Having cleared away Newhaven and having all those hoplites I've painted this year lying around I thought: let's have a Garrison Hoplite Review...
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I originally planned to leave spaces between the units but couldn't get them all the picture.
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| There are slightly more than 1,000 of them, but who's counting? |
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With the exception of some of the Spartans and Thebans the front 6 ranks are all G3, next 6 ranks the cavalry conversion. Back ranks are various other Garrison hoplites - I haven't used any of my Minifigs hoplites in this Review, they are all Garrison.
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The original set up didn't include my Asiatic Greek hoplites but left me a bit under 100 figures short for the full 1,000... so I thought 'why not?'
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OK, so that would suit one target - I can field 1,000 Garrison hoplites; what next? Probably 500 each of G3 and cavalry conversion (must give it a code!)... so that would leave me another 400 figures or so to paint. Perhaps that would make a good 2021 target? Can't see me managing it though!
Wow. Quite a spectacle.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Actually... it is!
DeleteOK, so at 1:10, you're pretty much there for Marathon but the line is a bit deep. Might have to move this one to the floor or outside.
ReplyDeleteNow, will twice the number of Persians do?
Having a spin caster, moulds and metal is obviously a dangerous thing! :)
Very dangerous. Now you've got me thinking I'm a bit short of Persians:) - plus, would be nice to have a 30 or 40 foot long table... the frontage of this lot is about a metre or so, at 8 ranks deep I could just about get it on an 8' table...so in theory I could actually do a battle using all of them facing a respectable Persian force... except... back around the mid-70s I took part in a 'bring everything you've got' Greek v Roman battle, 3-4 players a side, depth of each army not much different to what I've got here but over about 12'... took so long to move everything that a few hours later only about 2-3 units on either side had made contact with the enemy! Never again.
DeleteYou would need many Persian archers to hold them back:-) An impressing view!
ReplyDeleteWorking on it!
DeleteI first saw them in a mag with a story by T. Bath, I haven't been right since. Never was able to get any of those Hoplites.
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