{"id":17548,"date":"2026-04-24T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=17548"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:55:31","slug":"hic-sunt-dracones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/hic-sunt-dracones\/","title":{"rendered":"Hic Sunt Dracones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/hic-sunt-dracones\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>The s\u00e0irdseant looked to his left and his right, surveying the ranks of the lannsairean. Their polished armour gleamed in the waning sun as they patiently waited on the ridge while the battle raged below. He could clearly see his lord Nuada in the centre of the action, his silver arm flashing as it caught the last rays of the day. Soon, he knew that the signal would come and the drummers would beat out the call to arms. His troop of lancers, along with the others of the r\u00e8isimeid, would race down the  hill and sweep away the remnants of the Fomorian army in one great, glorious charge. Until then, they waited silently, the breath of the drakes coiling from their nostrils in the cooling air as their talons nested in the heather. Their time was about to come&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/hic-sunt-dracones\/dragonlancers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DragonLancers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers-850x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DragonLancers-250x141.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So. Some new Celtos figures. It&#8217;s only been what, ten years ? Maybe more, who&#8217;s counting ?<\/p>\n<p>Today we have four new Sidhe Dragon Riders. There are two heavily armed warriors with lances sitting astride armoured dragons, along with a kettle-drummer musician. There is also a leader with longsword and plumed helm. A new pack is also available with one of each figure in, plus a reinforcement pack that just has two of each lancer.<\/p>\n<p>There are two variants of the armoured dragons, and seasoned dragon watchers (if there is such a thing) might notice that we also have a new rear end for thew, allowing for different versions to be made.<\/p>\n<p>We promise in another ten years&#8217; time to release some more Celtos figures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/dragon-lancer-troop\/\">CLTP-118<\/a> &#8211; Dragon Lancer Troop &#8211; \u00a325.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/dragon-lancer-reinforcements\/\">CLTP-119<\/a> &#8211; Dragon Lancer Reinforcements &#8211; \u00a325.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/sidhe-dragon-leader\/\">CLT-146<\/a> &#8211; Dragon Leader &#8211; \u00a37.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/sidhe-dragon-musician\/\">CLT-147<\/a> &#8211; Dragon Musician- \u00a37.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/sidhe-dragon-lancer-1\/\">CLT-148<\/a> &#8211; Lancer #1 &#8211; \u00a37.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/sidhe-dragon-lancer-2\/\">CLT-149<\/a> &#8211; Lancer #2 &#8211; \u00a37.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The s\u00e0irdseant looked to his left and his right, surveying the ranks of the lannsairean. Their polished armour gleamed in the waning sun as they patiently waited on the ridge while the battle raged below. He could clearly see his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/hic-sunt-dracones\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Celtos figures. Yes, really, new Celtos figures. 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