Continuing with the 'big' units, this early hoplite regiment took twice as long to paint as the Late unit because of all that armour.
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Basically scale armour and a white horse head on red background shield blazon.
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It's a while since I've painted armour as scale - I used silver paint instead of steel because it shows up better.
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I think the best I can say about the horse head blazons is that quality of the artwork is 'variable'!
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Not exactly a Review, but having painted two full size (48-52 figure) units since the last Review, plus increasing the size of another from 24 to 48 figures, it seemed like a good time to put them together for a photoshoot.
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Realistically the side view looks better. Note that there is another G3 unit in use as Carians so not here.
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Shouldn't miss out the late hoplites - likewise, 2 48 strong units completed this year. Probably best to look at the box on the right as National/City contingents, the left box Mercenary regiments. Roughly 300 figures
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So between the two blocks a bit under 600 hoplites.
What a parade, a panoply of glorious bronze!
ReplyDeleteParades are good... must have a proper one soon.
DeleteWhat an amazing army , loads of O.S. goodness !
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteVery impressive Rob. They look great enmasse, as they should, well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Have to admit, It's setting my toys that I like.
DeleteShiny loveliness Rob...
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Think I can agree with that. Always liked hoplites.
DeleteI always pictured the Greeks with bronze scales but none the less, your technique works and looks the part.
ReplyDeleteIt follows 'Armies of the Greek and Persian Wars' figure 2 - 'but the body part was normally covered in iron scales - the figure it represents is virtually G3. Never tried bronze scales as I'm not sure how well it would contrast on a black undercoat.
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