"10mm Early Dark Age Pendraken & Magister Militum" Topic

I understand that the Magister Militum Irish will mix with Pendraken but the MM Saxons are too skinny. Does anyone know if the MM DAC2 Dacian Warriors will mix with Pendraken?

In a word, yes. I mix the Dacians in with my Pendraken Saxons for my warrior bases. Some of their shields seem a bit more oval than circular but I reshape them a bit and because of the angle the are held, its difficult to notice too much. Here is an example:

The standard bearer is an MM Dacian with cloak added, he is crouching so appears a bit shorter. Behind him (with dark red shield) is a DAC2 Dacian right next to Pendraken figures from the Saxon and Viking ranges. The MM Dacians have a nice heft to them to mix well with the Pendraken.

Excellent. Many thanks!

I'm away from my reference books at the moment, but from memory I thought oval shields were OK.

The oval shields very well may be okay, I just made mine slightly more round more our of personal preference. I ended up switching out some of the short spears and weapons for brass spears. I have pretty much bought every MM and Pendraken pack I thought may be able to use in my Dux Bellorum project, with lots of hits and some duds. If you are curious about any other packs, just ask! Good luck on the project!

Thanks once again!

I have seen it suggested that the Norse range is a little heftier. Their shields are probably also a bit large for my target period (550 AD?) but it would be good to add them to the mix for variety.

I'm planning to do five armies – Romano-British, Saxon, Welsh, Picts and Irish (Scots). Like you, I was going to start off with a variety of packets and see what I can make up from them.

Apart from the Norse and the excellent new Picts, I'd targeted the following packets for various uses:

PENDRAKEN
ARL1 Unarmoured, standing, spear
ARL3 Heavy cavalry, spear, shield
ARL4 Archers
ARL6 Unarmoured, attacking, mixed weapons
ARL8 Unarmoured command
ARL10 Militia
ARL12 Unarmoured cavalry, spear, shield
ARL14 Unarmoured cavalry command
ARL15 Armoured cavalry command
ARL16 Early Anglo-Saxon type militia
ARL18 Arthurian personalities
AS1 Foot Command
AS4 Great Fyrd
AS6 Light Archers
AD6 Javelinmen
AD9 Archer
ACR7 Numidian cavalry
AR12 German javelinmen, symmachiarii
ELM8 Welsh Spearmen
AD4 Light cavalry, javelins

MAGISTER MILITUM
DAC2 Dacian Warriors
DAC3 Dacian Command
AOK17 Scottish / Irish / Welsh Infantry, Spears and Knives
IRS1 Irish Warriors
IRS2 Irish Skirmishers
IRS6 Irish Elite Warriors

I've avoided armoured infantry for this period, but will use some armoured figures for leaders. I thought the Numidians might make good Irish or Welsh skirmishing cavalry.

Your modelling and painting work is a beacon of inspiration!

Pendraken: I used all of those ARL codes. the AS range is noticeably smaller in heft than the ARL range but once painted up can be mixed on same base. I didn't use Pendraken's Dacians but you may have given me an idea! Didn't use their Numidians either. I used the Welsh Spearmen for my Irish, and mix in well.

Magister Militum: I used some of their Numidian infantry and cavalry (NMD1 and NMD2) as Irish. They are in sleeveless tunics and long spears. I also used GTH2 Goth Cavalry as Irish. The MM Irish packs are phenomenal and form the bulk of my Irish: Elites in long cloaks, warriors in trews, vests, etc. The AOK17 pack is also a good filler pack for the Irish, they are all in tunics with cowls and bare feet. I also used their Dacians for Saxons as mentioned above.

If you need photos of any figs or side by side comparisons, email me at lecoqfou at gmail dot com

Thanks again.

It looks like some of the new Pendraken Pict spearmen will also make good Welsh.

In fact there are so many good figures about it will be hard to avoid over-ordering!