The title refers to the fact that these have been sat waiting to be finished pretty much since Victrix released them! I think I fell out with them because they’re somewhat on the large side. I’ve now painted up a pretty large infantry force and really need some cavalry, so needed to get my finger out. This is a bit of a test base to see what worked colour wise and I’m reasonably happy with the outcome
I’ve added another couple of bases to these and tried to give them a focal point with a snazzy leader. He’s based on the Agios Athenasios tomb paintings, with shields and helmet borrowed from other figures in the frieze. The helmet he’s wearing is converted to look like the one found in Phillip’s tomb (carefully not saying which Phillip; there is some dispute!)
Here’s another shot to show the trumpeter, also from the same source; I’ve just added the trumpet!
All together as a fighting line.
Slowly working on adding to my Hellenistic troops and couldn’t resist the new Victrix Hoplite set. They’ve been lightly converted with head swaps and some feather transplants to add variety.
I’ve also added a couple of bases to my Early Parthian allies/mercenaries, including a base of the classic Parthian shot and some command to give the expanded unit some focus
