I have been looking forward to the release of these brand new 20mm Newline Designs Hellenistic Infantry figures for some time! I was pleased that they ended up with 2 codes each with 3 poses, each code having a different helmet type. They are very versatile figures that can mix well with other codes for further variety and if you include head swap potential lots more variety can be achieved. An easy conversion option is always a simple shield swap. Macedonian shields to make them peltast type troops or even Roman scutums to make them hastily recruited raw legionaries from the Greek east! I am hoping the blog will show some of these potential units in the future. I ended up basing these as loose order foot.
With these painted up I will be moving back on with the variety of Hellenistic cavalry and infantry that are prepped and ready to paint for Magnesia and beyond! However as I mentioned in my previous post I haven't had an opportunity to fight Zama with Lost Battles, so Magnesia is not looking likely. So the aim is to set up quick playing Neil Thomas inspired wargame with gridded movement.
Before moving to the next project I want to try painting up the flip side of the vinyl tiles as featured in some of these photos. I think the patterned side might be alright as is, pale sandy arid looking side and the sticky side has been backed with plain paper which I hope to pull off a lush green battlefield. There's 15 to do for our 5'x3' table, and I have plenty spare to make terrain features down the line.
1/72 Ancients
Excellent Thureophoroi, something certainly missing in 1/72 plastic !
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, yes very useful figures!
DeleteI'm very glad I came across this. I was looking for something in this scale that might accurately represent the Aetolian, Acarnanian and Athamanian mercenaries that were present in Pyrrhus's Italian army - troop types that were deployed in his main infantry line and could fight melee style and yet still be light enough to fight alongside Samnite troops in more skirmish style operations. Exchanging the pelta for the thureos makes these types very suitable for both roles, although I'm inclined to have them based in a closer order for deployment in the main infantry line.
ReplyDeleteYes sounds good, you can't go wrong with these. I have some based up in close order also I was pleased when Newline produced them after hounding them for a long time! https://showparade.blogspot.com/2022/05/hellenistic-mercenaries.html
DeleteThanks Tony. Your site has been very helpful in its guidance on painting techniques. I too am a fan of this scale and Newline ancients. My problem is with basing. I want to adopt the fast play 'To the Strongest' rules using a 15cm grid system on a 6' x 4' table. I think I saw on your website that you use a 60mm frontage for 4 figure infantry elements which is pretty much the standard for many rule sets. I didn't really want to stray from this because of the compatibility with most other rules. However, if I adopt 60mm as my element frontage it means I won't be able to fit a unit of 3 elements frontage or 180mms into a grid because of the 150mm size constraints. I've thought about going down to 50mm for each element but wonder if this is going to be too much of a squeeze for 4 figures. From your experience with basing would you say this is too much of a squeeze?
ReplyDeleteHi Steve, pleased my blogs been of help. I have since this post rebased to 80mm frontages with 6 figures across. I think the beauty of games such as TtS! with their grids is you can be flexible. With regards to 50mm bases you can probably squeeze 4 across depending on the figure and pose, however TtS! won't require fixed figure numbers giving you flexibility and potential to make scenic bases.
DeleteCheckout this facebook group if you are on there are loads of super helpful fans of Newline who will also have experience working with the figures:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237173030519975/