Showing posts with label Ancients. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancients. Show all posts
01/10/2023
Ancient triremes and penteconters
These are the WI digital ships for Thalassa, which I printed back in June. Hopefully I now have enough for a reasonable game in an evening. I would like to add some emblems to the sails, but that will have to wait till I can print ome decals the right size.
A Spartan squadron
An Athenian squadron
The triremes have slots intended to be occupied with bases depicting the crew of the ship. Unfortunately all of the figures that would normally fit were presupported and the supports were impossible to remove.
18/11/2021
A slight diversion - Gladiators
While back I bought a set of EM4 pre-painted gladiators at Penkridge warboot sale. I have now got around to basing them properly so they can be used for games.
31/03/2021
Roman cataphracts and commanders
I'm on a bit of the roll at the moment. These complete my Roman army rebasing project.
The HaT cataphracts didn't really need rebasing, but unfortunately it was a desert colour so it was not consistent with the rest. They are underscale compared to Rospaks, but on the battlefield in seperate units it's not too noticable
The commanders are old 25mm Minifigs, they are a bit too large/chunky. I wonder if there is anything out there more suitable? 28mm would be too big, maybe 3D printed?
The HaT cataphracts didn't really need rebasing, but unfortunately it was a desert colour so it was not consistent with the rest. They are underscale compared to Rospaks, but on the battlefield in seperate units it's not too noticable
The commanders are old 25mm Minifigs, they are a bit too large/chunky. I wonder if there is anything out there more suitable? 28mm would be too big, maybe 3D printed?
30/03/2021
yet more Romans!!
A bit harder this time as I had to deal with the broken pilums and replace all the decals so that the units looked consistent.
The images for the decals were copied off the web and then scaled to fit the shields
The images for the decals were copied off the web and then scaled to fit the shields
24/03/2021
Roman Auxilliaries
Continuing the rebasing, I worked on a couple of units each of bow and javelin armed auxilliaries. Each existing unit of 24 figures bacame a close order unit of 16 and an open order unit of 8.
All the figures are Rospaks who only produced two poses.
Luckily with these there was very little rework except a couple of broken javelins needing replaced.
If I need to use the figures in their old WRG 6th context, then I simply have to alternate the close and open order bases
Now I'm into the more serious reorganisation and repairs
All the figures are Rospaks who only produced two poses.
Luckily with these there was very little rework except a couple of broken javelins needing replaced.
If I need to use the figures in their old WRG 6th context, then I simply have to alternate the close and open order bases
Now I'm into the more serious reorganisation and repairs
18/03/2021
The Legions are marching
Finished rebasing the first 6 units of Early Imperial Roman Legionaries
These were quite simiple as I was reducing the unit sizes down from 24 to 16. The remainders will need more repairs and reworking to make complete units.
These were quite simiple as I was reducing the unit sizes down from 24 to 16. The remainders will need more repairs and reworking to make complete units.
09/03/2021
Stepping back in time - Roman Cavalry
The first of the reworked Rospaks Early Imperial Romans are the cavalry
Unlike the Greeks I decided not to try swapping the arms around. Partly because I thought I might need the sword arms fort the infantry
Unlike the Greeks I decided not to try swapping the arms around. Partly because I thought I might need the sword arms fort the infantry
25/12/2020
Merry Christmas
Prettige Kerstmis!
Frohe Weihnachten!
Joyeux Noel!
Feliz Navidad!
Buon Natale!
Wesolych Swiat!
Kellemes Karacsonyi Ünnepeket!
Feliz Natal!
Sretan Bozic!
God Jul!
Vesele Vanoce!
Merry Christmas to all the readers of my blog and some old rebased figures to enjoy!
The figures are all Atlantic
Frohe Weihnachten!
Joyeux Noel!
Feliz Navidad!
Buon Natale!
Wesolych Swiat!
Kellemes Karacsonyi Ünnepeket!
Feliz Natal!
Sretan Bozic!
God Jul!
Vesele Vanoce!
Merry Christmas to all the readers of my blog and some old rebased figures to enjoy!
22/10/2020
Last of the Greeks - commanders and cavalry
The last but hardest stage of rebasing my Greek army, and it is now completed.
A couple of the mounted commanders were 25mm metal figures, and the other was a Rospak conversion. I gave each one a supporting infantryman, for the others I added some standard bearers from the last remaining hoplite figures. It's not clear if the ancient Greeks used Vexillia, but it looks much better. The Spartan commander was a Rospaks Roman centurion and his standard bearer was a odd Rospak phalangite that I found in a job-lot of figures.
For the Thessalian cavalry I used some Rospaks that had been converted to Companions with tinfoil cloaks. I removed the cloaks, replaced a number of arms and repositioned the heads before adding new cloaks from greenstuff.
A couple of the mounted commanders were 25mm metal figures, and the other was a Rospak conversion. I gave each one a supporting infantryman, for the others I added some standard bearers from the last remaining hoplite figures. It's not clear if the ancient Greeks used Vexillia, but it looks much better. The Spartan commander was a Rospaks Roman centurion and his standard bearer was a odd Rospak phalangite that I found in a job-lot of figures.
For the Thessalian cavalry I used some Rospaks that had been converted to Companions with tinfoil cloaks. I removed the cloaks, replaced a number of arms and repositioned the heads before adding new cloaks from greenstuff.
28/09/2020
16/09/2020
Yet more Greek, no gifts
Yes, even more Greeks, this breaks the bulk of the rework/rebasing task
Yet more hoplites, while basing the last batch I made an error and used 45mm deep bases (rather than my/WRG standard 40mm), but it worked so much better at protecting the spears so I have continued it.
The cavalry, yet more arm swapping and the the figures on the right have a lot of their heads positioned to look where they are going
All that is left to do are the commanders and the units I somehow missed in listing my original army.
Yet more hoplites, while basing the last batch I made an error and used 45mm deep bases (rather than my/WRG standard 40mm), but it worked so much better at protecting the spears so I have continued it.
The cavalry, yet more arm swapping and the the figures on the right have a lot of their heads positioned to look where they are going
All that is left to do are the commanders and the units I somehow missed in listing my original army.
08/09/2020
Yet more Ancient Greeks Upgraded
A large batch this time, three units of hoplites, two of peltasts and one psiloi
Th hoplites
The peltasts, I tried to add more variety to these, once I found the old Rospaks spare part in my "bits box"
An in progress picture of the changes, the original is on the left.
Th hoplites
The peltasts, I tried to add more variety to these, once I found the old Rospaks spare part in my "bits box"
An in progress picture of the changes, the original is on the left.
16/08/2020
More Ancient Greeks upgraded
More of my Rospak Greeks have been rebased
My ships are slowly progressing, I'll post an in progress picture soon.
My ships are slowly progressing, I'll post an in progress picture soon.
30/07/2020
Upgrading my Ancient Greeks
Well not a good start to the new blogger - couldn't find how to add pictures. So here are my first units of upgraded Ancient Greeks
The changes are new bases, shield decals replaced and half the psiloi had their phyrgian caps sanded down so they were bare headed.
For comparison here are old and new. You can see why I need to change.
The changes are new bases, shield decals replaced and half the psiloi had their phyrgian caps sanded down so they were bare headed.
For comparison here are old and new. You can see why I need to change.
24/06/2020
Persian Levy
The last pair of units for my Persian Army, These are those bought along to fill up the numbers.
The right hand unit is made up of two different nations, Sakae to the right and Sogdians to the left. The other is a bit of a mis-mash of remaining figures
The Sakae and Sogdians had head swap to increase the variety
The right hand unit is made up of two different nations, Sakae to the right and Sogdians to the left. The other is a bit of a mis-mash of remaining figures
The Sakae and Sogdians had head swap to increase the variety
22/06/2020
Persian light infantry
a more varied selection of troops, six units in total.
In the fron Cissian archers, then slingers and then more "persian" archars
In the fron Cissian archers, then slingers and then more "persian" archars
20/06/2020
Persian Chariots and Commanders
It's been a while as I had some problems with paint supplies, I use Humbrol acrylic sand 63 as undercoat/primer and I was running out. I found somewhere on the web who could supply them. But after despatch I had an email saying they weren't included in the order as they were out of stock. A rather panicked search around and I decided to try the Vallejo primer instead as it was available. So here are the scythed chariots followed by the commanders.
One of the chariots was obtained as a swap without any horses or crew so I had to sort out something to replace them.
The colours are very odd as the commanders chariot (at the back) should be purple not blue?
One of the chariots was obtained as a swap without any horses or crew so I had to sort out something to replace them.
The colours are very odd as the commanders chariot (at the back) should be purple not blue?
02/06/2020
Persian Light Cavalry
The last of May's output is a pair of Late Achaemenid javelin armed light cavalry units, a brace of bow armed and another unit of Scythians
Figures are quite a mix of Hat and Zvezda, I prefer the Zvezda horses for light cavalry, so I used them with the HaT riders. then vice-versa with the Scythians so they would better match my old Rospaks
As before I have based them so they can deploy either closed up for melee ( as per the javelin armed cavalry) or sirmishing, like the horse archers
In case you hadn't spotted them, the Scythians are on the extreme left.
Figures are quite a mix of Hat and Zvezda, I prefer the Zvezda horses for light cavalry, so I used them with the HaT riders. then vice-versa with the Scythians so they would better match my old Rospaks
As before I have based them so they can deploy either closed up for melee ( as per the javelin armed cavalry) or sirmishing, like the horse archers
In case you hadn't spotted them, the Scythians are on the extreme left.
01/06/2020
Persian Takabara
Catching up with last month's painting here are the Late Achaemenid Persian Takabara which I have based as Peltasts (LMI)
Having created decals for the Kakardes I did the same for these, but it is not perfect as the shield edges are quite rounded, which meant I had to paint all around the edges to match
The figures are mainly HaT with a few Caesar added
Having created decals for the Kakardes I did the same for these, but it is not perfect as the shield edges are quite rounded, which meant I had to paint all around the edges to match
The figures are mainly HaT with a few Caesar added
01/05/2020
Persian Karkardes
So delayed from March due to the lack of decals (and a lack of faith that I could paint a passable design) here are the Karkardes, the Persian Hoplite equivalent.
Some close ups.
I would have placed the more obviously heavily armoured figures in the front rank, but they didn't fit as well
And a rear view
Some close ups.
I would have placed the more obviously heavily armoured figures in the front rank, but they didn't fit as well
And a rear view
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