I was looking at my lead/plastic/resin pile, and realised that I can add another army to the board, at a slightly further stage- a Siculo-Norman army, inspired by John Julius Norwich's "The Normans in Sicily". They are built using
Shieldwall, adjusted using the
Byzantium: Beyond the Golden Gate supplement; I have also prepared a list using the Christians from the
El Cid supplement that covers the same figures. The figures have been cleaned, and many of them mounted on bases already (no snide or suggestive comments
needed here), and will be done before I move on to the Byzantines, as I still need to buy too many Byzantine cavalry to make a proper start. Just a little dusting and unpacking from the storage needed!
As an aside- how many points are we striving towards?
technically I’ve abandoned my Hittites in favour of 13thC Italians which are progressing nicely through the painting stage. I’ve also gotten my Ancient Germans to Smugly Wank (or was it Wankly Smug?) and anticipate being deep in 1st Baron’s/Angevin War territory in the next 6 months when the Italians pop off for coffee (or when the Paul Hicks figures are released, whichever is sooner 
). Then there’s the Romans............
