'S' Range Assyrian army Review.

 So things like that pond are still taking up all my time... 

Put it this way, the original was about 6' by 4' and a bit under 2' deep. The present version is currently about 22/24' by 10/12' and up to 3' deep. It's taking a while to dig the thing out and stopping everything else. Had hoped to have had a casting session by now, it keeps getting put back..

That being the case, already did the Egyptians, so this time I set up the Assyrians. They have been covered before and not much added, just gave me an excuse to get them out! (To be fair, have been quietly painting a (very) few Japanese, but again figures that would normally have taken  a couple of days are taking a couple of weeks.)

Unlike the Egyptians these are not sorted into Divisions - just one glorious mixed up whole.

Also unlike the Egyptians this lot haven't been designated as 'finished' - still a few units patiently waiting their turn.

It's also an army that is not purely Minifigs 'S' Range. This lot are from about 1975-1978 and have Minifigs chariot bodies that I had 'updated' with Lamming horses, crews and wheels. At the time I was building a Lamming Assyrian army and used the chariot bodies to make 4 horse rather than Lamming 2 horse chariots - Bill was always happy to sell 'bits'. Really must paint the bases to match the current army.

Same basic style, but these are ones I did just a few years ago - all Minifigs 'S' Range apart from     Garrison chariot wheels. The armoured horses are 'S' Range cataphract horses. The general was inspired by the next lot.

The next lot are ones I got from Harry. The design looked good so I took it as a template for my 2 horse chariot force!

The spearman in this acts as the general for the 2 horse chariots - and is one of my figures painted back in about 1970. He would originally have crewed one of the 4 horse chariots from the first chariot picture.

Chariots painted by me from unpainted ex-Harry chariots. Some of these are crewed by Garrison 20mm I cast.

Finally some ex-Harry charioys credited to Ray McGarry but given Assyrian crews to replace their original Persian crews - this is, after all, the 'right' chariot for Assyrians!