Get Sparta

Thracians

2007-07-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

OOOOOOOOO do I like these. Buggers to paint, but they look good! I really need to do more of these one day. Maybe field a 1000pt army? As it stands the cavalry do OK well better than the other types available, yes, yes I know I must do some basic Greek cavaly, I actually do have the castings........ The peltasts are yet to be used. The rhomphia is a nice surprise for opposing cavalry. I could field the above foot minis plus a few mates as a warband.

All ifs buts & maybes.

stick chuckers

2007-07-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

I have a few of these due to a cock up in the purchasing dept. Thing is ideally I would like to be able to field two 2k armies one day for some in house hoplite action, so technically I do need them.

Seriously over painted when you consider how long they stay on the table. Claim to fame for these boys was taking out a Sassanid 'phant! Delayed the inevitable & for a moment we dared to dream of victory!

A few weeks later they got savaged by packs of dogs, not pretty. It's a hard life in the jav. corps.

Slingers

2007-07-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

By Foundry. A couple of gems in the pack & one dog of a mini imho. Not even a slinger....oh well if I see another pack I like sometime I will add more.

Archers

2007-07-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

Minis by Crus....sorry A & A Miniatures. Didn't like them at first, but they grew on me. Not hit anything with them to date......

Cretan archers

2007-07-26T14:16:00.001-07:00

Foundry minis, not very exciting really. Not sure they are worth the points.....discuss?

Skiritoi

2007-07-26T14:13:00.000-07:00

Did I spell that right?

Basically Spartan Hoplites used as tough hill tribesmen peltasts. Used to run with the cavalry as a sort of combined ops force. Ha not when I am in charge. Need to do a few more of these, but ran out of suitable castings, bum.

Peltasts

2007-07-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

There are actually 32 of these. Two units of `16 to protect the flanks,

Allied hoplites

2007-07-26T14:07:00.000-07:00

By the time I got round to doing these, some 3/4 years into the project I had decided to do a bit less detailing! The minis them were bought ready painted.Well painted of sorts from E-bay. Basically I re did the, starting from scratch with removal of mouldlines, oh & layers of paint.

VVV & Foundry transfers from pre LBM days.

The Spartans.....

2007-07-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

Hoplites, 4 units of Sparta's finest baby eating warriors. Originally they were in units of 24 because I didn't bother with stuff like army lists. After getting some losses under my belt it was suggested 20 was a better unit size.

I saw Barry hilton was selling some minis & was wary of E-bay. I can understand why, for selling complete units it is a buyers market. Each of the above minis would have taken me an hour to do. The above is 20 man hours for which I would hope to earnt least £10 a mini including casting & basing. If I ever sold them on E-bay I doubt the unit would go for much more than £60 -£80, more than £20 of whcih is the casting value itself.

Anyway don't they look 'ard?