KING TARASCUS REVIEWS HIS ARMY

The devious King of Nemedia, Tarascus.

Arrayed in classic Nemedian formation. Cavalry in the centre supported by wings of infantry.

72 figures in all, all from Garrison.

NEMEDIAN KNIGHTS

Yes, more Nemedians I'm afraid. I have some other stuff painted and am trying to plough through some Stygians, but I will probably keep things orderly and review each army at a time.

Here are some knights for the Nemedians. I've painted 5 up in royal colours and 5 as an order in similar colours but individual (Teutonic) heraldry.

oops, forgot to take a rear picture of these guys

coming soon..............King Tarascus!!

NEMEDIAN ROYAL GUARD

I can't quite get my head round these figures. In Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age the Nemedian Guard are described as wearing archaic armour and the Garrison figures are Classical looking (but why have a Gorgons head on the shield?), but I can't recall these guys in any of the books. Heigh ho, they were fun to paint.

NEMEDIAN FIREPOWER

As far as I can make out, the Conan books make it clear that the Nemedians use crossbows (arbalasts) as a pose to the Aquilonian use of Bossonian archers. Royal Armies of the Hyborian Age however states that bows are invariably used, and the Garrison range follows the Rules list and only manufactures archers. Happily though , they make some nice crossbowmen in their medieval range, so I painted ten of each.

CROM AND MITRA. I'VE GOT TO START THIS BLOG SOMETIME, SO HOW ABOUT NOW?

I've been fiddlearsing with this blog for ages now wondering how I'm going to start it and writing an introduction about why I like Conan the Barbarian, but I have finally come to the conclusion that I had better get posting. Most of the figures here will be pre-1983. I prefer the style of figure before they became too animated and detailed and  I was wanting to embark on an old school project with glossy figures. Having said that, the odd modern figure may pop up.

I hope to build up small (50-60 figure) armies for each nation plus personalities and figures for mini-adventures, along with features such as Conan of the Month and Frazetta Friday. 

So here goes, plunging into the fray with some Nemedians by Garrison Miniatures. Amazingly still available in the Summer months (Rob stops casting in the winter as his shed gets too cold), although I picked these up on ebay.

I don't think Howard describes how the Nemedian infantry look and Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age by Lin Carter suggests they wear drab homespun clothes, but I decided to paint them in Nemedian livery to match the Royal Nemedian banner of a gold dragon on scarlet. The Garrison range seem to have been designed to follow the descriptions given in the early rule set  Royal Armies of the Hyborean Age (as were the Minifigs SS range I think) and the Nemedians have a Teutonic  vibe about them (presumably because Nemedia roughly corresponds with Germany on the Hyborian map). I'm not sure this is how I imagine the Nemedians but they are nice figures so what the heck. 

More of this army to follow soon....thanks for looking in.