King Antiochus III has spared no expense, purple tunics for all!
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Antiochus' Silver Shields
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Continuing on from my Seleucid settler phalanx I have now finished the Silver Shield phalanx using the same Newline Designs 20mm "African Pikemen" from their Carthaginian range.
King Antiochus III has spared no expense, purple tunics for all!
http://showparade.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/seleucid-argyraspides.html
King Antiochus III has spared no expense, purple tunics for all!
http://showparade.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/seleucid-argyraspides.html
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ToneTW
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Purple prickly to each splendid point. The Romans will be red faced when first setting sight upon these. BB
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Beano Boy
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"The Romans will be red faced when first setting sight upon these..."
Don't forget the famous story of how Antiochus boasted to Hannibal how his splendid army would stop the Romans. Hannibal is said to have replied to the effect that it certainly would; it would take the Romans ages to loot the corpses...
PS: In addition to drawing pins/thumb tacks for shields, one can also use upholstery pins; these are deeper and more concave,as in some illustrations of phalangite shields.
Don't forget the famous story of how Antiochus boasted to Hannibal how his splendid army would stop the Romans. Hannibal is said to have replied to the effect that it certainly would; it would take the Romans ages to loot the corpses...
PS: In addition to drawing pins/thumb tacks for shields, one can also use upholstery pins; these are deeper and more concave,as in some illustrations of phalangite shields.
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bilsonius
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I love ingenious creative ideas in the hobby. Thanks for passing a few on.
They are in my box of things I must try and do. BB
They are in my box of things I must try and do. BB
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Yes, I used drawing pins, bought some brass ones on ebay and seen these silver ones in wilkos... saved loads of time not having to paint the front. I am sure I was inspired by Cameronian's only a wargame blog that featured Caesar miniatures late republican Romans as chainmail clad pikemen with a drawing pin shield or something similar 
: http://pregunpowder.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Classical%20Seleucids
: http://pregunpowder.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Classical%20Seleucids-
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Excellent paintwork on these figures. The thumb tack shields are fantastic....perfect in size requirements and lustrous as well. Bill
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