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A few more stands from Minifigs Ancient Greek and Macedonian ranges.

The front stand are for use as Hypaspists and the rear stand will be Argyraspides and the first of five pike blocks.

Will be adding to these in the near future. 

Cheers for now

Dance of Bronze 30

Recently finished these for a friend's growing collection of Minifigs Ancient Greeks. 

Generic Psiloi and light cavalry bases that will fit in to most armies of the period easily. 

Contrary to the normal rules of engagement they performed well in their first game and destroyed the Spartan general's unit caught in bad terrain.

There are more figures from this period on the painting table at present. 

Cheers for now. 

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - August 2021 Round up

Round up for August's 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge below. Quite simply ran out of steam on the third rider for the Thessalians 

In the above picture there are the following:

2 x 28mm cavalry riders only - Thessalians from Foundry

2 x 28mm infantry  - Normans from Foundry

2 x 28mm infantry - British and Fallschrimjager from Warlord Games

4 x 15mm cavalry - Bedouin from Museum Miniatures

Above there are:

12 x 15mm infantry - Early Imperial Romans from PSC

6 x 15mm cavalry - Ghulams from Minifigs (?)

1 x 20mm scenery piece

12 x 15mm infantry - Minifigs (?)

This gives a total of 41, not 39 as shown in the pics, tsk, tsk. 

Got a bit of basing to do in the coming weeks!

Stay safe and cheers for now

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Finished the painting on these Arab Ghulams last night for this month's challenge.

The figures are old Minifigs and rather than use a single pose per stand have mixed the different figure types up. This is enough to give each element a slightly different visual hook without buying anymore figures.  The colours unify the stands across the table. 

This takes the tally this month to:

2 x 28mm infantry

6 x 15mm cavalry

For a running total of eight figures out of thirty. Good start to the month. 

Stay safe and cheers.

 

30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - April 2021 Round up

April has come and gone and there has been some painting done. Perhaps not as much as planned but then who would have thought the weather would have been so good?

A mixture of periods and scales were painted including the following:

16 x 15mm Arab or Muslim Cavalry including 12 Museum Miniatures (rear and middle rows) and 3 from Minifigs.

8 x 6mm Dark Ages infantry from Baccus for use in a Norman DBA army

5 x 15mm terrain pieces for ACW games from Hovels. The cludgie and hay piles with a barn, hen house and fencing to follow. 

1 x 25mm road block from Sarissa (think) in MDF with another 4 or 5 to follow.

This month has already started well with a few pieces of scatter terrain completed last night. Pics to  follow later in the week. 

Hope you found this interesting. 

Stay safe