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Those are the somewhat recently released Warlord's Games 'Thracians with Romphaia' metal miniatures. I figured those would be quick to paint up but as usual it took longer than I anticipated. For the color scheme since they are professional mercenaries I went with the greys that they wore rather than the more individual tribal schemes. There are 4 individual sculpts, two with cloaks and two without, overall I really like those.<br />
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I have also dug up a Relic miniatures metal I bought a long while ago, I knew it would make a great command figure and luckily it was a good fit scale wise too. The figure was made for Ancient Warfare Magazine based on an illustration by Johnny Schumate.<br />
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And here they are all together. I have also got some Aventine Thracians and I am planning to get some Crusader Thracians too to get true variety in the two 16 men units I am planning to do.<br />
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-81720772225696234602014-02-04T19:29:00.003-08:002014-03-02T11:20:35.127-08:00Magna Grecia Peltasts - Agema conversion<div style="text-align: center;">
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Those are the peltasts I made by converting Agema Miniatures' Roman Velites. I used scabbards, swords and shields from Wargames Factory sets (Amazons, Skeletons and Persians), head swaps from Warlord Games/Immortal Miniatures Classical Greek sets and adding steel pin javelins as well as some green stuff here and there.<br />
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I really like this set from Agema miniatures, they are very nice in terms of anatomy and scale, they are on the thin side as far as bulkiness which for my taste is a good thing. The hand throwing the javelins is particulary cool as the hand and fingers are set in a throwing pose so rather than just gripping the whole javelin in a closed fist the figure looks more realistic.<br />
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As far as historical accuracy I figured that by calling them 'Magna Grecia' peltasts I will be able to get away with having some Roman heads, clothing in there as well as daggers to show the Roman influence.<br />
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The shields that originally came with velites will also not go to waste, with a bit of greenstuffing they will make some good Tarantine shields and thus effectively converting my Macedonian cavalry into Tarantines. So that means the only thing I did not get to use from this set are the wolf pelt heads but with both Agema and Victrix gearing up to release Republican Roman sets I might just be tempted into starting another army.....<br />
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-66738196553266844472014-02-04T08:58:00.000-08:002014-03-02T11:20:15.730-08:00Seleucid 1st Corps phalanx and cataphracts <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the title says this is half of my Seleucid phalanx, I decided to to with a simple gold for metal parts, white for linothorax and grey for clothing. When I get around to doing the second part of the phalanx I will probably add more variety to colour schemes of the trousers. One of the feathers on the commander figure broke off and I couldn't find it so I had replace it with green-stuff and it actually looks ok (*pats himself on the back*)! </div>
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And those are the colour scheme tests for my cataphracts, they are nice and quick to paint up- mostly just metallic dry-brushing as they are so heavily clad in armor. I decided to go with red as the main color tying them together, the red spears/kontos give them that more elite look.<br />
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-17543883993617824742013-04-21T19:21:00.001-07:002013-10-25T08:36:32.489-07:00My first Salute's haul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When you go to Salute it is a time-honored tradition to show off your
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<b>Metal Hellenic 1st corps, Polemarch (GrippingBeast) and Foundry figures</b></div>
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Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-10905755294315267582013-04-17T21:13:00.000-07:002013-04-17T21:42:24.848-07:00Hypaspists, Psiloi and Persians WIPs These are some of the figures I've been working on. They are working in progress because Psiloi and Hypaspists have no washes as of yet and all the models including Persians need to get some greenery on to their bases.<br />
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<b>Victrix Mercenary Hoplites </b>painted as <b>Hypaspistoi</b><br />
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This is the first try I tried to give infantry bowstrings and it turned out to be really easy- take broom bristle, dap both ends of the bow in some superglue and stick the bristle on. When dry clip of the excess bristle and paint over the dry superglue (it usually turns white so you will need to go over it).<br />
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A quick size comparison with Perry, Victrix, Wargames Factory, Victrix and Warlord Games phalangite. As you can see those ranges work very well together and you should be able to create a huge chunk of your Macedonian and Persian army with those.Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-25578001579194341762013-04-10T18:28:00.001-07:002013-04-11T11:27:34.382-07:00Galatian mercenaries These are the Galatian mercenaries for my Hellenic armies. I've made them using Warlord Games' Celtic Warrior (which I got from the Conquest of Gaul starter set). I converted a few of those by giving them the hoplite helmets from Classical Greek Hoplites set (Warlord/Immortal Miniatures) to set them apart from the European Celts.<br />
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I decided to use only bare-chested models for this because that is the way they were represented in Ancient Warfare Magazine as well as in Nick Sekunda's book on Ptolemaic army. The shield design also comes from those. I suspect such uniform design was a later development which would make it suitable for representing them from around 250/200BC. On the other hand my helmet swaps are 50/100 years older/earlier but I decided not to worry about that too much- I just wanted to give them a bit of Hellenic flavor. I could not be bothered to do all of their trousers in the criss-cross fashion so a lot of them received 'Asterix and Obelix' pants, not sure how(if at all) historically accurate those are either. <br />
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I tried to make each figure unique so no two are identical. I've done this by either using different poses, shield variation, facial hair colours, trousers or helmet paint job. Check all 9 of them below (in the front rank):<br />
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I was relieved to find that they actually rank up very well. I remember people complaining that their dynamic poses meant putting them in ranks is difficult but I found it pretty easy. You can see the evidence below:</div>
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After Alexander the Great's death his generals (known as Diadochi) fought for control over his domain. After long and bloody struggle only two major names still stood- the Seleucus and Ptolemy I. Ptolemy would go on to die peacefully but he chose his second son to succeed him so that his eldest son- Ptolemy Keraunos (thunderbolt) decided to seek his fortunes elsewhere. He joined Seleucus who after series of conflicts came out on top of the Diadochi wars after he killed Lysimachus(in control of the Thrace region) only to be assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos afterwards. </div>
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Although thanks to this Ptolemy Keraunos gained the Macedonian throne his timing could not have been any worse. With the collapse of Thracian kingdom Lysimachus helped build the flood gates have opened for Celtic migration South. Those Celts attacked and pillaged Thrace, Macedon and Greece- killing and(!) beheading Ptolemy Keraunos in the process (279BC). </div>
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The Celts were known as great warriors and due to great numbers they were widely and cheaply available fighting troops (fact exploited by Pyrrhus of Epirus when he returned from his Italian expedition to tackle Macedon). The Gauls were finally defeated two years later in 277 by Antigonus II Gonatas (grandson of Diadochi general Antigonus 'One-eyed').</div>
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Afterwards they migrated to Anatolia in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and became known as Galatians. Although over the years they became more 'civilized' and less war-like those among them who chose the mercenary life have retained their superior traits and were highly valued, mostly used by Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms. </div>
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4. Wargames Factory - Hoplite with WF Persian head (Takabara/Kardakes)</div>
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7. Immortal Miniatures/Warlord's - Hoplite</div>
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8. Warlord Games- Celtic Warrior with ImmortalMin. helmet (Galatian)</div>
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9. Warlord Games- Roman Imperial Legionary (scorpion crew)</div>
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So below is the 'loot' I got from Norwich's Eastern Front Show. The Highlight is the Lord Of the Rings book which I got for a staggering price of £2. I got some WFactory WW2 Germans for my little brother, Hail Caesar starter set (~90 miniatures with the rulebook), some sand, Greek blisters, Slingshot and Ancient Warfare Magazine issues as well as Society of Ancients membership (comes with handy 10% discount for a lot of wargaming companies, including Warlord Games) and last but not least some Foundry Macedonian Companions (12 for £25!). </div>
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Ancient Warfare Magazine is a historical magazine with a few wargaming adverts and 1-2 pages of miniatures review whereas slingshot is wargaming magazine with historical discussions. On the other hand Ancient Warfare Magazine has more illustrations and in general is of better quality (but more expensive!). </div>
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First two pictures are the four deep rank I am going to have the unit in while the third picture shows the guys in the back ranks. In the last pictures you can see helmet variations. To make sure this is not an army of clones I put in some extra work there, particularly the last guy on the right where I tried to give him that laurel wreath made gold, not sure whether you can tell though!<br />
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Up next will be Sudanese Tribesmen (still in the mail, use as Thracians
with some conversions) and Warlord's Celts (converted to Galatians) which I am going to pick up from Norwich's Eastern Front game show along with Hail Caesar rulebook this Sunday! Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-28732527106406478482012-09-09T16:42:00.000-07:002012-09-12T23:45:54.726-07:00Another batch of phalangites<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-13497327751695939802012-09-01T17:24:00.002-07:002012-09-11T18:14:34.582-07:00Wargames Factory Persians WIP<div style="text-align: left;">
So with the crazy discounts on Persian sprues I started a Persian army which I am going to use as army of Darius to fight Alexander and possibly later as some levies for Diadochi armies too (I'm thinking Seleucid). So far I've put few archers together and greenstuffed the shoulders so there is no crack where the arms and heads are attached.</div>
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<b> </b> I have made attempts at plastic phalanx before but I in the 1/72 scale with Zvezda's Macedonian Phalanx. However the sarissa was too flimsy and I was somewhat discouraged. Then I discovered these in 28mm scale and I knew I had to get some!<br />
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There are only four poses but really to represent the phalanx it is more than enough. However I was disappointed that there was no pose where the sarissa can be positioned parallel to the ground (ei. what the first rank would do). These are slightly chunkier than the hoplites I have been doing so far but I think that I can swap heads from both sets easily enough.<br />
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Each sprue allows four of these to be built so this is a test sprue run. There is a selection of 6 helmets on each and 6 sarissa poses (the two additional not shown have the Macedonians hold the sarissa by the buttspike). With 40 total that gives 10 sprues plus transfers. I went with white colour-scheme for the armour, yellow for pteruges detail and red for clothing. Though metal parts are gold I went with bronze (<span dir="auto">Chalkaspides</span>-Bronze shields) (Citadel's Brazen Brass) to give them the standard rank-n-file look rather than make them look lite the elite phalanx (such as argyraspides which Warlord Games has a separate metal set for).<br />
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I plan to use them in multiple armies, from Alexander to Pyrrhus to Diadochi up to Seleucids. Overall I am very happy with the detail and sculpt of these guys. Once I get all of my hoplites and these guys out of the way I can start getting some cavalry!<br />
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-29705605292828053442012-05-31T15:16:00.000-07:002013-04-10T19:06:47.273-07:00Molon labe! - The Spartans<div style="text-align: center;">
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These are the first five classical <b>Spartans </b>from Immortal Miniatures/Warlord Games I have painted. As you can see from last pictures they all have short hair as otherwise the heads wouldn't fit with the torso (all heads have short hair whereas some torsos have long hair). Therefore for my next five I used green stuff to give them long hair. These are done already, just waited to get painted at the moment.<br />
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<br />Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-74655622723095516662012-01-14T16:38:00.000-08:002013-04-10T19:07:36.987-07:00Progress on the 'Immortal miniatures' hoplites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the progress so far. There are 15 'classical' hoplites on the left (blue shields) from the 'classical hoplites' set set to represent Athenian forces of Peloponnesian War while the 25 hoplites on the right are meant to represent a the '300' Spartans and 700 Thespians from Thermopolea.<br />
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I really liked the transfers provided with these miniatures. However after applying them I found that they are quite shiny/reflect light unlike the normal paint. I am not sure if matt varnish would remove that shine but instead I decided to some free-hand designs. Here are two design from the Athenian hoplites.<br />
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<b> </b> This was my first attempt at sculpting with the 'green-stuff'. It is not great but at least something to seperate this figure and add to variety in the phalanx. Below is my second attempt, this one a much shorter, I tried to go for a Thessalian type cloak.<br />
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<b> </b>The Corynthian helmet hides the face of the hoplite so ideally the command figures could have the helmet resting on top of their head like the famous Pericles bust and in fact I set out to have a Pericles miniature that would lead the Athenian phalanx. This helmet option is not provided in the 'Immortal Miniatures' sets so I made my own version by cutting the top of the bare-headed head option and attaching the helmet on top, filling the gaps with green-stuff.<br />
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Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-26575283204217824532011-11-10T16:29:00.000-08:002013-04-10T19:08:04.506-07:00SPQR: The Successors<a href="http://wolfgang-spqr.blogspot.com/2011/05/successors.html?spref=bl">SPQR: The Successors</a>: Pyrrhus of Epirus (318 - 272 B.C.) "The Red King" Antiochos III. (242 - 187 B.C.) The Great<br />
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Note to self: I need these two models!Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-25073105766566808692011-09-08T13:30:00.000-07:002012-09-10T08:17:11.236-07:00'The Wars of Alexander's Successors' book review There are few things which spurred me to writing this review. First of all I am unable to paint any figures at the moment because some uncle I have never seen in my life decided to visit us and he is currently staying in my room (on the plus side he has been fixing EVERYTHING in out house, from showers, sinks, ponds to garage storage). The second reason is the fact that I got back into playing Rome:Total War mods, namely Roma Surrectum2, Diadochi and newly released Rome Total Realism VII. The last reason is the fact the Vol.2 of this book is out.<br />
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I am going to divide this into good and bad points type review but you may as well know already that I really enjoyed this book.<br />
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The book follows the history of Alexander the Great's successors in a chronological order but also from a perspective of several characters so in a way it repeats its content but adds to it and shows it from a differenct perspective with each chapter. I found this a good solution as at first I may have been confused but after third/fourth character you have a pretty good idea of what state the world was in at the time (if that makes sense).<br />
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The author gives not only the facts (and explains conflicting sources when appropiate) but also goes into motives and thinking behind each decision etc, so we get something of a psychological profile of each diadochi: Seleucos who does not hesitate to take the risk, ruthless Cassander, the somewhat hesitant/cowardly Ptolemy, wise Antipater, the ever loyal son and father-Antigonus and Demetrius etc. This really gets you into the book and you find yourself rooting for or against certain characters. There were certain moments which if put into a historical fiction or a movie would definitly squeeze some tears out (I am mainly thinking of Antigonus and his son Demetrius)<br />
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The question of boring, historical account in this books is, well, out of the question! The turns and twists of fates are numerous, empires won and crumble in epic battles or treacherous assassinations and no character is ever safe from the Moirae. The generals were not afraid to lead from the front either, a number dying in battle while the other portion were often slain in uprising, treachery or by their own army wishing to switch sides. What appealed the most to me was this: imagine the army which conquered half the world and dominated every battle, now imagine these unstoppable forces going against each other, phalanx vs phalanx, hetaroi vs hetaroi, Diadochi vs Diadochi.<br />
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The down point is that the armies were mainly describe in the manner of X no. of Macedonians, X no. of mercs, X no. of cavalry. Battles also somewhat lacked in detailed and more maps should be included as for some one with little knowledge of this era and its geography the book could prove challenging. On the other hand Vol. 2 of this book(I haven't bought or read it yet) deals with battles and tactics so this criticism is perhaps unfair.<br />
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Overall I recommend this book to the fullest!<br />
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Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-83597265738499873542011-06-27T16:25:00.000-07:002013-04-10T19:08:23.201-07:00Immortal hoplitesSo I bought two of those bad boys- a classical and a 'normal' set. It seems that the 'normal set' represents the earlier hoplites such as those of the Persian wars whereas the second is appropriate for Peloponesian wars.<br />
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I was a fan of this time period for a long time but never went into miniwargaming figures and instead stayed with 40k. I found other minis sluggish and ugly but these are perfect as so customizable, a longer review will follow once I get both sets painted up!Piotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305068919224882066.post-57540949529968477602011-06-27T16:19:00.000-07:002012-09-11T05:30:08.183-07:00First blog!Hi, hello, elo!<br />
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This is a blog in which I will post anything I find intresting as well as my hobbies and such.<br />
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The sort of thing you can find here are historical figures, 40k figures, general history stuff etc. Note though that I am not a gamer, just a painter at this stage so these are just my painting, not gaming/army projects.<br />
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BBK Piotr NowackiPiotr Henryk Nowackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509312100696634870noreply@blogger.com0