Micro armies: Medieval dark ages. Miniatures in 2 mm. STL Files.
A set of STL files to reproduce western european dark ages armies (from between roughly the V and IX centuries) at a 2 mm scale, or about 1/1000th scale. Since there is not much information about the particular tactics of the armies of this period, I have built the units based on educated guesses. These armies were very small in comparison with previous periods, which means that a handful of these bases will allow you to build an army at a full one man to one miniature scale. Due to this, I have not decided to make square bases, as I did previously in the CGR range.
Compatible with DBX systems, Art de la Guerre, Strength & Honour, etc. This set has been inspired by Simon McDowal's Shieldwall rules.
Please check the included spreadsheet with the information of what's in each reference. The set contains:
- A series of small scenes depicting generals, banners, duels between champions, and other markers
- Heavy infantry forming a shieldwall, with 2, 3 and 6 rows. All in 40x15 mm bases.
- Skirmishing infantry with bow and javelins in 40x15 mm and 40x20 mm bases.
- Heavy cavalry representing carolingian (~IX century) knights, and light infantry representing generic skirmishing cavalry (irish, breton, etc).
- Heavy calvalry in the style of late roman cavalry, for representing King Arthur and his knights.
- Casualty markers, in case you need them in your favourite wargame.
The miniatures come with a rough, 0.4 mm thin base, intended to be glued onto a base of according size. Paint with bright and bold colour schemes.
Notes about printing:
- I print with layers of 0.05 mm, and they come out fine
- Autosupports work well. Take care in ensuring good coverage of the corners of the base
- If printing directly onto the buildplate, I suggest you rescale the sets in the XY directions by 95% (at least). The elephant foot effect will increase base size, and you will have to trim a large part of the base!
- If printing directly onto the buildplate, I suggest you don't overload the printer too much. The more you load it, the thicker the base, and miniatures will come out shorter than they are