someone, sometime, christened them 'Barker Markers' … you can use them to see if you have been 'Barkered'*  ) Hope that helps (sorry to use jargon – I generally try to avoid it but 'Barker Marker' is a handy term that is a lot shorter than the explaination) … Phil
*caught in a DBA Zoc |
 Phillip C | 26 Mar 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
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| Twilight Samurai | 26 Mar 2014 5:42 p.m. PST |
I always enjoy your work and your camps are always exceptional, thank you for sharing! |
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paints a legend from the Trojan Wars.
