Palmyranesque- recruiting

 I was out yesterday at friend’s playing a Romans v Celts game. I was a Celtic general with two commands , one of which was entirely consisting of fanatics, Warband Superior. Dbm allows  the warband class to be very powerful and the Romans were defeated partially due to the rules, to flukey dice throwing and a little bit of tactical skill by the generals or perhaps chieftains is more appropriate . A few pictures-

All in all an enjoyable game and day out. On my return a couple of parcels were waiting-

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One parcel contained an Etsy buy consisting of camels ( resin) for my baggage train. They are nice, crisp casts ( prints l suppose is more correct) which should paint up well. Also in the picture you can see two carts / chariots that came as part of the other package. Anyone recognise them? The main interest in buying the second package was for the gladiators. Back in the day, my teens l had lots of Minifigs gladiators, Paragon Rules and the obligatory biscuit tin arena, all long since gone.

These lovely old school figures will serve as an element of blades for the Palmyranesque army. I imagine that they represent the local gladiator school being pressed into service in the defence of the city in times of extremis. It was good to see these  old school fellows and recruit them into my current project.