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Cretan Archers

2011-08-09T02:45:00.000-07:00

These archers came out of Zvezda's Greek infantry box. I added a Newline pelta shield to the standing figures. I have decieded to focus first on finishing a Carthaginian army to use for impetus then a Republican Roman army to oppose them. This is to encourage me to actually use my collection for wargaming. This however is still going to take ages because of work and finding time to get figures done has been difficult. Hopefully soon there will be some more units to take some pictures of and post on here.

Greek Slingers

2011-08-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Just a stones throw away from the enemy are these Greek slingers from Newline Designs. They went smoother than the other slingers. This time I only applied wash to the flesh areas and used a base coat and highlights to the tunics which I will probably stick with on figures that have areas that do not work well with the washes. Next up will be some mercenary archers.

Balearic Slingers

2011-07-27T09:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some Balearic Slingers from Newline. They ended up a bit messy as I went over board with the mud wash. I tried to introduce some variety into the unit by bending the slings of the firing poses. Also I forgot to mention that I have updated the Austrian post originally a work in progress dated 5th Jan 2011. Next up will be more slingers but they will be Greeks.

Carthaginian Citizen Levy

2011-07-18T07:34:00.000-07:00

I had originally bought Hat's African Infantry set for the heavy troops in that set. I never really liked the Punic Citizen troops in the set, mainly down to the pose. However after replacing my plastics with metals I never thought I would use the African set in this way; bending the pose from running to a more advancing pose and swapping heads with the heavy spearmen in the same set. I ended up spending far too much time on these the wash didn't go to plan and i ended up repainting their tunics. I may do another unit in red with white shields with the same head swap at some point.

Napoleonic Austrian Line

2011-01-05T13:46:00.000-08:00

Finally the Austrians arrive! These figures work very well with the Citadel washes, because of this I tried it on a unit of Balearic Slingers but it did not work as well as you will see once I have posted the pictures of that unit in the near future. These Newline Austrians, once I got used to painting them were quite enjoyable to paint. Future Austrian Line units will now be a less daunting prospect and hopefully other Napoleonic units I have in the pile.

Seleucid Phalangites

2010-11-01T06:37:00.000-07:00

These figures were relatively easy to paint. I have some Newline Carthaginian Pikemen that I am going to use as Hellenistic Pikemen as well as Macedonian Pikemen. By Newline Designs. This is the last of my photos for now. I am currently working on some Napleonic Austrian and I will take more photos as soon as possible.

Tarantine Cavalry

2010-11-01T06:24:00.000-07:00

Skirmish cavalry in the Tarantine fasion. Figures by Newline Designs.

Alexander's Light Infantry

2010-11-01T06:23:00.000-07:00

One of the poses from Hat's Alexander's Light troops. I liked how the GW mud wash worked on these figures. Click for full size.

Hellenistic Thureophoroi

2010-11-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

Very versitile figures for Hellenistic armies. I also have a unit with hoplon shields in the works.

Seleucid Cataphracts

2010-10-27T11:19:00.000-07:00

These were done quite a while ago now. Some of the first Newline figures I painted up and converted me over to metal figures.

Second unit of Numidian Cavalry

2010-10-24T16:12:00.000-07:00

More Numidians this time however they are 1/72 plastics by Hat Industrie.

Numidian Cavalry

2010-10-16T10:25:00.000-07:00

20mm Numidians, by Newline Designs. The command figures are still to be painted.

Numidian Skirmishers

2010-10-11T07:38:00.000-07:00

20mm by Newline Designs. Numidian Cavalry will follow up next time.

Libyan Skimishers

2010-09-30T10:10:00.000-07:00

Libyan Skirmishers Newline Designs 20mm

African Heavy Infantry

2010-09-22T09:51:00.000-07:00

Libyan Heavy Infantry in Carthaginian service, using one pose from Newline Designs' African close order foot. Instead of using the Hoplite shield provided I decided to use the Early Roman Hoplite shield, for the embossed shield design. The fourth picture down is the first unit of these figures I attempted and have a slightly darker paint scheme.

African Elephants

2010-09-17T14:35:00.000-07:00

Elephants by Newline Design. I have some more Carthaginian elephants with towers and Macedonian and Successor elephants. These elephants were fairly simple to paint and assemble I found.

Third Unit of Veterans

2010-09-05T14:09:00.000-07:00

This is the third unit of African Veterans I have finished so far. The plan is to have another unit in this pose, shield and colour scheme. I previously mentioned the Units of Veterans with Hoplite shields which will consist of two units one of each pose. The future Immitation Legionarries I am planning will consist of four units with swords that will be given Greek style Thureos shields.

Second Unit of African Veterans

2010-09-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

As mentioned in the previous post here is the second unit of Libyan Veterans.

Hannibal's African Veterans

2010-09-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

This is the first unit of Libyan Veterans with captured Roman arms by Newline Designs. I really like these figures and ordered quite a lot. I intend to paint units with different shields and will have far too many veterans than any army list would permit. I am currently working on a couple of units of veterans with Greek style Hoplite shields, and in the future will give a unit some spanish Scutum shields. Another future project using these figures will be to create Hellenistic Immitation Legions such as the Seleucid Silvershields equiped in the Roman Manner.

Hannibal

2010-08-26T12:10:00.000-07:00

Hannibal, Scourge of Rome. Depicted here in 20mm, figure by Newline Designs.

First Post: Reveille

2010-08-26T10:06:00.000-07:00

This blog is a personal showcase of my painted miniatures. I collect 1/72 & 20mm figures and I am interested in most historical eras particularly ancients. This blog is also here to encourage and keep myself focused on completing the mountains of lead and plastic I have stored away. I hope you enjoy the blog.