Late Greek hoplite army.

One of the things that has always been on my mind is the sheer number of figures Greenwood & Ball/Garrison could have made but didn't. Strangely (though perhaps not based on the knowledge in the hobby at the time) the 20mm Greek infantry were all early but most of the cavalry had shields - a very late feature.  So the obvious thing to do was take the later cavalry, turn one leg forwards, stick them on a base and call them infantry.

This lot have been on a number of posts as individual units but this is the first time I've actually put them all together on one table.

The army in column of march led by cavalry then the Spartans. OK, army perhaps not totally accurate, but...

The column - I haven't included any of the light infantry in these photos. Perhaps later... a couple of hundred slingers, archers and javelinmen would have certainly added to overall look but missed the point of mainly showcasing GC3/5 and their infantry derivatives.

In line of battle, right flank 'medium' cavalry, left flank the lights.

Medium cavalry GC5 - this is the figure most of the infantry are conversions of. Cavalry are perhaps a bit over-represented in relation to the number of hoplites I have here, but when 'other' hoplites are included, not as much.

The Spartans - the 16 figure Hippeis plus a 24 figure Spartiate unit. Will probably add a second 24 man unit later - part of the plan. The Hippeis unit is based on GC3 rather than GC5.

Standard 'line' units, useful for any nation or as mercenaries. This lot would expect to spend most of their time in the Persian army.

Boring Thebans, again will probably add a second 'line' unit plus a 'Sacred Band' unit later.

And finally the light cavalry for those times when they need lights instead of mediums!